CUSTOM Insights Blog

MARCH 27, 2015

Every day, I assist architects and designers to understand these shifts and ensure that their client’s expectations, as well as the needs of the jobsite, are met with the correct products and installation methods. The structural engineer had designed the frame to hold only 13 lbs. of tile assembly per square foot.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The Brand Promises serves as a call-to-action and highlights the company’s six strategic areas of focus: developing innovative solutions ; committing to sustainability; enabling iconic design; fostering trust for life; providing the best installer experience; and serving customers as family. Enabling iconic designs. Innovative.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

JUNE 8, 2017

Few have the resources to make their homes completely sustainable all at once, so it’s important to think realistically about which alterations will fit best within your current lifestyle. Consider adding eco-friendly elements into your interior design as well. You could save up to $180 a year, according to SaveOnEnergy.com.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 5, 2020

Focused on commercial interior design and covering 17 different verticals, from Wellness to Hospitality Design, an immersive array of nearly 100 CEU-accredited modules is available to attendees starting June 7, a day before the show’s official opening. “The Power of Design for Experience: Intuitive Integration of Interiors, Egd.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 10, 2023

Green Building Council (USGBC) announced the recipients of its 2023 LEED Homes Awards, recognizing projects, developers and home builders that have demonstrated leadership in the residential green building marketplace. Each winner pursued and successfully achieved LEED certification, the world’s most widely adopted green rating system.

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The Tile Council of North America Blog

AUGUST 26, 2016

With this announcement, building design professionals have even more reason to “think tile” and “think North American” when building green. 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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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

MAY 25, 2015

Image Source: Marie Burgos Design As this is being typed, the current world population is 7,260,873,955, according to the real time Worldometer. As a result, we are consuming too many of the world’s resources at too fast a rate. Luckily, this on the radar of some leading architects who are designing eco-savvy homes.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Whether you are already living in a LEED certified home , or you are still struggling to change your bulbs to LED ones, you will surely find some great tips here. By reusing an item, we save money and save natures precious resources. Image Source: Grounds Well Design Grp. Let’s discuss the many ways that green is gorgeous!

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

OCTOBER 3, 2014

This traditional exterior is LEED-certified. Image Via: WA Design. However, sustainable architecture has found a way to combat these changes by implementing systems to keep our energy emissions to a minimum, generating clean energy from renewable resources, and reusing building materials that would have otherwise become waste.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

Despite the fact that we are going to seek LEED for Homes certification for our project (where deconstruction is preferable to demolition), there are benefits to every residential home owner who is planning on building a new house on a site where a house currently exists. A proper Design process that you follow or that must be followed.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

When you add these costs, with the costs of other organizations and certifications we are encouraged to participate in and obtain USGBC/LEED, AIA, etc., It is not (and should not try to be) an endorsement of your superior design skills. I think it would be helpful to compare these changes with average income for the profession.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 8, 2013

The AIA gave me the outlet to put my ideas into action and helped provide the resources that helped make those actions a success. “If The AIA, and more specifically the Texas Society of Architects, which is my state component, has given me an outlet for the things I am passionate about: design and architectural writing.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Image Source: Pearson Design Group. The more expensive units are often customized to meet your personal design preferences or the dimensions of your home. This LEED platinum farmhouse is heated by this masonry stove. Image Source: Phinney Design. Remember, however, the cost is definitely worth the savings in the long run.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 7, 2015

It’s common that during the construction process that people have to make a decision to balance their wishes and desires with the resources it will take to achieve them. The entire rear elevation is floor-to-ceiling glass – very expansive views were always an important consideration in the design of the house.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

JULY 23, 2015

Travelers is a great hub for diversified discount options, including multi-policy, new homebuyer and LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) discounts. Even a ballooning premium can be offset with smart discount shopping. With some education on available discounts, Travelers can be a great option to save some big bucks.

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