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House of the Future International Focus: Loft-Y Goals Returning Home Wood Is Good Outdoor Building Solutions CREDITS The magazine for building professionals from LP Building Products no.0 8 WINTER 2012 HOUSE OF THE FUTURE INTERNATIONAL FOCUS: LOFT-Y GOALS RETURNING HOME WOOD IS GOOD OUTDOOR BUILDING SOLUTIONS CREDITS Publisher JEFF LIPSCOMB Managing Editor LIZ PARKER [email protected] Senior Editor RICK LEWIS Associate Editor LEIGH MARIE LUNN Production Manager LESLIE TORRICO Senior Designer JENNIFER RUNDBERG Creative Director KERRY OLIVER engineeredwoodonline.com Online Editor ISHMAEL HALLIN Published by Louisiana-Pacific Corporation: Executive Vice President, Specialty Products, Sales and Marketing RICK OlSZEWSKI Director, Corporate Marketing RUSTY CARROll OSB Marketing Manager JUDY MUSGROVE Business Marketing Manager, LP Siding Division BEN SKOOG Business Marketing Manager, EWP MIKE WARDLOW 888-820-0325 · LPCorp.com BORA is a registered trademark of Affinity Tools LLC; WITTUS FIRE BY DESIGN is a registered trademark of Wittus, Inc.; IPAD is a registered trademark of Apple Inc.; NAHB is a registered trademark of National Association of Home Builders of the United States; PYROTITE is a registered trademark of International Barrier Technology Inc.; ENERGY STAR is a registered trademark of the Environmental Protection Agency; LEED is a registered trademark of the U.S. Green Building Council; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY INITIATIVE is a registered trademark of American Forest & Paper Association, Inc.; FSC is a registered trademark of Forest Stewardship Council, A.C.; LP, TOPNOTCH, SOLIDSTART, TECHSHIELD, FLAMEBLOCK, and SMARTSIDE are registered trademarks of Louisiana-Pacific Corporation. 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For additional information, please visit www.engineeredwoodonline.com. © 2012 Louisiana-Pacific Corporation Contents ON THE COVER 08 Inside the Builder’s Mind What Our Reader Survey Reveals About the Future of Our Industry By Liz Parker IN THIS ISSUE 04 House of the Future Bringing Together Today’s Best Building Practices for a Look at Tomorrow By Rick Lewis 07 International Focus: Loft-y Goals British Homebuilders Look to Lofts to Boost Home Values By Rick Lewis 12 Returning Home How Homebuilders and Manufacturers Are Giving Thanks to Our Troops By Liz Parker 16 Wood Is Good USDA Encourages Use of Wood Products for Homebuilding By Rick Lewis 18 Outdoor Building Solutions Treated Engineered Wood Ure vel ut wismole Provides Durable Option sequat, sit wiscilis for Sheds and Other erosto enibh Portable Buildings euipsustrud magna By Liz Parker conse modolortie te magna commolorper se molorper amcore IN EVERY ISSUE tem velisi blan henit praesti onsequam 03 Trends & Technology dunt nullam 15 Builder Spotlight 20 Builder News & Trends 21 Facts & Figures In This Issue The new year has begun, and it should be one efficiency in mind. “Wood Is Good” on page of slow but present growth as the National 16 examines the USDA and the Canadian Association of Home Builders forecasts an Wood Council’s efforts to advance wood as increase in single-family housing starts. The a green building material. NAHB International Builders’ Show (IBS) This issue offers our readers even more is just around the corner, and as always engineered wood solutions in both North we’re here to provide the latest in industry America and across the ocean in the United news and trends surrounding engineered Kingdom. “Outdoor Building Solutions” wood as our readers keep their eyes on an examines material options for sheds eventual market turnaround. and other portable buildings on page 18. In this issue, we take a look at what our “International Focus: Loft-y Goals” shows readers think 2012 has in store. Last fall we how British homebuilders are looking to conducted a reader survey, and on page 08 we lofts as a means of boosting home values. reveal those results in “Inside the Builder’s Visit www.engineeredwoodonline.com for Mind,” as we show what our readers have additional content and videos. If you like to say about the industry and suggest how what you see in this magazine or if you have engineered wood materials can help. any ideas about what you’d like to see in the Our survey shows a number of readers future, let us know by contacting our editor expect an even greater focus on efficiency at [email protected]. in new homes. In “House of the Future” on page 04, we highlight a new home built and designed with a goal of affordability and Engineered Wood Is Now On Facebook. Become A Part Of Our Online Community At Facebook.com/engineeredwood And Join Our Conversation! Follow us on Twitter at @Engineered_Wood for the latest news. 02 WINTER 2012 WHAT’S NEW Trends & Technology Check out these websites.