Elevated Living: Treehouses
We’ve found some treehouses that take “green living” to the next step for sustainable-minded families. Check out these incredible prefab tree homes by Elevated Living–“the perfect marriage of technology and nature, manufactured to have as little impact on the environment as possible,” according to Inhabitat.com. According to Inhabitat.com, these...
What's Behind the Lumber Numbers
Curious as to why it seems like you’re paying more for lumber these days? It has nothing to do with demand, according to an article on WALB.com. It’s a supply problem. Here’s the short answer to your question, as the news outlet explains: “The housing market slump forced lumber...
Schutte Lumber Company is now stocking ¾”x10 Select Tight Knot Cedar Bevel Siding
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Skansen Bench
We love the free plans that Popular Woodworking offers online, especially this Swedish-inspired Skansen bench from their “I Can Do That” feature. As editor Christopher Schwarz writes: “This bench is from the Älvros Farmstead, a group of buildings from the 16th and 17th centuries that were moved to Skansen....
Building Better Buildings
The Canadian Wood Council recently released a document called “Green By Design: Building Better Buildings”: “As designers strive more and more to design green buildings that lessen the demand on the environment, the benefit of wood construction is becoming ever more apparent. Wood makes a major contribution to improving...
Can Using More Wood Reduce Your Environmental Footprint?
Structure magazine recently posed the question, “Can using more wood reduce your environmental footprint?” The magazine explores why it’s important for designers to focus on which materials they will use, as well as the life cycle of those materials. For example: “Some people might think that recycled products are...
Schutte Lumber Company now offers mineral siding
Mineral Shingles are a replacement for asbestos siding shingles found on older style houses or for new construction. Siding won’t warp, dent, rot, shrink, or expand and resist termites. Contains no asbestos. Fire-proof, durable, and resistant to freeze-thaw conditions. Tough and durable, even for commercial applications. 11″ exposure and...
Builders Commend Proposed Energy-Efficient Initiatives
How’s this for a startling statistic: Economists from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) estimate that every $1 billion in remodeling and home improvement activity generates 11,000 jobs, $527 million in wages and salaries and $300 million in business income. That’s quite an estimate. And one that President...
Green-focused Building Trends for 2010
Did you know? Green building is expected to grow by more than 60 percent in 2010 alone, (using new, cumulative LEED project registrations as a proxy). Although the focus is expected to change from new construction to existing buildings, here are some trends you can expect to see this...
Wood: Sustainable by Design
Did you know? “Wood is the only major building material that is renewable. Warm, natural wood uses less energy and produces less air and water pollution than the energy intensive manufacture of steel and concrete,” according to an article in Wood Design & Building magazine. Do you want to...