RedBuilt™ today announced the Forest Stewardship Council has awarded chain-of-custody certificates for engineered wood products the company manufactures at its plants in Chino, Calif., and Stayton, Ore. RedBuilt FSC-certified products now include their open-web truss line (Red-L™, Red-W™, Red-S™, Red-M™, and Red-H™), as well as Red-I™ joists, RedLam™ Laminated Veneer Lumber and sourced glulam beams. In addition to these certifications, RedBuilt expects to extend their chain-of-custody to their Delaware, Ohio plant in January. FSC’s accredited third-party certifiers evaluate forest management activities and track forest products.
The company has a strong history of efficient wood fiber utilization and responsible fiber-sourcing practices, and is proud to add RedBuilt FSC-certified products as an option to the construction industry.
According to Jeff Jack, RedBuilt’s Manufacturing Technical Director, FSC certified products can help the company’s customers earn LEED green building certification. “This certification removes any barriers to specifying and purchasing RedBuilt products when you’re seeking green certification, whether that be LEED or other,” Jack says.
LEED, an acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a rating system the U.S. Green Building Council employs for evaluating a structure’s resource efficiency. It is becoming a requirement for many public works projects, and a growing number of architects, developers, engineers, specifiers, and others are adopting the organization’s sustainable building and development practices.
Jack says incorporating FSC-certified building materials like RedBuilt’s engineered wood products and open-web trusses can earn points toward LEED certification. RedBuilt products can contribute to the following LEED points: MR4.1-2, MR5.1-2, MR7, and EQ4.4, and they support seven different categories of the Green Globes building rating system.
In addition, Jack points out RedBuilt products contain no urea formaldehyde. He also says the steel RedBuilt employs as web material in its open-web trusses and joist hangers include recycled content.
