Timber Products

Timber Sustainability

On Average it takes 40 to 50 years for hardwood trees to mature to harvesting stage. Annual U.S. growth of timber exceeds forest removal. The USDA Forest Service states that there were 98 percent more trees in 2002 than in 1953.

Bamboo Products

Bamboo Sustainability

Bamboo can be harvested without replanting, which helps eliminate soil erosion. There is no comparison in yield per acre and material sustainability. Timber is, and has been an excellent fiber source, but bamboo is another source of fiber that cannot be ignored.

Timber Energy Consumption

Manufacturing energy can be calculated by harvesting and replanting cost coupled with milling, and the engineered wood manufacturing process.

Bamboo Energy Consumption

Due to the properties of bamboo and its clumped root system, replanting is not required after harvesting. Bamboo through a manufacturing process is indeed more than rough sawn lumber, but similar to other engineered timber products.

Timber Off-gassing

American hardwoods have no emissions for methane, nitrogen oxides, and other particulate matter, and minimal emissions for carbon dioxide.

Bamboo Off-gassing

Bamboo in engineered form exceeds the most stringent of standards worldwide, containing no formaldehyde, leads or harmful organic content.

Timber Material Utilization

Virtually every part of a log is used as lumber or by-products, including bark, sawdust, and scrap; and finished products can be reused as a combustible fuel.

Bamboo Material Utilization

Bamboo unused fiber can be used in other applications including strand flooring, fiber board, etc.

Timber Carbon Sequestration

Hardwoods store carbon as they grow and are actually a carbon negative material.

Bamboo Carbon Sequestration

Bamboo’s growing process sequesters 35% more carbon, and proportionally produces more oxygen in its growing process than trees. Several publicly acquired and valid studies confirm this evaluation.

Timber Aesthetics

American hardwoods come in a variety of species and lumber grades providing color, pattern and character marks to satisfy nearly every design scheme.

Bamboo Aesthetics

It is clear there are different grain types, which have set all materials apart for years. There will always be beautiful cherry, comfortable oak and slick walnut. These grains will be excellent for centuries to come. Engineered Bamboo offers a look that is renewable, innovative, contemporary, and sharp. These features are an aesthetic element that architects, engineers and designers want to incorporate into their designs.

Timber Life Span

A solid timber structural system can last up to 125 years or longer with proper protection and maintenance procedures.

Bamboo Life Span

Bamboo has specified for structural and architectural applications can be found in its raw form in buildings over 200 years old remaining completely structurally stable.

Timber After Uses Life

Finished products can be repurposed or used as a combustible fuel. Even in a landfill, hardwoods will naturally revert back to nature.

Bamboo After Life Uses

Bamboo, after its long use in construction can also be shaved into fiber for use in other applications such as particle board, flooring, clothing, bedding, etc.