Wood Floors: Trees are a Renewable Resource

 

If you’re looking for green products for your home or business, why not wood flooring?  Trees are a raw material that can be harvested and replanted to replenish forests time and time again. In fact, not only are trees a renewable resource, but there actually are more trees in existence today in the United States than there were 50 years ago.

The United States Forest Service conducts annual studies of U.S. forests and reports that average annual net growth for hardwoods is greater than average annual removals for hardwood. They report that the average growth to removal ratio is 1.66, which means that for every cubic foot of hardwood that is harvested each year, 1.66 cubic feet is replanted in its place. This means that U.S. forest volume is growing by more than 50% every year.

Obviously, forests are being replenished at a rate greater than they are being harvested, making wood, and wood flooring, a renewable resource and an obvious choice for environmentally conscious consumers.

T o learn more, click here to visit the National Wood Flooring Association web site.

The National Wood Flooring Association is a not-for-profit trade organization of more than 4,000 wood flooring professionals who educate consumers, architects, designers, and builders in the uses and benefits of wood flooring.