There is a growing awareness within the building community toward environmental responsibility. Specifying steel framing takes a major step in protecting and preserving our environment for generations to come.
Steel is North America’s most recycled material. Annually, millions of obsolete tons are recycled into new steel construction products for commercial and residential green building.

Most Recycled Material

- Steel is 100% recyclable and considered a green building material.
- Steel framing materials contain on average 53% recycled steel.
- 60 million tons of steel scrap are recycled each year: more than paper, aluminium, glass and plastic combined.

Environmental Considerations

- It takes 25 old growth trees to build a 2,500 square foot home, compared with 7 recycled automobiles for the same steel-framed home.
- It takes 500 old growth trees to build a 50,000 square foot hotel, compared with 140 recycled automobiles.
- There is little waste when using steel framing materials.