{"id":1893,"date":"2022-01-03T09:48:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T09:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenfc.com\/?p=1893"},"modified":"2025-05-12T08:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T08:54:11","slug":"5-reasons-why-wood-is-a-natural-choice-when-designing-a-public-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenfc.com\/us\/stories\/5-reasons-why-wood-is-a-natural-choice-when-designing-a-public-place\/","title":{"rendered":"5 reasons why wood is a natural choice when designing a public place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wood is a renewable material that has been used freely for centuries, however, today more than ever, it is of utmost importance to use responsibly sourced and certified wood to ensure environmental sustainability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Designing a public space requires a lot more than what meets the eye. Layout, flow, seating capacity, acoustics, and lighting all come into play. One of the most important pieces of this puzzle is to carefully plan the choice of materials used in space. Designers can choose from plastic, glass, metal, or wood, not to mention a variety of fabrics and foams. The options can be overwhelming, especially when balancing the aesthetics of the materials with their comfort, sustainability, durability, and safety. As we are moving towards making greener choices in our lifestyles and reducing our carbon footprint, thinking in an environmentally friendly way when designing a public place has become a top priority. With wood being one of the highest trending materials, Green Furniture Concept sees it as an easy and natural choice when designing for the future. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>5 reasons why wood is a natural choice when designing a public place - Americas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Designing a public space requires a lot more than what meets the eye. 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