BambooBamboo's best green feature is that it's a rapidly renewable resource, plus it's naturally stronger and harder than most other hardwoods. Teragren, one of the best-known producers, offers an FSC-certified product called FSC-Pure. Be aware, though, that almost all commercial bamboo comes from China, so a lot of energy goes into transporting the product to the United States.Cost: $26 to $36 per square foot for the material only
In the case of the project in this image, there were no drywall beams, but rather a dropped drywall ceiling clad with bamboo flooring. To clad the soffit, we screwed furring strips through the drywall to the joists above, and then used bamboo flooring, glued to the furring strips and nailed through the tongue to the furring strips.