that will qualify for LEED project and can be fabricated into louvers?
Please define your terms. In my mind, “composite wood” includes plywood and OSB, etc.
Toward which LEED credit do you want to apply the product?
Interior or exterior
perhaps a better term would be “Simulated Wood”.
The product being used currently is called Woodn: WOODN MODULATUS TH14830HD_4: Exterior grade Wood Composite ceiling panels produced by means of extrusions consisting of a proprietary compound with a high percentage of virgin polymer (PVC, min.55%), natural wood fibers (Bamboo, min. 22%), enriched with an exclusive blend of anti UV / aging / fire retardant / bacteria / oxidation additives, free from solvents, harmful volatile substances, heavy metals or formaldehyde. Resistant to woodworms and parasites, anti-vegetative and free from cracks and chips in presence of moisture or after cutting, drilling and sawing. Manufactured in China.
Jerome,
I’d run screaming from that one. Nothing about a PVC-sawdust blend, pumped full of chemicals, and made in China sounds sustainable to me.
I have specified Trex for custom louvers (in FL), but not sure about the LEED aspect
Couple ideas:
Fiber-cement trim boards like HardieTrim.
Poly-ash composition trim: Boral Composites Inc., Roswell GA (BoralTruExterior.com); Boral TruExterior – formulation composed of polymeric blend, fly ash and glass fibers.