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Cómo reducir su huella de carbono con los revestimientos y molduras LP® SmartSide®

En un mundo que está descubriendo la importancia de la sostenibilidad medioambiental, muchos propietarios de viviendas son cada vez más conscientes del impacto de los productos que compran y utilizan. Como consumidores, los productos que elegimos pueden tener un impacto positivo o negativo en el medioambiente, por lo que es importante tomar decisiones conscientes cuando se trata de materiales de construcción.

How Much Waste is There in the Construction Industry?

According to the EPA, 600 million tons of construction and demolition debris were generated in the United States in 2018 alone. From manufacturing to distribution, there is a lot that goes into siding before it is added to your home during the siding installation process. Unfortunately, in the building industry, excess waste is produced from the various steps in the manufacturing and distribution processes. 

Why Use Sustainable Building Materials?

While building materials may not be the first product you think of when it comes to being environmentally conscious, choosing sustainable building materials such as LP® SmartSide® Trim & Siding can help reduce your carbon footprint so that you can re-side with confidence. 

LP is committed to providing you with sustainable solutions, including sustainable siding, so that together we can be a force for better in the world. We are thrilled to announce that in 2021 LP was awarded an Environmental Product Declaration for the LP SmartSide Trim & Siding portfolio, which showcases the only carbon negative siding on the market.

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Carbon Negative vs. Carbon Neutral: What’s the Difference?

In terms of environmental sustainability, your carbon footprint is a key indicator of environmental impact. Carbon footprints refer to the total greenhouse gas emissions (CO2) that are generated by an individual, organization, event or other means. To help reduce your carbon footprint LP works to create products that are not just carbon neutral, but carbon negative. Here's the difference:

Carbon neutrality occurs when the amount of CO2 emitted during the product's production is equal to the amount of CO2 the product removes from the atmosphere over its lifetime. Carbon neutrality equalizes your output.

Carbon negativity occurs when the amount of CO2 emitted during the product's production is less than the amount of CO2 the product removes from the atmosphere over its lifetime. So, rather than equalizing CO2 output, LP's carbon negative building materials remove more CO2 than they emit.

To create sustainable siding as a carbon negative product, LP tracks their impact from resources extraction to customer distribution and uses renewable materials and intentional manufacturing to store carbon and reduce emissions. In fact, compared to fiber cement-based products, LP SmartSide products emit 54% less greenhouse gases. LP also uses 99% of logs delivered to mills either in the products themselves or as a renewable energy source in the manufacturing process. The final product is made of 91% wood fiber coming from sustainable wood sources.

Materials for Sustainable Building

Are you ready to start creating a more sustainable future? LP SmartSide engineered wood products store 10 times more carbon than fiber cement products, making them an environmentally friendly siding option.

Advance your sustainability efforts with these versatile products from LP:

Interested in learning more about our commitment to sustainability? Read about it here.

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Soluciones de resistencia

5 min

Principales tendencias de diseño exterior para 2025 - Con productos de LP Building Solutions

El mundo del diseño está en constante evolución, y el 2025 se perfila como un año de elecciones audaces, estética natural y materiales orientados al rendimiento. Para constructores, remodeladores y propietarios de viviendas por igual, mantenerse a la vanguardia de estas tendencias significa combinar un diseño hermoso con una durabilidad confiable. Ahí es donde brillan los productos de LP Building Solutions, que ofrecen tanto el atractivo visual como la resistencia estructural que exigen las construcciones modernas.

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Soluciones estéticas

4 min
Constructor de cobertizos destacado: los mejores graneros

Reimaginando el bricolaje: de proyecto de fin de semana a activo a largo plazo

Soluciones estéticas

7 min
Seguimiento de las tendencias de diseño del hogar: los estilos de hoy y los clásicos de mañana

La belleza de una casa personalizada es la libertad de lograr su producto final ideal. Varios factores influyeron en las tendencias de diseño de viviendas en 2024, incluidos los materiales de construcción que permiten un diseño flexible.

Soluciones comerciales

5 min
¿Cuál es el valor de una garantía?

Las garantías están en todas partes, desde pequeños productos de consumo hasta maquinaria comercial y todo lo demás. A veces parece que necesita un título en derecho para comprender los términos de una garantía.