The Tile Council of North America Blog

MAY 1, 2015

Tile: The Natural Choice An overview of ceramic tile's performance and sustainability-related attributes. Tile and Green Building: Credits and Requirements An at-a-glance guide to the credits, points, and compliance parameters applicable to ceramic tile in today's green building standards and rating systems.

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The Tile Council of North America Blog

MAY 1, 2015

Tile: The Natural Choice An overview of ceramic tile's performance and sustainability-related attributes. Tile and Green Building: Credits and Requirements An at-a-glance guide to the credits, points, and compliance parameters applicable to ceramic tile in today's green building standards and rating systems.

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LEED North America Tile Survey 100

Floor Covering News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Mike Weaver vice president of dealer trade sales Emser Tile Understand the advantages for you, the retailer “There are many surveys that show natural stone is what consumers ultimately want on their floors and counters. It’s the best way to increase overall resale value. Also, natural stone is classic by definition.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JULY 8, 2013

Catalina Research and Ceramic Tile And Stone Consultants (CTaSC) Announces the Release of the. SAN DIEGO (June 27, 2013) - Catalina Research and Ceramic Tile And Stone Consultants, Inc. The CTaSC survey provides data and information on the sales and markets for stone product importers, fabricators, and stone product manufacturers.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 4, 2023

In an online survey recently conducted by Amorim Cork Composites in the American market, consumers named durability as the No. Whether it is a laminate, wood or ceramic flooring, there is an Amorim underlayment that adapts to your flooring needs, offering a quieter and more comfortable environment. 1 reason to install an underlayment.

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Ceramics of Italy

JUNE 30, 2022

The German Institute for Quality and Finance (ITQF) has updated its Green Star survey to 2022 using social listening methods and has certified Casalgrande Padana as one of the most sustainable companies.

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Kitchen and Residential Design

MAY 7, 2019

A recent survey from Lightstream reports that 37 percent of homeowners indicated they are planning to remodel their bathrooms in 2019, edging out kitchen remodels, which 31 percent of respondents said was a priority. Twenty-seven percent of those surveyed said personalization was their primary reason for investing in a renovation.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 30, 2023

Raj Shah, MSI co-CEO M S International, more commonly known as MSI, started making headlines about 15 years ago as an affordable source of ceramic tile and stone. Every survey will show you that 80% to 90% of homeowners, given the choice and affordability, would want a hard surface floor—which the first level up is SPC.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Fast forward to the third quarter of 2022— prospects for continued high levels of multi-family development and high occupancy rates declined significantly , according to NAHB’s Multi-family Market Survey. Ceramic tile consumption, not surprisingly, remains strong in both the single and multi-family construction markets.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

JULY 10, 2018

So it is some accolade for UK-based CTD Architectural Tiles that it has recently completed its second Harley Davidson garage in Manchester, England; a project developed in collaboration with Focus Architecture and Surveying. More at: [link]. A new post by Joe Simpson, Diary of a Tile Addict, July 2018.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 3, 2021

made alternatives, including domestically produced laminate flooring, hardwood, luxury vinyl tiles or planks and, where appropriate, ceramic tile. Furthermore, a Sequential Thomas survey showed increasing rates of companies bringing work back to America. A Yahoo Finance survey showed 82% of U.S. up from 41,000 in 2019.

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Margaret Almon Mosaics

JULY 18, 2015

Orna Shahar belongs to the Israel Quilters Association , and also to Encounters Art Quilt Group , with 16 Israeli quilters who meet to learn from each other, and learn from other art forms such as origami, ceramic, metal, papercutting, and glass. ” I imagine the idea of surveying the land in the service of beauty.

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The Perfect Bath

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Gold-toned ceramics clad one of the fireplaces, with an exquisitely veined marble on another. It now stands, as stated by a 1970 Survey of Historic Buildings, as a “design of first rank in architectural quality, significance, and originality.” The bold color and pattern perfectly suited this light and airy room. I couldn’t agree more.

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Chicago Bath Illinois Survey 84

Ceramics of Italy

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Respondents were asked if they would recommend the company where they work and to rate their employer along the lines of talent development, remote work options, parental leave benefits, diversity, work-life balance and pride in the company’s products or services.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2020

“The biggest choke point in our region is the number of qualified ceramic mechanics,” McSwain’s Carnes reported. “If Without that elasticity in the trade, we are having to balance our other sales against the number of ceramic jobs that can be installed per week.”. Tom Urban, general manager, Great Lakes Carpet, Wildwood, Fla.,

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

MAY 29, 2012

It’s hard to say what percentage of business owners use Twitter and Facebook -published surveys vary wildly from one third or less of all businesses to two thirds or more. If you are not yet taking advantage of both opportunities to show and grow your business, now is certainly a good time to make your social media debut.

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Entra Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

The CAFAM/Craft in America exhibition is curated by independent curator (and Entra contributor) Jo Lauria, and surveys a period of the state''s artistic history that is characterized by an unbound imagination. It was a time of new technologies, innovative materials, hippie counterculture, environmentalism, and a spirit of defiance.

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Ceramics of Italy

JULY 13, 2022

In the study entitled “Green Star – Le aziende sostenibili 2022” (“Green Star – Sustainable Companies 2022”), the largest ever survey of green corporate policies in Italy conducted by the German institute ITQF and La Repubblica Affari&Finanza, Mapei took first place in the “Chemicals” section out of 300 selected companies.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2020

Approximately 71% of all our mobile communication occurs over wireless internet, according to Wi-Fi Alliance, and surveys say we like it that way. Our emails stop loading, our virtual assistants stop responding, our tablets and laptops become useless, and our phones dip into our precious data supply. Plywood and drywall.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

MAY 30, 2014

In fact, an open floor plan is the number one criteria cited in a 2013 luxury home survey done by Coldwell Banker. Inalco Ceramics June 2, 2014 at 12:46 PM. A home is not luxurious unless it has a grand entryway with a large two-story staircase and an expansive, airy open floor plan. Collect this idea. Technology. 2 comments.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

JUNE 16, 2015

According to a recent survey, 70% of buyers want an island in their kitchen, and of those, 50% consider it a must-have item. There are many ways to decorate on a tight budget and create a luxury kitchen for a fraction of the price by doing things like using stylish ceramic tile in place of marble.

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Heath Ceramics

JUNE 1, 2016

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 9, 2021

For years, FloorForce had been studying consumer data, talking to retailers, conducting consumer surveys and running beta tests to monitor the behavior of consumers—both during and after her floor-buying journey. I4F/Hymmen digital printing on ceramic. Luckily, FloorForce didn’t have to rely on guesswork when changing its roadmap.

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