Timber Framing Listed Amongst Top 15 Eco-Friendly Home Trends

The National Association of Realtors recently published their top 15 trends in eco-friendly home building.  "Consumers’ interest in being green has never been so high."  says the article's author BARBARA BALLINGER.  You can view the entire article, originally published in the July 2007 article of the NAR online newsletter here:  What’s New on the Green Scene

The article gives a great summary to green benefits of building a Timber Frame house. "Timber framing requires significantly less lumber than the traditional “stick-built” housing and almost always incorporates [structural] insulating panels (SIPS), which keeps heat and air conditioning from escaping the house. There’s less waste when large timbers are used, compared with conventional construction that produces sawdust and waste every time a 2-by-4 stud is planed, says Frank Baker, president of Insulspan and Riverbend Framing, part of PFB Corp. in Calgary, Canada. In addition, less energy is needed to power machines and kiln dry wood because timber framing uses freshly cut wood, he says. Timbers are prefabricated and arrive at the building site ready to be assembled, paring construction waste. Costs vary according to finishes selected, just as they do with stick-built housing."

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