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 | The Matrix
We have passed the tipping point. The market has shifted so that sustainable flooring materials are readily available for clients at every budget level. Though there’s still room for improvement, we no longer have to compromise goals for performance, aesthetics or cost when specifying environmentally friendly flooring materials.
by Tom Polucci
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 | A Good First Year
In its first full year of existence, the ANSI/NSF 140 2007 carpet sustainability standard earned positive accolades and has filled a need in the existing market.
by Jeff Carrier
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 | Closing the Loop
The amount of recycled content, while undoubtedly important, should not be the first — and certainly not the only — green criteria when choosing carpet. An important step should be considered before even thinking about new floor covering: What’s going to happen to the existing carpet?
by Kim Matsoukas
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 | Polished Concrete Has the Floor
Known for its excellent fitness club programs and facilities, Equinox has been named the best in America by Fitness Magazine. For 14 years running, New York Magazine has awarded the club its highest honor as “Best of New York.”
by Thomas White
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 | Floors Dictated by Nature
What’s so sustainable about hardwood floors? There is no simple answer. So, let’s begin with an accepted definition of the popular term “sustainable.”
by Hardwood Council
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Web Exclusive: Obama Calls for Renewable Energy Plan to Boost Economy with New Technologies
A renewable energy economy isn't something that’s far off in the future, it's happening all across America right now. In February 2009, President Obama signed the $787 billion economic stimulus bill, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which includes billions of dollars in spending and tax credits for renewable energy, i.e. solar, wind, and water, as well as for environmental restoration, national parks, cleaner cars and other energy efficiency programs.
by Alyssa Peconi
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 | Web Exclusive: A Heritage of Sustainability
Very few products have stood the test of time as well as linoleum flooring. It’s no small feat to still be around after 100 years. Look what happened to the Ford Model T, which was also introduced in 1909. It’s even more remarkable that Armstrong linoleum is essentially the same product now as it was then -- made from renewable raw materials and recycled content.
by Dominic C. Rice
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 | Web Exclusive: Green Tide Keeps Cork Bobbing Along
A collective sigh of relief may best describe the sentiments of the cork flooring industry these days. At a time when many areas of flooring are struggling, cork is finally shedding its niche product image and stepping squarely into the mainstream. Manufacturers say the rise in popularity can be explained with one word: Green.
by Michael Chmielecki
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 | Web Exclusive: Feel the Green Under Your Toes
Motel 6, known for offering a clean, comfortable room for the lowest price of any national chain, is saying “sayonara” to carpet and “hello” to a clean, green, wood-effect laminate flooring in its new Phoenix Prototype and property renovations.
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