The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries conducted a "Awareness and Intention Survey on the Recycling of Forest Resources".
* From the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries statistics page https://www.maff.go.jp/j/tokei/
According to the
survey, the most common reason consumers want to use wood products is "I think they have a good scent, texture, and appearance," accounting for 68.9% .
Others were 53.5% for "I think it is good for safety, security and health", followed by 38.6% for "I think it is useful for environmental contribution". ..
Many people have the impression that they feel warmth and feel at ease with wood products. Why is that?
Warmth felt from wood products
The warm impression that people feel about wood products is actually scientifically proven, not just about the senses.
The reason is the thermal conductivity and humidity control effect of wood.
The thermal conductivity of wood is very low
The thermal conductivity ofwood is very low, only about 9% for concrete and 0.2% for iron.
Wood products are plants, unlike artificial ones, so they have cells. The layer of air that the cells have acts as a heat insulator. The temperature has the property of flowing from high to low, but wood products feel warm because this layer of air does not take away body temperature.
Humidity control effect of wood
The other is the humidity control effect. Even after the wood products are processed and transformed into furniture and tools, the humidity is adjusted by "breathing", such as sucking in moisture if the surrounding humidity is high and exhaling if it is dry. I am.
The warmth that people feel about trees is not just an impression, but scientifically proved to be "warm".
Safety of wood products
Wood has pipe-shaped cells that flexibly deform and act as a cushion, and has a shock absorption capacity of 2 to 3 times that of marble. To be honest, I don't really get the image compared to marble (laughs), but it's safer to use flexible and light wooden toys and cutlery in homes with children than if they break. I think that can be said.
In addition, there is a research result that wood has a function of absorbing ultraviolet rays, and the light reflected from wood contains almost no ultraviolet rays and is easy on the eyes.
Woodwork / Incorporate wood products into your life
Incorporating such warm and highly safe wood products into your life will help you to spend more time with your loved ones. HAND in HAND is a concept [Let's use "ki". ] Is listed. Not only is it good for the environment, but it also means that "living with trees" that uses it will improve everyone's lives.
Woodwork / I would be so happy if you could feel the kindness of living with wood by actively incorporating wood products into your life.
