Latest Sustainable flooring Stories
DALTON, Ga., April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer demand for green home products continues to grow, and as a result, Mohawk Industries, the leader in recycled and renewable flooring, has compiled 10 Green Design Trends for 2010. The company tapped design gurus Robin Wilson, a pioneer in the eco-friendly design sector, and Vickie Gilstrap, vice president of color and design for Mohawk's Residential Business, to help consumers go green in their homes without sacrificing style. Choose carpet made...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Mohawk Industries (Mohawk) has teamed with The Birmingham Zoo to put its SmartStrand(R) with DuPont(TM) Sorona(R) (SmartStrand) carpet to the mightiest of durability and stain resistance tests. On August 14, Mohawk will install SmartStrand triexta carpet in the indoor enclosure of The Birmingham Zoo's only Eastern Black Rhinoceros, leaving it there for two weeks. "Ricko the Rhino" - not your typical 12-year-old! - is a bold opponent for the...
ST. LOUIS, July 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Important legislation recently passed in the U.S. House of Representatives that will help to promote the use of green building products in our nation's schools. The "Green Schools Modernization" bill was amended to include language that would "require agencies receiving grant funds... to disclose whether any flooring installed was from renewable sources." Wood flooring is a 100% renewable flooring option.The bill specifically recognizes the...
ST. LOUIS, April 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- If you are looking for products for your home that will reduce your impact on the environment, look no further than real wood floors. Wood floors are a flooring option that has little impact on the environment in terms of raw materials, and in terms of the natural resources required to harvest the trees and manufacture the lumber into a finished product. The National Wood Flooring Association conducted a life cycle analysis of solid wood...
ST. LOUIS, March 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- If you're looking for green products for your home or business, only one flooring option available on the market today comes from a renewable resource - wood flooring. Trees are a raw material that can be harvested and replanted to replenish forests time and time again. In fact, not only are trees a renewable resource, but there actually are more trees in existence today in the United States than there were 50 years ago. The United States...
