LG Floors Impression Enviornmentally Friendly Vinyl Tile
Sept. 11, 2009 — You may not want green floors, but you know what you want? Green floors.
Yes, just like that Trix cereal commercial with "lemon yellow and orange orange," we're using colorful wordplay to bring up a practical point that might otherwise seem dull. But you know what's not dull? The environmental benefits and LEED-certification points available with these vinyl tiles containing both post-industrial and post-consumer recycled content. So if you're thinking of reflooring your basement, laundry room, community room, gym or any other spot that uses what the trade calls the "resilient flooring category," here's something to consider. You know what we didn't know? That there was even a category called "resilient flooring."
The various such lines from New Jersey-based LG Floors have varying amounts of environmental benefits and LEED points. This particular line, Impression, is FloorScore-certified by the Resilient Floor Covering Institute and the independent Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) for compliance with the tough indoor air-quality emission requirements adopted by California.
It also has an ISO 14001 rating from, of course, the International Organization for Standardization, signifying it's a recognized part of a company's effort to "establish, implement, maintain and improve an environmental management system."
The roughly 18x18-inch commercial-grade tiles, which are available in 31 colors, have micro-squared edges allowing for tight seams that help prevent dirt, mildew and the like from getting in-between the tiles. While the minimum orders may be too high for average-sized co-ops and condos, you can find LG Floors tiles at commercial flooring concerns. And if nothing else, you can educate your board, property manager and any other decision-making party with FloorScore, ISO 14001 and other such new environmental standards, what they mean, and just what's out there.
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