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Tile Council Announces UL Certification of EPDs for North American-Made Tile Mortars and Tile Grouts, Two More Ways to Pick Up Points When Building Green

The Tile Council of North America Blog

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 19, 2016. At Greenbuild 2016, TCNA announced UL certification of the Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for tile mortars and tile grouts made in North America. In addition to LEED, EPDs can be used to satisfy requirements in Green Globes, IgCC, ASHRAE 189.1 and ICC 700. .”

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What to Get an Architect for Christmas – 2016

Life of an Architect

Sonos Play:3 $270 Almost every single year I have included some sort of speaker system, whether it be headphones or compact BlueTooth speaker systems, and this year is no different. Did I mention that the system is scalable so you can keep adding to your system over the years?

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Armstrong Flooring offers digital CEU courses

Floor Covering News

Armstrong Flooring is offering a series of online continuing education unit courses in April to make it easy for designers to enhance their knowledge and earn CEUs even when in-person sessions aren’t an option. This course provides insight into specifying luxury vinyl tile that achieves WELL Building Standard Features. Lancaster, Pa.—Armstrong

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CUSTOM Leads Sustainability Charge with Green Products

CUSTOM Insights Blog

Driven by environmental regulation, project specification and client demand, green building continues to double every three years according to the World Green Building Trends 2016 report by Dodge Data & Analytics. Our full line includes underlayments, thin-set mortars, grouts, sealers and cleaners designed with the environment in mind.

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Industry Disrupters 2022: Shattering the status quo

Floor Covering News

What’s more, this increased resilience was designed to outperform both v-groove and traditional ceramic grout applications in terms of wear and tear. The design also allows installers to create staggered patterns while cutting total installation time in half. Setting new standards in manufacturing, education, sustainability.

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MIA Technical Expertise Showcased at the Middle East Stone Show

StoneDimensions

The sustainability class highlighted the recently published ANSI/NSC 373 Sustainable Production of Natural Dimension Stone and Natural Stone Council, NSC 373 Chain of Custody standards. These standards have been developed to document and improve the sustainability profile of natural dimension stone production. Exhibitors.

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Tile Industry 2013: Primed for Recovery

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

Sales of ceramic tile have outpaced overall floor covering sales, due to manufacturers improving designs in wood-type planks, glass tile and stone looks. So even with the strength of the housing in 2013, we’re still a few years away,” he says, suggesting it may be 2015 or 2016 before housing comes all the way back.

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