New Educational CD Navigates Sustainable Building Basics

Timber Products and SierraPine offer free program to building trades

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. – The green building movement is an array of terms, regulations and products that can sometimes overwhelm even the most astute building professional.

That’s why Timber Products Company and SierraPine are making available a new compact disc, Understanding the Issues: Green Building & Wood Products, that provides architects, woodworkers, distributors, designers and builders with the basics of green building and an overview of the most pressing topics associated with navigating the sustainable product maze.

The CD program follows the same structure as the highly regarded educational seminars the two panel producers have been hosting across the country, and features information on:

·        Forest Certification Programs

·        LEED® and other Green Building Programs

·        CARB and Formaldehyde Regulations

·        New Products for Green Building

·        Climate Change and the Wood Products Industry

·        Web Resources

·        China and the Environment

“We see a lot of confusion in the marketplace about what constitutes green building and what strategies companies can implement,” said Timber Products Vice President Roger Rutan. “This resource contains all the information we cover in our seminars and can help fill in the knowledge gaps.” 

The CD is available free of charge and can be ordered by calling 800-547-9520, ext. 227. Specific information on dates and locations for upcoming seminars is available in the News Room at www.GreenTproducts.com.

The next green building seminar will be held in Atlanta on Feb. 7, and future sessions are being planned for other major cities across the United States.  To date, Timber Products and SierraPine have hosted events in Sacramento, Los Angeles and Seattle.

Environmentally friendly products

Recently, Timber Products Company introduced its new GreenT™ line of hardwood plywood that is available with a special resin and several core options produced with 100 percent recycled wood fiber. To add to its green qualities, GreenT is produced from wood certified under the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® program and the Forest Stewardship Council, or FSC.

“GreenT offers our customers a wide variety of innovative products that have been field tested for strength and durability and perform well in many applications,” said Rutan. “Our GreenT™ panels meet or exceed many of the requirements of America’s primary green building programs.” 

Chris Leffel, vice president sales & marketing for SierraPine, added, “It’s nice to see that the 20 years of effort in leading the industry in the development of sustainable products is finally paying off, and, holding true to form, we’re excited about the new green products we’ll be introducing in 2008.”

Last year, SierraPine unveiled its new Encore™ sustainable design particleboard (SDP) panel that utilizes a urea-formaldehyde-free adhesive system manufactured with 100 percent recycled wood fiber. Encore is designed to surpass stringent emission standards and offers the highest physical properties available on the market in a urea-formaldehyde-free particleboard. Encore, aptly named, follows an impressive list of sustainable products manufactured by SierraPine and specified in hundreds of commercial, institutional and conservator projects for nearly 20 years.  Along with Encore, the full sustainable product line by SierraPine includes Arreis®, Medite® II, Medex® and Medite® FR.  These MDF products are made with a formaldehyde-free adhesive system, 100 percent recycled wood fiber, and are offered in panels or pre-primed, lineal mouldings in over 500 different profile options.

Contact: Gary Rubin, CMD, 503-488-4443, grubin@cmdagency.com

About Timber Products Company

Founded in 1918, Timber Products Company offers a wide range of diversified wood products and specializes in hardwood plywood. The company is one of the largest material suppliers to the U.S. kitchen cabinet industry. Timber Products owns nine state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities across the United States, a major international division, and 118,000 acres of forestland in Northern California managed under the strict standards of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI®) program. Timber Products was the world’s first hardwood plywood manufacturer authorized to carry the SFI label and began offering products certified by the Forest Stewardship Council in late 2007. The company also operates TP Trucking, a nationwide transportation division.

About SierraPine

Headquartered in Roseville, California, SierraPine is one of North America’s leading manufacturers of composite panels and mouldings. SierraPine offers a diverse and innovative array of products and services from seven manufacturing plants located in California, Georgia and Oregon.