* New products can shape new directions in the building industry. Custom Colors Cabinetry from Danver According to Danver, their low-maintenance stainless steel cabinetry, now being offered in a variety of exterior finishes, is allowing homeowners and designers to create personalized, custom outdoor spaces. The manufacturer uses inks depicting the grain of the desired wood species to provide for a realistic wood finish. www.danver.com BORA Clamp Edge by Affinity Tool Works Affinity Tool Works, LLC, has introduced the BORA Clamp Edge, which it claims is ideal for all types of wood working, cabinet making, and professional carpentry and D.I.Y. applications. The Clamp Edge features unique swivel clamp heads to allow for cuts on slight angles while maintaining firm clamping pressure. www.affinitytool.com TOBA Pellet Stove from Wittus – Fire By Design Wittus, the manufacturer of the TOBA Pellet Stove, describes its product as one of the most fuel efficient and easiest pellet stoves to use on the market. Every model is fully programmable and thermostatistically controlled. Wittus says the TOBA starts with a touch of a button and quietly brings a room to the desired temperature. www.wittus.com * This information and the websites identified above are provided solely as a convenience to the reader. They are not intended to state or imply that the editors of Engineered Wood or LP Building Products sponsor, recommend, endorse or are affiliated or associated with the companies or products listed. ENGINEERED WOOD 03 04 WINTER 2012 HOUSE OF THE FUTURE Bringing Together Today’s Best Building Practices for a Look at Tomorrow BY RiCK LEwiS What does the future of home construction look like? Green building consultant and author Robin Pharo is blazing a new trail, and soon the entire building industry may be following in her footsteps. Pharo and her team were determined to wood sourced from SFI certified forest prove that energy-efficient homes were management and fiber sourcing systems, possible without significantly raising the cost which is important to me. Plus, LP uses the of home construction. They adopted a “best whole log in their manufacturing process so of” approach, identifying as many different there’s minimal waste.” energy-saving ideas as they could find that were already in common practice and didn’t Pharo also noted that all LP SmartSide come with a hefty price tag. They called it products in the home were produced locally the “House of the Future,” and they just might at a manufacturing facility in Tomahawk, be right. Wis., so that the carbon footprint of transporting the building materials was kept What they designed was a stylish, modern, to a minimum as well. affordable home with yearly heating and cooling costs projected at only $700 or less. Next, Pharo and her team tested out 16 And it wasn’t just for show. Pharo herself different wall assemblies to determine the planned to move into the home when it optimal thermal resistance at the best cost. was ready. The result, Pharo explained, was a unique R37.9 design that would add only $3,000 total Teaming up with Encore Construction and cost to a 2,000 sq. ft. home. Included in the wall Windsor Building Systems, Pharo launched assembly were LP® SolidStart® Laminated construction of the House of the Future just Strand Lumber (manufactured in Maine) and outside of Madison, Wisconsin. An important LP® OSB sheathing. part of the construction process was the use of engineered wood products. In particular, “The wall assembly Pharo specified LP® SmartSide® Trim & is a huge win for Siding for the exterior paneling, trim, soffit, us,” said Pharo. and fascia for both environmental and “We’ll be using trim and siding performance reasons. LP® it in almost all Building Products became a sponsor for the of our projects project. going forward.” “I personally love SmartSide and the story behind it,” said Pharo. “I know that LP uses ENGINEERED WOOD 05 The House of the Future was more than just an idea. The home included a unique R37.9 wall design that only added Robin Pharo plans to move into the home herself. $3,000 additional total cost to this 2,000 sq. ft. home. Windsor Building Systems was responsible for framing the home, including the sub-flooring, wall panels, roof trusses, floor and roof sheathing, and more. Engineered wood products were utilized in every area, including LP® TopNotch® Sub-Flooring. “This project is bringing new awareness of what can be accomplished right here and right now,” said Virgil Waugh, president of Windsor Building Systems. “If a homebuilder takes just one idea from this home and puts it to work, that’s one step further along the road to environmentally sound home construction.” Beyond the building materials, Pharo selected a geothermal system capable of both heating and cooling All LP SmartSide products in the home were produced at a local manufacturing facility in Tomahawk, Wis.
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