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Jerome J. Lazar, RA, CCS, CSI, NCARB
Senior Member
Username: lazarcitec
Post Number: 1839
Registered: 05-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, December 02, 2017 - 10:10 pm: |    |
that will qualify for LEED project and can be fabricated into louvers? |
Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS
Senior Member
Username: michael_chusid
Post Number: 345
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, December 03, 2017 - 01:02 am: | |
Please define your terms. In my mind, "composite wood" includes plywood and OSB, etc.
Toward which LEED credit do you want to apply the product?
Interior or exterior
Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS 1-818-219-4937
www.chusid.com www.buildingproduct.guru |
Jerome J. Lazar, RA, CCS, CSI, NCARB
Senior Member
Username: lazarcitec
Post Number: 1840
Registered: 05-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, December 03, 2017 - 01:19 am: | |
perhaps a better term would be "Simulated Wood". |
Jerome J. Lazar, RA, CCS, CSI, NCARB
Senior Member
Username: lazarcitec
Post Number: 1841
Registered: 05-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, December 03, 2017 - 01:22 am: | |
The product being used currently is called Woodn: WOODN MODULATUS TH14830HD_4: Exterior grade Wood Composite ceiling panels produced by means of extrusions consisting of a proprietary compound with a high percentage of virgin polymer (PVC, min.55%), natural wood fibers (Bamboo, min. 22%), enriched with an exclusive blend of anti UV / aging / fire retardant / bacteria / oxidation additives, free from solvents, harmful volatile substances, heavy metals or formaldehyde. Resistant to woodworms and parasites, anti-vegetative and free from cracks and chips in presence of moisture or after cutting, drilling and sawing. Manufactured in China. |
Lisa Goodwin Robbins, RA, CCS, LEED ap
Senior Member
Username: lgoodrob
Post Number: 331
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Monday, December 04, 2017 - 10:03 am: | |
Jerome,
I'd run screaming from that one. Nothing about a PVC-sawdust blend, pumped full of chemicals, and made in China sounds sustainable to me.
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Robin E. Snyder
Senior Member
Username: robin
Post Number: 711
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Monday, December 04, 2017 - 10:40 am: | |
I have specified Trex for custom louvers (in FL), but not sure about the LEED aspect |
Jeffrey Wilson CSI CCS SCIP
Senior Member
Username: wilsonconsulting
Post Number: 243
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Monday, December 04, 2017 - 11:34 am: | |
Couple ideas:
Fiber-cement trim boards like HardieTrim.
Poly-ash composition trim: Boral Composites Inc., Roswell GA (BoralTruExterior.com); BoralŽ TruExteriorŽ -- formulation composed of polymeric blend, fly ash and glass fibers.
Jeffrey Wilson CCS CSI SCIP
Wilson Consulting Inc
Ardmore PA |
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