Three Sustainability Benefits of Laminate Flooring Made from
Responsibly Harvested Wood:
1. Wood-based laminate flooring utilizes MORE HARVESTED WOOD FIBER
Solid wood lumber and furniture operations can only use about half of the wood fiber they harvest, while NALFA member flooring products are made from the rest of that harvested fiber. The usage is impressive – we can now convert almost all of the wood fiber harvested from managed forests into products that can be used for decades.
2. LCA’s SHOW LAMINATE FLOORING Provides CLIMATE POSITIVE CARBON STORAGE
Even better: Trees naturally capture and store atmospheric carbon as they grow, which is stored, or sequestered, until the wood burns or decays. Life cycle assessments show that wood-based laminate floor cores store more carbon than is released in their production, offsetting extra atmospheric carbon. This is what makes wood-based laminate flooring a truly Climate Positive material.
3. Engineered Wood FLOORING offers GUILT-FREE WOODGRAINS
Laminate flooring carries durable surface designs that are meticulously scanned from samples of rare and fragile woods. This way, more of us can enjoy the unique beauty of wood while minimizing negative impacts on old-growth forests.
Please join us in welcoming the North American Laminate Flooring Association (NALFA) as a supporting partner promoting the use of beautiful, durable, healthy, and sustainable materials in the built environment!
Developed by Material Intelligence, ClimatePositiveNOW.org is a sustainable materials education project inspired by a combination of Kenn Busch’s research into the properties of wood-based architectural materials, and his two decades of experience delivering educational content to interior designers and architects.
