Editing Lumber (section)

==Environmental effects of lumber==
Green building minimizes the impact or "environmental footprint" of a building. Wood is a major building material that is renewable and replenishable in a continuous cycle.<ref name="About Treated Wood - CWC"/> Studies show manufacturing wood uses less energy and results in less air and water pollution than steel and concrete.<ref>[http://www.corrim.org/pubs/articles/2011/FSG_Review_Carbon_Synthesis.pdf Lippke, B., E. Oneil, R. Harrison, K. Skog, L. Gustavsson, and R. Sathre. 2011. Life cycle impacts of forest management and wood utilization on carbon mitigation: knowns and unknowns. Carbon Management 2(3): 303–33.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110121510/http://www.corrim.org/pubs/articles/2011/FSG_Review_Carbon_Synthesis.pdf |date=2011-11-10 }}</ref> However, demand for lumber is blamed for [[deforestation]].<ref>[[Peter Dauvergne]] and Jane Lister, ''[https://www.polity.co.uk/resources/peter-timber.asp Timber] {{webarchive|url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160522205904/https%3A//www.polity.co.uk/resources/peter%2Dtimber.asp |date=2016-05-22 }}'' (Polity Press, 2011).</ref>

===Residual wood===
The conversion from coal to [[biomass]] power is a growing trend in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/news/enn.cfm#id_11950 |title=EERE News: EERE Network News<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=29 March 2011 |archive-date=29 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529013518/http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/news/enn.cfm#id_11950 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Australia, Fiji, Madagascar, Mongolia, Russia, Denmark, Switzerland, and Eswatini governments all support an increased role for energy derived from biomass, which are organic materials available on a renewable basis and include residues and/or byproducts of the [[logging]], saw milling and paper-making processes. In particular, they view it as a way to lower greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the consumption of oil and gas while supporting the growth of forestry, agriculture and rural economies. Studies by the U.S. government have found the country's combined forest and agriculture land resources have the power to sustainably supply more than one-third of its current petroleum consumption.<ref>[http://feedstockreview.ornl.gov/pdf/billion_ton_vision.pdf U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Energy Biomass as a Feedstock for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry: The Technical Feasibility of a Billion-Ton Annual Supply, 2005 Executive Summary] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080825173945/http://feedstockreview.ornl.gov/pdf/billion_ton_vision.pdf |date=2008-08-25 }}</ref>

Biomass is already an important source of energy for the North American forest products industry. It is common for companies to have cogeneration facilities, also known as combined heat and power, which convert some of the biomass that results from wood and paper manufacturing to electrical and thermal energy in the form of steam. The electricity is used to, among other things, dry lumber and supply heat to the dryers used in paper-making.