Sustainable Wood Fiber Insulation for a Healthier Planet
Delivering truly sustainable insulation products is about committing to responsible sourcing, low-impact manufacturing, high-performance materials, and supporting a circular economy.
Saving Carbon While Storing Carbon
Wood fiber addresses carbon on two fronts: as insulation, it helps reduce the energy needed to heat and cool buildings, while the wood fiber itself stores biogenic carbon in the built environment. Using residual softwood fiber also creates a long-lived use for carbon captured by trees during growth.
Across all three products, more carbon is stored in the wood fiber than is emitted through raw material sourcing, transportation and manufacturing, resulting in negative cradle-to-gate global warming potential.
Verified Environmental Impact
Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) provide independently verified, standardized reporting of a product’s environmental impacts across its life cycle. TimberHP has published EPDs for our complete wood fiber insulation portfolio, providing architects, builders and project teams with transparent environmental data.
What Are the Environmental Benefits of Wood Fiber Insulation?
Wood fiber insulation can support lower-carbon construction by using renewable wood resources and storing biogenic carbon in the built environment. Made from residual wood fiber, it puts an abundant byproduct of the forest-products industry to productive use while helping reduce heating and cooling loads. Together, these benefits support more resource-efficient, lower-impact buildings.
Stronger Forests, Stronger Buildings
Beyond its carbon benefits, wood fiber can contribute to a more resilient building envelope. Its vapor-open design supports drying and moisture management, helping assemblies stay durable and perform over the long term.
Promoting Sustainable Forest Management
TimberHP uses abundant residual softwood fiber from the regional forest-products industry, putting an underutilized resource to work while supporting Maine’s working forests and a renewable, circular materials economy.
Maine housing standards have been steadily ramping up the required amount of R value in the roof because this is one of the easiest places to add insulation, and this is where TimberHP has been really effective because it’s an easy drop-in. We’re also focused on good air sealing and controlling that attic lid to prevent moisture and air leakage through the ceiling that can cause buildings to degrade.
Jesse Thompson
Principal, Kaplan Thompson Architects
Supporting Forestry and Community
Our advanced wood fiber insulation technology is breathing new life into the forest products industry, reinvigorating local communities. Paper mills were a major economic driver across the U.S. for decades, but decreased paper demand caused many to close. We revitalized a shuttered paper mill in Madison, Maine, and continue to step up, converting forest byproducts into cost-competitive, environmentally-sustainable insulation products for energy efficient home design.
Reducing the Environmental Burden
Wood fiber insulation is free from harsh fibers, won’t off-gas, and is made from renewable wood chips. Transportation to our manufacturing facility is minimal compared to other products such as glass, sand, and chemicals for foam. Unlike other insulations that are derived from fossil fuels, our insulation is biogenic, non toxic, and biodegradable. Plus, we recycle off-cuts and out-of-spec material back into the manufacturing process, minimizing waste.
