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LEED Now Recognizes FSC Certified Bamboo

June 17, 2009 By creatingyourspace 3 Comments

The U.S. Green Building Council has ruled that Forest Stewardship Council-certified bamboo plywood and flooring can now be included in calculations for LEED certification.

The ruling followed a credit interpretation request submitted by a project team who specified Smith & Fong’s Plyboo FSC-certified bamboo flooring for a multi-use project in North Carolina.

After reviewing the request, the USGBC determined the bamboo products specified for the project met LEED criteria.

The review concluded that bamboo is often used in many of the same applications as wood products, and is considered by the FSC to be a forest product despite its technical classification as a grass. FSC-certified bamboo building products will now be recognized within LEED’s MRc7 Credit.

Smith & Fong received certification for its in April 2008.

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Filed Under: Hard Flooring, News, Specialty Flooring Tagged With: bamboo, bamboo plywood, Forest Stewardship Council, FSC, FSC certified, FSC certified bamboo, LEED, USGBC

Comments

  1. Courtney says

    July 9, 2009 at 9:46 pm

    This is GREAT information! Thank you 🙂

    -Courtney from Hardwood flooring Orange County – Southern California Tile showroom – Carpet sales Orange County CA – TS Carpet & Design Center

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  2. Courtney says

    July 9, 2009 at 9:46 pm

    This is GREAT information! Thank you 🙂

    -Courtney from Hardwood flooring Orange County – Southern California Tile showroom – Carpet sales Orange County CA – TS Carpet & Design Center

    Reply
  3. Marry says

    July 19, 2009 at 6:59 am

    Nice blog! Keep up the good work.

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