Stephen Morse, founder and President of the SJ Morse Company, enthusiastically embraces his role as sustainable wood resources consultant. His extensive experience in architectural woodwork and his knowledge and advocacy of FSC-certified and other sustainable wood products are important assets for those planning and executing LEED™ and green building projects.
Morse understands the opportunities as well as the constraints of FSC-certified wood projects and has contributed to numerous green building projects. He and his company provided expertise and veneer panels for the Duke University, Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine & Applied Science in Durham NC. This project has been recognized with an AWI Award of Excellence; project highlights will be featured the winter 2005 Design Solutions Magazine.
For a second year, Stephen Morse has contributed his woodworking knowledge and his Company’s FSC certified veneer products to Sarah Susanka’s Not So Big Showhouse®. The showhouse serves as a learning module for the principles of energy efficiency, green building and sustainability in residential construction.
Stephen Morse is a member of the US Green Building Council, Architectural Woodwork Institute’s LEED™ task force, and a participant in the USGBC "Life Cycle Analysis into LEED™" project. He participated in the panel presentation “Troubleshooting and Preventing Problems When Finishing Wood Veneer” at the International Woodworking Fair 2004 in Atlanta. He has led “bag lunch” presentations for architects on topics such as Veneer Specification, Sustainable Veneers, and Understanding Architectural Woodwork Institute’s Quality Standards in Veneer Selection.

Stephen Morse, Sustainable Wood Resources Consultant
Phone: (304) 856-3423 - Email: smorse@sjmorse.com