Articles Tagged with ''Sustainability''

Mountain Re-Source Center bestows inaugural "Giving Green" award to Florida Tile

April 16, 2012
Mountain Re-Source Center (MRC) and Tile Partners for Humanity (TPFH), the tile industry partnership that is part of MRC, awarded the inaugural "Giving Green" award to Florida Tile for its support of community improvement projects through generous donations of ceramic tile.


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Crossville® earns TCNA's Green SquaredSM certification

May 9, 2012
American porcelain tile manufacturer Crossville® has earned Green SquaredSM certification from the Tile Council of North America (TCNA) for its entire U.S.-manufactured porcelain product line-up, as well as its manufacturing processes.


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Metropolitan Ceramics Quarry Tile Attains Green Squared Certification

May 29, 2012
Metropolitan Ceramics®, a brand of Ironrock Capital, Inc. has recently had a large selection of unglazed ceramic quarry tile products Green Squared Certified by Scientific Certification System (SCS).


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Saint-Gobain's Engineered Stone Grenite® Series achieves Greenguard Ceritification

June 4, 2012
Saint-Gobain has achieved GreenGuard Indoor Air Quality and GreenGuard Children & Schools Certification for its Grenite® series of engineered stone surfaces.


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Mapei introduces Thin-Tile Installation Guide

June 11, 2012
Mapei has combined the latest trend in large, thin tile with cutting-edge installation methods and new-technology products to provide a definitive guide to successful, sustainable installations for the tile floors of the future.


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Bostik announces new Technical Service Manager

June 11, 2012
Bostik, Inc.'s Consumer & Construction Division recently hired Sussex, WI resident Chad Bulen as Technical Service Manager for its Flooring Group.


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Artistic Tile Implements Solar Panels

June 14, 2012
Artistic Tile has announced the installation of a photovoltaic (solar) array on the roof of its headquarters in Secaucus, NJ.


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Energy-neutral home of Lisa Ling unveiled

June 26, 2012
Cosentino and Kohler Co., two leading kitchen and bath brands featured throughout PUNCHouse 234, the home of Lisa Ling and her husband Paul Song, hosted area architects and designers Tuesday evening to celebrate the completion of the first energy-neutral home in Santa Monica.


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Marrying modern and historic architecture

July 2, 2012
The design of the new Sipprelle Field House at St. Andrew’s School in Middletown, DE, is a contemporary design that features regional stone to blend with existing buildings on campus


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Charles Luck Metro Storefront in Georgetown awarded Leed Goal Certification

July 17, 2012
Charles Luck recently announced that its newest location, the Georgetown Studio, a metro-storefront in Washington, DC, has received the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.


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Surfaces 2013 preview

Surfaces 2013 -- to be held in conjunction with StonExpo/Marmomacc Americas -- is slated for January 29 to 31 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV. The show, which also includes an extensive educational program that will be held from January 28 to 31, provides a place for thousands of floor covering retailers, distributors, installers, architects, designers and builders from around the world to gather and view the latest products, get vital education, network with other floor covering professionals and conduct business.

More than 600 of the largest manufacturers and suppliers representing products in every major category, including carpet, tile, hardwood, rugs, laminate, resilient and stone, are expected to exhibit at the trade show. Hanley Wood, owner and operator of the exhibition, reports that they have many new exhibiting companies and returning ones who have expanded their booth size. Additionally, Surfaces 2013 will host more than 40 workshops, seminars and mini sessions led by industry experts in the fields of business, sales, marketing, installation and design. Attendees can earn AIA, NKBA, AIBD, IICRC and AIA/CES industry designation. Here is just a small sampling of some of the displays that will be present at Surfaces 2013.

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