GREEN GUIDE
We assist our clients by specifying and obtaining environmentally responsible flooring products by supporting the US Green Building Council's LEED standards and guidelines. Kim combines these standards with an evaluation of our clients' facility-specific needs and goals in order to identify an ideal flooring product selection for each area of occupancy.
FLOORING IN THE LEED
The environmentally responsible commercial construction market will reach $10 to $20 billion over the next five years. This “green” growth will offer greater opportunities for everyone from product manufacturers to specifiers to be involved with environmentally responsible building projects. Along with this growth you can expect more information, and unfortunately, more misinformation, about green construction materials and methods. To help you separate fact from fiction, this issue of StarLog focuses on the most often asked questions that designers, specifiers and facility managers have about how flooring can contribute to earning LEED points and play a role in environmentally responsible projects.
| Flooring In The LEED Vol.6, No.1 936 KB Uploaded: October 4th, 2009 The environmentally responsible commercial construction market will reach $10 to $20 billion over the next five years. This "green" growth will offer greater opportunities for everyone to be involved with environmentally responsible building projects. Along with this growth you can expect more information, and unfortunately, more misinformation, about green construction materials and methods. To help separate fact from fiction, this issue focuses on the most often asked questions about how flooring can contribute to earning LEED points and play a role in environmentally responsible projects. |
What You Should Know About "Green" Flooring Vol.1, No.6 348 KB Uploaded: October 1st, 2009 One of the hottest topics, if not THE topic of the new millennium for the design and build industry is "green. " Specifiers, facility managers, building owners and building occupants are demanding green buildings, green products, green construction methods, and green renovation and demolition. A heightened sense of environmental awareness for future generations is driving this desire to reduce the impact of man-made buildings on the natural environment. |