By:Mike Snow in Environment, Comment
I was so pleased to see this article about LEED on USA Today. The article by Thomas Frank lays out a clear criticism of LEED that certification doesn’t necessarily result in lower environmental impact. This echoes our...
By:David Venables in Environment, Comment
It is all too easy to use “local” sourcing as a default setting to guarantee a low environmental impact. The most obvious example is the transportation of food products; “Why buy apples from New Zealand when we grow our own in...
By:David Venables in Comment, Events, Architecture and Design
An interview on prime time national Spanish TV today was certainly a first for me. Despite the significant profile we have achieved over many years of hardwood promotion in Spain this kind of opportunity does not come along very...
By:David Venables in Comment
This week has seen a remarkable development in AHEC’s global promotion of hardwood, for the first time our new website and the new species guide are all available Russian, Polish, Turkish and Arabic. I have to confess I can’t...
in Comment, Environment
As a committed environmentalist and passionate advocate for wood, it is the genuine green credentials of the material that inspire me. But it also clearly inspires the marketing gurus of other industries as well. An increasing...