by Ann Withanee — October 7, 2011—InterfaceFLOR leads BuildingGreen’s list of Top-10 Green Building Products for 2012 announced at the recent Greenbuild conference, providing building owners and facilities executives with carpet tiles that do not contain potentially harmful perfluorinated compounds (PFCs).
The vast majority of carpet today, explains InterfaceFLOR, is treated with fluoropolymers (perfluorinated compounds, or PFCs) to provide stain resistance. Perfluorinated compounds do not readily break down in the environment, and their long-term health and environmental impacts are unknown. These compounds are under investigation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other agencies worldwide as potentially hazardous compounds.
Most InterfaceFLOR carpet tiles come standard with non-PFC treated fibers. They are also available with GlasBacRE recycled PVC backing that contains at least 74 percent total recycled content and is certified to NSF 140-2007e Platinum. The carpet tiles are Green Label Plus certified, meet ASTM E2471, and were the industry’s first carpet with post-consumer recycled content type 6,6 nylon fiber.
These products can be installed using InterfaceFLOR’s Green Label Plus low-emitting adhesive options: Grid-Set Green Glue 2000, Grid-Set 2500, or the TacTiles installation system.
What makes this product green?: post-consumer recycled content; pre-consumer recycled content; releases minimal pollutants; reduces pollution or waste from operations.
LEED-NC Credit relevance: MR Credit 4: Recycled content; IEQ Credit 4.3: Low-Emitting Materials—Flooring Systems
See also “BuildingGreen Winners: Top-10 Green Building Products for 2012 display innovative solutions” on FMLink.
