Wood: The Environmental Choice

Wood is nature's own material, entirely sustainable and renewable. People have been building with wood for centuries – why? Because there's no substitute for the look and feel of real wood.

Fact: Trees absorb carbon dioxide while releasing oxygen back into the air, acting like giant air filters.

Fact: Trees reduce energy costs by providing shade around homes and buildings and by slowing water evaporation from the ground.

Fact: Wood decking has the lowest environmental impact as compared to plastic, composite, steel and concrete building materials.

Fact: Producing wood decking releases the least amount of greenhouse gases and produces the least amount of water and air pollution.

Fact: Wood is the best insulator against heat and cold, making it a tremendously energy efficient product.

Fact: Production of trees is powered by the sun (not finite resources).

Fact: East of the Rockies, pressure-treated wood is a locally grown product, which means choosing real wood supports communities big and small throughout the region.

Fact: When you choose real wood, you're making a natural choice that protects the Earth's finite resources.


Worried about our forests? Don't be.

Fact: Wood is the only 100% renewable, recyclable and reusable building product we have. Other decking alternatives are made with oil and gas, which are precious, limited fossil fuels.

Fact: Pressure-treated wood is grown using smart, sustainable forestry practices.

Fact: The great majority of pressure-treated wood is southern pine; in southern pine forests, more trees are planted each year than are harvested.

Fact: Southern pine forests are more plentiful and healthier than they were 100 years ago.

Fact: Growing, healthy forests absorb carbon dioxide, reducing greenhouse gases.

Make the choice to use a real, renewable product that supports forest conservation. Pressure-treated wood extends the life of wood in service, which helps balance overall demand on our abundant forest resources.

The Carbon Cycle