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Milestone introduces carbon neutral tile

Floor Covering News

To validate that commitment, the company has introduced its first entirely carbon neutral tile with its collection Plaster 2.0. Recently, Florim USA also took part in the first published Material Transparency Study conducted by the TCNA. Because of these efforts, Milestone contributes to LEED and WELL certification credits.

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Contents - 2015 Tile: The Natural Choice

The Tile Council of North America Blog

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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Contents - 2015 Tile: The Natural Choice

The Tile Council of North America Blog

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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ICG Italia celebrates Women’s History Month

Floor Covering News

She is a LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP) and a member of the Urban Land Institute. During her career at Shorenstein she has developed, repositioned or renovated 6.8 million square feet. Rainer graduated from UC Davis with a B.S., and from California College of the Arts with an M.F.A.

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*CUSTOM System Selected for Tile and Stone Orange County’s Two Tallest Towers*

CUSTOM Insights Blog

Each 323-foot tower creates a vertical business campus offering impressive 360 degree views of coastal Orange County and showcasing large format tile and stone on every floor. Visit our Spectrum Tower case study page for the full story.

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Exploring the sustainability of ceramic surfaces

Diary of a Tile Addict

Product quality, design, innovation, Italian origin, and sustainability are all key components of the Italian ceramic tile industry’s success. The Italian tile industry has analysed the product’s environmental impacts over its entire life cycle by means of a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). of Italian ceramic tile production.

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STATS Commercial: Healthcare the bright spot in 2020

Floor Covering News

Ceramic tile, whose share of commercial hovers around 15%, benefitted from the activity seen in healthcare applications. Carpet tile remains the dominant format, accounting for roughly 60% of sales. Broadloom continues to be stressed by the conveniences offered by modular carpet tile. Soft surface situation.

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