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Embodied Energy - False "Profits" - and Bamboo Flooring
Re: Embodied Energy - False "Profits" - and Bamboo Flooring
On a scale of 1 to 10 where does bamboo come compared to sugar cane, oil, seal fur, whale meat and plastic sandals - just for starters?
And watch out for the old wood treated with lead paint, creosote, copper arsenate and infected with fungus and carpenter critters.
Last year I had to fumagate a coffee table base (three horse heads carved from wood by a starving Mexican) - It was full of post beetle.
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Females are the POWER CONSUMER of the world. But how serious do we take that responsibility??
Do you know the embodied energy of your... Shoes? Towels? Pencils? Keyboard?
Embodied energy is the amount of energy expended to create and ship an item to your location. Choosing regional products reduces the embodied energy and supports your local economy.
Bamboo flooring is a perfect example of a green washing. People love bamboo because it is a sustainable product, grown quickly and reproduces madly. HOWEVER, two issues come to mind:
1. Social consciousness of the companies creating the flooring in < to be left un-named > communist countries. How are they treating their workers? What are the working conditions? Are their factories a pollution machine..etc!
2. If it has to ship half way across the world to get to you...Is it REALLY Green?
There are a few great alternatives to those being shipped from overseas. My favorite are products made from recycled content or reclaimed. On a recent design job, we installed reclaimed barnwood as flooring in a home. Cradle to Cradle!
Organic Material + Reclaimed + Utilizing Local Labor + Supporting Local Business = A+ GreenChoice.
(And it was less $$$ than the bamboo!)
I know how hard it is to find MADE IN USA. But as they say, "Think Global, Act Local!"
So next time you start to buy something, check the "MADE IN" tag and pause&ponder before you purchase!
Nichoel Farris
Green Builder / Designer
American Home Sales
www.ecomanufacturedhomes.com