Green Builder Media CEO Sara Gutterman profiles Delta Millwork's Luna Wood thermally modified siding used on the exterior of the Transcend House. She explains how heat-and-steam modification improves dimensional stability and durability without surface coatings.
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Sara Gutterman: Delta motors is an award winning, family owned manufacturer of architectural grade wood siding, paneling and decking. For 40 years in Austin, Texas, Delta has been a pioneer in offering high performance and sustainable wood materials, promoting wood as a renewable building material, and innovating its application. Delta millwork has provided Luna Wood thermal wood for the exterior siding of the transcend House.
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Sara Gutterman: Luna Wood really creates a connection between the exterior of the Transcend Home and the surrounding Ponderosa forest. The Luna Wood was grown and strengthened in the harsh climate of Finland and the Nordic forest provides really strong and durable materials that are enhanced with heat and steam only. Luna Wood offers an easy to maintain, long lasting and thoroughly sustainable wood product really for all climates.
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Sara Gutterman: Luna wood products are thermally modified using only natural methods heat and steam as I mentioned, and thermal modifications significantly improve the wood's properties, thereby expanding the range of applications that the wood can be used in. Luna Wood thermal wood is most known for its dimensional stability, durability, and sustainability. It doesn't require surface coating even in the most challenging climate conditions, which makes it an ecological choice throughout its life cycle.