MATERIA NATURA AMBIENTE CALORE

MATERIAL /NATURE/ENVIRONMENT/WARMTH. Listone Giordano’s plants are located in the earth of Umbria surrounded by vineyards, hills and nature as they have been crated to perfectly fit with the surroundings. Respecting the atmosphere, the soil, protect water clarity and the landscape, consuming less energy and recycling. Here in the earth of Umbria wood floors and wines, renowned all over the world, born just few steps away one from the other, are synonyms of genius and excellence that so well distinguish “made in Italy” products. For those who love it and respect it, wood is far more than a simple...

Man and wood have always intertwined a special relationship, and today more then ever this relationship is reaching out to the Wood is vital for its capability of absorbing and retying carbon dioxide and if this natural feature is combined with the low energy consumption needed in wood processing and transforming, if compared to other building materials, it's even easier to understand why wood is a crucial element in fighting climate change. Should the wood in question be Listone Giordano hardwood floor, then the planet will have to thank you twice. Its chain of guardianship certification, its...

“We have numerous opportunities to act, first of all by asking the global architecture and building community to immediately transform building design. New techniques are creating dramatic opportunities for huge savings in energy use and global warming pollution.“ (Al gore - NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2007)

“We plant trees and the trees then plant us since we belong to each other and we must coexist” (Joseph Beuys)

LESS CARBON DIOXIDE ENERGY SAVING

Wood ZERO IMPACT INEXHAUSTIBLE RESOURCE GUGLIELMO GIORDANO FOUNDATION 11

01 ZERO IMPACT INEXHAUSTIBLE RESOURCE Wood is a special material, projected by Nature and moulded by of oxygen production but most of all of carbon dioxide retaining time, with the wise mastery and the patient dedication, basis of and reduction even more efficiently then the ones grown wild. every masterpiece. A forest managed by putting into practice good forestry rules, A material built respectfully by nature. Unlike other natural raw while growing, not only continuously produces material of unique materials, as stones, metals or fossil fuels, wood is a practically characteristics as beauty...

02 More Oxygen, less Carbon Dioxide A Tree during its vegetative phase, in order to increase the mainly caused by fossil fuels burning is considered one of the wood body, starts a series of exchange between the soil and the main actors of the greenhouse effect and so of earth overheating atmosphere so improving the environment. and global climate change. Roots absorb water and nourishing elements from the soil, a The hopes of fighting this phenomenon lay upon the usage of eco lymph that through the stem reaches the leaves and the green sustainable wood. In fact, thanks to wood and biomasses growth,...

03 Energy Saving Wood usage as structural element, rather than flooring or buildings, is consumed for domestic use, also on this matter, panelling inside the house, has got unique energy saving thanks to the great thermal insulation, wood is perfect in qualities. Just to examine the overall aspects we need to take contributing to thermal efficiency, cutting down consumptions into consideration the entire product lifecycle. whilst increasing the comfort. Starting from the early stage we can state that wood, among In summary, even at the end of its lifecycle, after being reused all building and...

04 Recycling The lifecycle of a wood product is one of the longest ever transformed in cellulose fibres giving as result unexpected paper seen. Once concluded its primary functions this product can be or paperboard expressions. reutilized in several ways. A material that has got hundreds lives, that continuously Here’s how an old girder can be reused giving origin to a superb changes, being capable of lengthen over any presumable limit its flooring, becoming some alluring furniture or covering clapboards, usage, other then its extraordinary function of carbon retaining. finding a new fencing...

05 Guglielmo Giordano Foundation Listone Giordano embeds love for wood into its name. Guglielmo Giordano Foundation is repository of this valuable An innovative flooring, result of knowledge, genius and intuition heritage pursuing his goal, through a wide array of activities that reminds us of its inventor, a man that committed to wood ranging from forestry to eco-sustainable wooden resources studies and research his whole life. management, from university grants to arts and events Professor Guglielmo Giordano, researcher and author of vital sponsorship and last but not least workshops and events...

FRANCE: FORESTRY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL ITALY: THE GREEN-HEARTED LABORATORY

Forestry Management SOUTH AMERICA: NEW FORESTRY FRONTIER 23

01 FRANCE: FORESTRY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL Listone Giordano is the offspring of centuries of wood culture. monks who maintained and supervised it through the centuries. Knowledge, passion and respect of this noble material are rooted Nowadays the same ancient rules protect the forest health by in Burgundy, where Listone Giordano is sourcing the best raw planning trees lifecycle, controlling the correct usage of wood materials since 1950. and guaranteeing progressive acreage increase. France boasts international reputation as the “model” country for A meaningful figure that accounts for more than hundred...

02 ITALY: THE GREEN-HEARTED LABORATORY Listone Giordano has recently implemented in Umbria, the green This programme goes beyond a symbolic meaning, stating better heart of Italy, the most important Italian re-implantation of than thousands words or vague ecological aspirations, the well broadleaf forest by planting over 25.000 new oak plants. documented hands-on approach that characterize the actions The project that spreads out on more than 150 acres, obtained, undertaken by Listone Giordano for sustainable development and first in Italy, the international FSC certification that guarantees...