Danube launches 'green certified' timber products.Byline: Dubai Danube Building Materials has launched the first Forest Stewardship Council The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is a non-profit organization based in Bonn, Germany. The Council's stated mission is "to promote environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial and economically viable management of the world's forests". (FSC FSC See: Foreign Sales Corporation ) and Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC PEFC Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell PEFC Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes PEFC Pan European Forest Council )-certified whitewood whitewood, common name for numerous unrelated trees having light-colored wood, e.g., the tulip tree (see magnolia), the linden, and the cottonwood (see willow). and hardwood timbers products in the GCC GCC: see Gulf Cooperation Council. (compiler, programming) GCC - The GNU Compiler Collection, which currently contains front ends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, and Ada, as well as libraries for these languages (libstdc++, libgcj, etc). . This is in line with the company's commitment to sustainability, which is further underlined by its planned collaboration with the Dubai Municipality to promote 'Green building codes'. Company officials are positive of the response for these new eco-friendly products at the upcoming 'Big5 International Building and Construction Show', which will mark their official launch in the UAE (Uninterruptible Application Error) The name given to a crash in Windows 3.0. In subsequent versions of Windows, a crash was called a "General Protection Fault," "Application Error" or "Illegal Operation." See crash in Windows and abend. and across the GCC. As support for green building initiatives in Dubai escalates - with the emirate e·mir·ate n. 1. The office of an emir. 2. The nation or territory ruled by an emir. Noun 1. emirate - the domain controlled by an emir drawing up 'green' building standards - Danube has reported that the number of inquiries for FSC and PEFC timber from its customers has increased. This has prompted the company to introduce building materials certified by FSC and PEFC, which are independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisations that promote sustainably managed forests through independent third party certification. Certification from these bodies is a testament of responsible production and consumption of forest products thereby letting consumers make eco-friendly purchasing decisions while supporting ongoing business value. "As the largest building materials company in the Middle East, we have invested in making green products such as certified hardwood and whitewood timber available in the GCC region, and we intend to use our extensive presence throughout the region to enable project managers to turn green policies from theory into practice," said Frank Owens, product manager of Hardwood Timber, Danube Building Materials. "In addition, we have been engaged in ongoing discussion with Dubai Municipality on how to best formulate and implement 'green' building codes to ensure a positive effect on the environment." As a pioneer in supplying green building materials to GCC market, Danube will be focusing on educating buyers on certified materials, its benefits, and from which local vendors they can legitimately procure materials. At present, the company is actively working with certification bodies like BM Trada to promote among joinery joinery, craft of assembling exposed woodwork in the interiors of buildings. Where carpentry refers to the rougher, simpler, and primarily structural elements of wood assembling, joinery has to do with difficult surfaces and curvatures, such as those of spiral factories in its sales network the 'Chain of Custody' certification, which will be a strong deterrent against certified material fraud. Danube also revealed plans to offer certified plywood and veneer soon, in line with its goals to provide a fully-certified wood products line-up by end of 2009.- TradeArabia News Service Copyright 2008 www.tradearabia.com Copyright 2009 Al Hilal Publishing & Marketing Group Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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