The Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center is equipped with a Kebony wooden deck

The hamlet of Wantagh, New York, is home to the Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center. It is a unique educational organization focused on the interconnection between human life, the use of energies and the preservation of the environment. The Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center offers a variety of programs and events that teach visitors how to be dedicated stewards of the environment.

One of the reasons for choosing Kebony Clear wood for the entire decking of the site is its alignment with the center's Net Zero construction model. The Kebony technology, born in Norway, consists in fact of modifying softwoods from sustainable sources in order to give them the properties of durability, hardness and dimensional stability of tropical hardwoods. This unique process is respectful of the environment and allows the structures to require no maintenance, while offering them great resistance to the vagaries of the weather and repeated passages: all characteristics that make Kebony the ideal wood for this project.

The center is an inspiring place that is, according to visitors, one of the best family activities in the region. Many interactive exhibitions are organized there, for children and adults alike. Located at the western end of Jones Beach, the center overlooks the ocean and dunes. Thus, the Kebony Clear wooden slats allow it to blend harmoniously into this fragile natural environment, without distorting it.

Kebony is a real, high-end, ecological and durable wood, used in many outdoor applications: decking, cladding, roofing and furniture.

Kebony technology is a patented production process that improves the properties of softwoods to give them characteristics comparable to those of exotic woods. Thanks to an environmentally friendly process, the woods are impregnated with an organic liquid from agricultural crop waste. By heating the wood, the furfuryl polymers are impregnated into the cell walls of the wood, increasing its density and dimensional stability, and giving it a dark brown color similar to a tropical wood. The company's global headquarters are based in Oslo, Norway, and its production sites are located in Skien, south of Oslo and Antwerp in Belgium.