Green
Your Green Structural Building Component Supplier 
Listed below are three different programs currently available when thinking green: LEED for Homes, LEED-New Construction, and NAHB National Green Building Standard. Lumber Specialties can provide your entire structural component needs to get the maximum points possible in the Midwest without using FSC lumber.
LEED for Homes |
LEED-New Construction |
NAHB National Green Building Standard |
Created by the U.S. Green Building Council for residential & multi-family construction |
Created by U.S. Green Building Council for commercial buildings or major renovation projects |
Created by NAHB for residential & multi-family construction Approved by ANSI in January 2009 |
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136 total points available 11 points possible for wood components |
69 total points available 5 points possible for wood components |
697 total points available 51 points possible for wood components |
All of the green options listed above have four levels and Lumber Specialties components can help you achieve your desired certificate level in each without extra costs associated with FSC lumber. Is FSC-certified lumber worth the one point available in the Midwest since it isn’t a requirement that must be met for certification?
Lumber Specialties is proud of our manufacturing processes and we manage all aspects of our business to be as GREEN as possible. We optimize all of our components, minimize all of our waste, use recycled products where possible, and recycle all products where possible. We have little to no lumber, steel, paper, or cardboard waste going to landfills. If you want GREEN you want Lumber Specialties!