Forest certification and green building standards: overview and use in the U.S. hardwood industry

Use of wood in green building: a study of expert perspectives from the UK

“…The GB rating system carries the principles of sustainability into construction practices, its primary role being to provide "a comprehensive assessment of the environmental characteristics of a building, using a common and verifiable set of criteria and targets for building owners and designers to achieve higher environmental standards" (Ding, 2008 (Sources: Sangster, 2006;Ding, 2008;Espinoza et al, 2012;Geng, et al, 2012) …”

Perspectives and Attitudes of Forest Products Industry Companies on the Chain of Custody Certification: A Case Study From Turkey

“…The tree and the resulting semi-finished and finished products typically change ownership several times before reaching the end customer. To be able to capture the benefits of sustainable management of our forest resources through, among other things, higher demand for such products, higher prices or a better corporate image and the source of the material needs to be certified to allow customers to have verifiable information about the origin of the material [1].…”

“…The environmental movement has emerged as a response to society"s concerns about the sustainability of Earth"s natural resources [1]. "Environmental awareness" has a major influence on many people in their daily life, including the way consumers buy and use products [2].…”

Carbon Cycle Implications of Forest Biomass Energy Production in the Northeastern United States

“…But there is littleeither in theory or in our history-to suggest that the dynamics of either regional forest landscapes or regional forest economies are inherently steady state. The fraction of the forestland base in the northeastern United States managed under legal or voluntary sustainable management schemes (including various forest certifi cation programs) has increased in the past 20 years (Espinoza et al 2012 ), but traditional defi nitions of sustainable forestry, even those embodied in certifi cation schemes such as those of the Sustainable Forest Initiative and the Forest Stewardship Council, do not necessarily ensure low net carbon emissions from forest biomass energy over policy-relevant time scales.…”