Green Statement
About our hardwood supplier…
Northern Red Oak is the hardwood and major component used in the manufacture of Blockhouse Contract Furniture. It is supplied from locally grown and managed forests throughout Pennsylvania. Blockhouse works closely with SmartWood, a program of the Rainforest Alliance, for a Certified chain of custody.
Wood products certified by SmartWood are recognized as coming from “well-managed” forests, adhering to strict environmental and socioeconomic standards in accordance with the Principles and Criteria of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
As a member of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) program since 1998, Blockhouse Furniture is part of a core group of forest products companies with a vision and commitment to conserve our resources for the benefit of future generations. Protecting the environment, creating a desirable habitat for wildlife and conserving the forest resource through better timber stand management are all-important policies that Blockhouse takes very seriously.
Our Green Initiatives…
- Case goods finishing:
Blockhouse incorporates a state of the art, flat-line finishing system that utilizes Ultra Violet (UV) Epoxy Clear Coatings and has 0% emissions into the atmosphere, even lower than water base finishes. - Lounge & Seating finishing:
Volatile Organic Compounds or VOC’s are significantly below EPA standards for wood furniture manufacturing. - Other important facts
In an on going effort to provide long-term cost savings and extend product life, Blockhouse offers it’s patented Key-Loc reversible cushions system. Furniture with removable covers and replaceable cushions extends the core product life cycle by more than 100%. Re-upholstery rather than total product replacement avoids deposits into already overloaded landfills and extends your capital expenditure for a better “Product to Dollar Ratio”. - Recycled steel is utilized in all components requiring the use of steel.
- Many upholstery fabrics are available with recycled yarns.
- Our sawdust is used for farm animal bedding—not dumped into landfills.
- Over 98% of our orders are shipped “blanket wrapped” to eliminate post-consumer packaging waste.