BNP Media, the parent company of National Floor Trends, will host Global Green Expo, a free online virtual trade show covering the business, social and environmental aspects of sustainability.
The Breezeway House, located in Millcreek Township (near Salt Lake City), has been certified by the Passive House Institute of the United States as a Certified Passive House.
The U.S. Green Building Council, Natural Resources Defense Council and Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) have launched the LEED for Neighborhood Development green neighborhoods rating system.
DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products LLC, a joint venture between DuPont and Tate & Lyle, plan to expand their Loudon, Tenn.-based plant to increase production of bio-based 1,3 propanediol (Bio-PDO) by 35 percent.
Wilsonart Flooring’s Estate Plus, Red Label, Professional Studio, Contract and BlueFusion Flooring Seam Adhesive products have been awarded GREENGUARD Children & Schools Certification.
Mannington Mills was recently named a U.S. Department of Energy Save Energy Now LEADER, which recognizes companies that aim to improve energy efficiency by 25 percent over the next 10 years.
The GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI) has unveiled two new fully accredited Continuing Education Courses: “Clearing the Air on Sustainability: Why Good Indoor Air Quality Matters” and “Making the Grade: Healthy Schools Nurturing Healthy Kids.”
Global Market Partners’ Qu-Cork is the first U.S cork flooring brand to achieve both GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certification and GREENGUARD Children and Schools Certification, according to the company.
Representatives from Shaw Industries Group, Inc. joined California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and architect/designer William McDonough at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., yesterday to mark the launch of the Green Products Innovation Institute (GPII).
Shaw Industries Group has launched Eco Impacts, an environmental product label for the company’s commercially branded carpet tile and broadloom products.
CBC Flooring and Bostik are among the companies that have become founding members of the Green Product Association (GPA), an international association created by The Green Roundtable/NEXUS aimed at an “industry-wide market transformation” of the use of greener products in the built environment.
J&J Industries was named the winner of the furnishings category for the 2009 Evergreen Awards, presented recently by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to recognize efforts in recycling, affirmative procurement and waste reduction.
Mohawk Industries has partnered with Polar Materials Inc., a Covington, Ga.-based company specializing in the use of recycled materials to replace mined minerals.
Shaw Floors' hardwood manufacturing facility in South Pittsburg, Tenn., named Plant HW, has earned Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody certification from Scientific Certification Systems.
Invista, maker of Antron carpet fiber, announced that Colorado-based Westminster High School has won the Grand Prize for the Antron Carpet Fiber Sustainable Flooring Performance Award.
Melbourne, Australia-based Style Limited has signed a Patent License Agreement with Tarkett to manufacture a new range of green flooring products in Europe using Style’s proprietary strand-woven wood technologies.
Mediterranea has published a new full-color brochure highlighting its collection of GREENGUARD certified, commercially-graded porcelain tile products for architects, specification teams, designers and distributors involved with green building projects seeking any level of LEED certification.
The site (www.greenguard.org) boasts a new layout and improved
navigability that features pull-down menu tabs and pages designed specifically
for each of GEI's audiences.
