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RECSI August Dinner Program
Redwood as a Sustainable Building Product
This course offers insight into redwood as a sustainable building product. The members of the California Redwood Association have a long history of environmental stewardship and a reputation for some of the more progressive and innovative voluntary forest and wildlife management programs in the industry, tapping the sun for energy and soaking in California's famed North Coast fog.
The details and results of a recent Life Cycle Assessment comparing redwood and plastic/composite decking options will be shared and will also share information about redwood's Environmental Product Declaration.
This course will provide evidence that redwood makes it easy to build sustainably without sacrificing quality or elegance. It will also provide information on how redwood is renewable and recyclable, and cleaner to produce than composites or plastics.
Learning Units: 1
Delivery/Provider Name: California Redwood Association
Credit: LU/HSW
Course Format: In-person
Contact Us: Charlie Jourdain, charlie@calredwood.org , www.realstrongredwood.org
Learning objective 1: At the end of this course, participants will be able to identify the most sustainable forest management methods and use it to understand the sustainability of the wood product they use
Learning objective 2: At the end of this course, participants will understand the results of a redwood LCA and EPD and the relevance to sustainable building practices
Learning objective 3: At the end of this course, participants will be able to understand the environmental impact differences between redwood and plastic/composite decking material and use that information to choose the best building material for a project
Learning objective 4: At the end of this course, participants will understand redwood basics, including lumber grades and applications that will them use best use redwood in a project.
Biography: Charlie Jourdain, President
California Redwood Association
Charlie was born and raised in Western Massachusetts. He attended the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he graduated in 1980 with BS degrees in both Forestry and Wood Science and Technology. In 1982 Charlie graduated from the University of Kentucky in Lexington with a MS in Forest Science with an emphasis on wood quality. Post-graduate work at Texas A&M University involved research in forest genetics. In 1985 he took a position with the University of California, Berkeley, Forest Products Laboratory where he conducted research on the performance of building materials in wood structures. In 1988 he accepted a position as Supervisor of Technical Services with the California Redwood Association. In 2006 he was appointed President of the CRA. He was appointed to the American Lumber Standard Committee in 1990 by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and serves as Chairman of the ALSC Enforcement Subcommittee. He is active in many lumber industry trade associations such as the American Wood Council, Forest Products Society and American Society for Testing and Materials. Charlie lives in Pleasant Hill, CA with his wife and two teenage boys. His hobbies include automobile restoration and bicycling.
charlie@calredwood.org , www.realstrongredwood.org
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LocationCharlie's Grill (View)
1320 19th Hole Drive
Windsor, CA 95492
United States
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| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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