Sustainable Flooring Options: Carpet Tile

Posted on August 11, 2008 by joyceb
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If you’re looking for a softer, customizable covering for your floors, modular carpet tiles made from recycled content are a great option.

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Sustainable Flooring Options: Tile Made with Recycled Content

Posted on August 8, 2008 by joyceb
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If you’re looking for tile for your bathroom, kitchen, foyer, or laundry room floor, consider those made with recycled content. From porcelain and ceramic to terrazzo and glass, tile flooring made with recycled content is getting easier to find in today’s marketplace. Benefits of tile include easy cleaning and maintenance, and its stain-resistance, durability, and long lifespan.

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Sustainable Flooring Options: FSC Certified North American Hardwood

Posted on August 7, 2008 by joyceb
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With several beautiful species of woods to choose from right here in North America, like Maple, Hickory, Walnut, Oak, and Antique Pine, it’s easy to make an environmentally-friendly choice when looking for long-lasting, durable hardwood flooring.

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Sustainable Flooring Options: Real Lineoleum

Posted on August 6, 2008 by joyceb
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Another great option for resilient flooring is linoleum, not vinyl as many people refer to it, but real linoleum made from linseed oil, wood or cork flour, rosin, jute (backing material), and mineral pigments. These natural ingredients are abundantly available and renewable.

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Sustainable Flooring Options: Cork, It’s Not Just for Wine Bottles

Posted on August 5, 2008 by joyceb
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This week, I’ll be writing about various sustainable options for flooring beginning with cozy, comfortable cork.

Cork is the bark of the cork oak tree, grown mainly in the Mediterranean. Harvesting includes not cutting down the tree, but by removing (by hand) about 50% of the bark and drying it for a period of 3-6 months. During a cork oak tree’s lifespan of 150-200 years, it is ready for harvesting in its 25th year, and then every 9 years thereafter. Chemical pesticides and fertilizers are not typically used in cork forests.

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Solar Power Hits the Roof

Posted on August 4, 2008 by joyceb
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Solar panel manufacturers are overcoming objections by homeowners who are concerned about the way the power-generating panels look, by making them virtually disappear into roofing materials.

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