In the other way that many people thing, to use wood to build structures, mobile and homes is an atitude very
ecological,
since the wood had origins and consume sustainable. As the Institute for Development of
Ecological Housing (IDHEA- in portuguese) in São Paulo, to produce 1kg of wood uses 21 times less energy than to produce 1kg of cement. Comparing to the energy needed to produce steel or plastic the economy reaches 99%.
Also, the wood is a constructive versatile
material, of great aesthetic appeal and of bigger possibilities of sustainability in its aplication. The USA incentive hardly the use of wood in the civil construction an this is positive. Beyond the economy of energy in the material processing, even more wood is used in a construction, more carbon dioxide ceased to be released in the atmosphere.