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Earthbilt is your source for a wide range of green building solutions. We specialize in the truly sustainable. If you’re looking for ‘deep’ green, you’ve found it. Our decades of experience researching materials and advocating for the preservation of Earth’s most diverse ecosystems has led to a no-compromise approach when it comes to sustainable materials.

We’ve put together a very select suite of materials that are produced in a truly sustainable manner and meet requirements that can be hard to match without resorting to woods logged
from old-growth forests.

 
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Recycled Plastic Lumber (RPL) is made from post-consumer plastic (not to be confused with wood-plastic composite lumber) and is an incredibly “green” material. Not only is it made from materials heading to landfills (and that will not break down there for generations), but RPL will outlast any wood in the outdoors, does not splinter, warp or crack, is amazingly stable, sequesters carbon, offsets logging (and the.

Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) is a fast-growing tree native to the United States. The wood of the black locust is considered “extremely durable” by the US Forest Products Laboratory. It is also highly impact-resistant. Originally found growing in two small areas of the Ozarks and southern Alleghenies, the species was found in the early 1600s to be so durable…

WaterWoods™ are Earthbilt’s exclusive brand of woods milled from submerged trees salvaged from under the waters of various dam impound lakes throughout the tropics. These unique woods offer the beauty, durability and strength of tropical hardwoods, but without any forest intrusion whatsoever. Earthbilt™ has secured exclusive US distribution from key operations…

Reclaimed Wood is one of the most environmentally preferable options for numerous applications. Earthbilt buys and sells reclaimed wood. Many projects can utilize wood reclaimed from old barns and other buildings, railroad track ties, flooring and other post-consumer structures. The reclaimed wood is re-milled and finished to custom specifications…

Palmwood is Pacific Green’s brand of coconut palm hardwood. This wood is obtained from spent coconut palm trees from plantations in the South Pacific. The wood of the coconut palm can be used for numerous applications such as decking, flooring, siding and for furniture. Pacific Green is the world’s premier manufacturer of coconut palm furniture

In some cases, the use of wood can be sustainable. Earthbilt does not buy into the rhetoric of the vast majority of industrial-scale wood producers. That said, domestic hardwoods logged from local, sustainable sources often have a lower impact then using materials from thousands of miles away…

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Atlantic whitecedar (AWC) is widely thought to be a cedar but is actually in the cypress family. Like many cedars and cypresses, due to its naturally-occurring oils, AWC has been use for centuries for a number of outdoor uses, including siding, roofing and fencing. It is considered “extremely durable” by the US Forest Products Laboratory

“Coffee” walnut is our name for nogal (Peruvian walnut), harvested from coffee plantations. Earthbilt has arranged an exclusive to sell a limited supply of sustainably-harvested nogal from shade-grown coffee farms in Nicaragua. This is a rare opportunity to obtain a beautiful tropical hardwood from a truly sustainable source…

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