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Woodbank's "whole project solution" provides complete analysis of certified sources, and guarantees that finished wood products are LEED compliant, from forest extraction through manufacturing and jobsite delivery, with full chain of custody documentation.
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Green Certified
While Woodbank is committed to Reclaimed and Salvage wood products, we recognize that ultimately these are finite resources, and that our long-term wood supply depends on sustainable forest management. The science of ecological silviculture is well-developed, and across the U.S. and around the world there are many models of forest and plantation management that meet high environmental and social standards. The key is building market support for the products of sustainable forestry—just as demand for organic food is key to promoting sustainable agriculture. FSC Certification provides a universal set of standards, an auditing system, and a label that identify the products of sustainable forestry to the end user.
Woodbank packages high-quality, certified wood products, specifically tailored to architectural design specifications, along with documented certification and chain-of-custody. Woodbank's "whole project solution" guarantees that finished wood products shall be LEED compliant, from forest extraction through manufacturing and jobsite delivery, with full chain-of-custody documentation.
Unlike other certified wood traders, Woodbank provides complete analysis of certified sources, sustainability provenance (social, economic and environmental), materials cost comparisons, and logistical overview for Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA). Woodbank identifies additional values beyond LEED credits which enhance the green building movement, including prerequisites under Living Building Challenge, and regenerative and sustainability concepts.
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 How Green Certification Can Support and Enhance Communities:
The sourcing of wood out of green certified forests can improve the quality of life for those who live in forest-based communities by supporting existing and creating new businesses that steward forest resources. This helps stimulate a sustainable local economy.
Woodbank, and the green forestry programs we work with, help communities and businesses market products and increase technical capacity and efficiency. Our goal is to connect green, forest-based businesses and communities with marketplace demand for sustainable and certified wood.
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How Using Lesser-Known Timber Species Can Support Sustainable Forestry:
One of the keys to supporting responsible forestry, particularly in the tropics but also here in North America, is to develop appropriate uses and markets for lesser-known timber species (LKS). Consumers are accustomed to purchasing a very limited range of timber species, and are generally unaware that thousands of useful wood species exist. Using a broader range of species conforms demand to what natural forests can produce sustainably and can reduce the chances that well-known species will be overexploited.
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Woodbank offers superior
reclaimed, salvage and green
certified wood products,
featuring the deep character,
density and color variation that
can't be duplicated artificially.
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Reclaimed
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| rescued from existing structures, deconstructed and remanufactured into new products
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Salvage
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| raw logs obtained from urban and agricultural settings, waterways, etc., including standing dead
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Green Certified
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| harvested from forests and plantations strictly managed to environmental and other standards
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Woodbank Ventures
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| linking developers and clients with advance purchase and storage of stranded wood resources
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Featured Offering
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| 1923 grain storage building in Idaho: old-growth Doug fir circle-sawn timbers, joists and planking
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