Advantages of Wood Construction
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- Guaranteed quality of construction
- Greater speed of construction, a few weeks versus a few months
- Extremely energy efficient for heating and cooling
- Any plan can be built, yours or ours
- Homes are comfortable and healthy to live in, using wood floors reduces causes of allergies as well as illness
- Durable and long lasting, homes will last for centuries to come
- Homes are built from sustainable materials, we plant more trees than we cut down every year
- Any exterior can be used, brick, stone, stucco, pvc, wood siding etc.
- Reduces resource use in the manufacture of the wood components – less energy and water used to produce the wood materials than concrete or steel
- Minimizes air and water pollution in the manufacture of wood products compared to concrete and steel
- Reduces environmental impacts in manufacturing
- Lower green house gas emissions producing wood than steel or concrete
- Lower solid waste by-products than steel or concrete
- Wood can be recycled, reclaimed wood from decommissioned buildings can be used in new buildings