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Environmental & Health Benefits of Wood Floors. Sustainable for Future Generations: Wood Floors offer great long-term value, are easy to maintain, and add value to a home or business. Allegheny Mountain Hardwood Flooring offers 100% FSC Certified Flooring options. • Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is a voluntary program that sets the gold standard for responsible forest management and company certification. Membership consists of three equally weighted chambers – environmental, economic, and social – to ensure the balance and the highest level of integrity. • Hickman Lumber / AMHF sources its wood from forests within 100 miles of its mill in Emlenton, PA. • 100% of the tree is utilized in the production from the forest to the flooring boards. Wood floors are the most environmentally friendly flooring option available. • PA hardwood forests that provide flooring products are growing more than twice as fast as they are being harvested. (1) • Because wood floors can last hundreds of years, they use fewer raw materials, energy, and natural resources than other flooring options. (2) • Wood stores carbon dioxide during its service life and can ultimately be recycled for other uses or burned as fuel. (2) • Studies comparing wood to other flooring surfaces show wood as having the lowest environmental impacts and best results for low greenhouse gas emissions. (3) Environment & Health Call 724-867-9441 501 Main Street, Emlenton, PA 16373 www.hickmanwoods.com SOURCES: 1. U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service 2. University of Wisconsin Wood Products Program Solid Wood Flooring Life Cycle Analysis 3. Bergman, R. & Hubbard, S., (2018, August/ September). “The Data Behind Wood Flooring’s Sustainability Story.” Hardwood Floors, 2(4), 48-53. 4. United States Environmental Protection Agency. 5. www.woodfloors.org Wood floors are good for your health, especially those who suffer from allergies. • Wood Floors improve air quality. • They don’t harbor allergens, microorganisms, or harmful pesticides that can be tracked in from outdoors. Mold, dust, and animal dander are minimal as well.
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Environmental & Health Benefits of Wood Floors. Sustainable for Future Generations: Wood Floors offer great long-term value, are easy to maintain, and add value to a home or business.
Allegheny Mountain Hardwood Flooring offers 100% FSC Certified Flooring options.• ForestStewardshipCouncil(FSC)isavoluntary programthatsetsthegoldstandardforresponsible forestmanagementandcompanycertification. Membershipconsistsofthreeequallyweighted chambers–environmental,economic,andsocial–to ensurethebalanceandthehighestlevelofintegrity.
• HickmanLumber/AMHFsourcesitswoodfrom forestswithin100milesofitsmillinEmlenton,PA.
• 100%ofthetreeisutilizedintheproductionfrom the forest to the flooring boards. Wood floors are the most environmentally friendly flooringoptionavailable.
• PAhardwoodforeststhatprovideflooringproducts aregrowingmorethantwiceasfastastheyare beingharvested.(1)
• Becausewoodfloorscanlasthundredsofyears,they usefewerrawmaterials,energy,andnatural resourcesthanotherflooringoptions.(2)
• Woodstorescarbondioxideduringitsservicelifeand canultimatelyberecycledforotherusesorburnedas fuel.(2)
• Studiescomparingwoodtootherflooringsurfaces showwoodashavingthelowestenvironmental impactsandbestresultsforlowgreenhousegas emissions.(3)
Environment & Health
Call 724-867-9441501MainStreet,Emlenton,PA16373
www.hickmanwoods.com
SOURCES: 1. U.S.DepartmentofAgricultureForestService
2. UniversityofWisconsinWoodProductsProgramSolid
WoodFlooringLifeCycleAnalysis
3. Bergman,R.&Hubbard,S.,(2018,August/September).
“TheDataBehindWoodFlooring’sSustainabilityStory.”
HardwoodFloors,2(4),48-53.
4. UnitedStatesEnvironmentalProtectionAgency.
5. www.woodfloors.org
Wood floors are good for your health, especially those who suffer from allergies. • WoodFloorsimproveairquality.
• Theydon’tharborallergens,microorganisms, orharmfulpesticidesthatcanbetrackedin from outdoors. Mold, dust, and animal dander are minimalaswell.
