Posts Tagged ‘Forbo’
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
Flooring
InterfaceFLOR carpet tile is manufactured under its EcoMetrics system that monitors manufacturing waste reduction, renewable energy, carbon emissions, water and energy usage, and the percentage of recycled and bio-based materials in its products.
by Jim Taggart
The ‘take, make and waste’ system upon which most of our industries were founded is the legacy of a time when resources seemed limitless; there were fewer people to consume them, and our material needs were less.
Today our perception has changed and our industries are adjusting to a new reality. Some lead, some follow and some drag their feet - and in this regard the flooring industry is no different from any other. (more…)
Tags: anti-microbial, Athena Institute, Athena Sustainable Materials Institute, bio-based materials, Building decommissioning, carbon emissions, Colin Campbell Company, cork, cork dust, Cradle to Cradle, Dinoflex, EcoCalculator, EcoMetrics, EcoTimber, energy usage, FloorScore, Forbo, Green Building Initiative, green design, Green Globes, GreenGuard, Greenworks, healthcare facilities, high performance application, InterfaceFLOR, Jim Taggart, life cycle, life cycle considerations, Linoleum, make and waste, Marmoleum, Material processing, materials transport, Moso, naturally anti-static, nylon fibre, Petrochemical, Portugal, product specifiers, rapidly renewable content; German Federal Environmental, Ray Anderson, renewable energy, Resilient Floor Covering Institute, Resource extraction, rubber flooring, Scientific Certification Systems, Shaw Contract Group, solidified linseed oil, take, Tarkett, volatile organic compounds, waste reduction, wood dust flour, Zhejiang province
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Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Earth walls dissolve building into landscape using rammedearth
The design of Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre is a specific and sustainable response to the building’s unique context-the unusual Canadian desert found in the South Okanagan Valley in British Columbia. Sited adjacent to a remnant of the Great Basin Desert, of which 1,600 acres are being preserved by the Osoyoos band as a conservation area, this interpretative centre is part of a larger 200-acre master plan. (more…)
Tags: beetle kill pine, Cast-in-place concrete, Cobalt Engineering, Combined Mechanical Contractors Limited, Desert Cultural Centre, displacement ventilation, dual flush toilets, Equilibrium Consulting Inc., Forbo, green roof, Greyback Construction, Hotson Bakker Boniface Haden Architects + Urbanists, low E coating Soprema roof membrane, low-flow faucets, Marmoleum flooring, MCL Engineering, Osoyoos band, Osoyoos Indian Band, Penticton, Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg, potable water consumption, radiant cooling, rammed earth, regional flavour, solar performance, South Okanagan Valley, waterless urinals
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Bold form reflects site’s rugged terrain and environmental stewardship
View of the west elevation shows how the building perches on the rock ledge. An overhang at the south-west corner [right in photo] and interior sun shades mitigate solar heat gain
by Gordon Stratford
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Shifting, sloping and canting, the Killbear Provincial Park Visitor Centre pays homage to its site, a windswept outcropping of the Canadian Shield, its granite bedrock exposed by the glaciers at the end of the last ice age. (more…)
Tags: Blackwell Bowick Partnership Ltd., Canadian Shield, Cast-in-place concrete, celebrates nature, CGC gypsum, closed loop, energy-efficient, environmental footprint, environmental stewardship, exposed architectural concrete-block, filter storm runoff, food-grade glycol, Forbo, Gordon Stratford, granite bedrock, Great Lakes Heritage Coast, greenhouse gas emissions, high-performance window, HOK, indigenous plant species, innovative sustainable design strategies, Killbear Provincial Park, Lightolier, Low-maintenance, Low-maintenance plant, M.J. Dixon Construction, Marmoleum linoleum, Mulvey + Banani, natural features, natural light, Precambrian rock, recycled building materials, Schollen & Company, sealed concrete flooring, Sloan, Smith and Andersen Consulting Engineering, solar heat gain, stormwater management, Toronto, water source heat pumps, Zurn
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Design flexibility, energy efficiency and healthy environments
by Bill Reynolds
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A sustainable approach to building design brings with it demands for flexibility, energy efficiency and healthy work environments. Interior spaces need to respond rapidly and cost effectively to organizational and technological changes. Meanwhile, steadily increasing energy costs require building systems that operate with improved efficiencies while ensuring a healthy, comfortable environment for building occupants. (more…)
Tags: air leakage testing, Armstrong, Beaulieu, Bill Reynolds, commissioning agent, controllability of systems, cork, cork flour, cost effectively, daylighting, Design flexibility, energy efficiency, flexible access, Forbo, Formica, granite, green-driven solution, healthy environments, high pressure laminates, iFloorazzo, Inc., increased ventilation, indoor air quality, InterfaceFLOR, Interior spaces, J. Lynn Fraser, limestone, Linoleum, material reuse, Modular plug-and-play wire, modular wiring, Natural marble, Nevamar, optimizing energy performance, PosiTile, PVD termination boxes, quartz aggregate, Raised access floors, recycled content, recycled glass, recycled packaging, resilient materials, rosin, sander dust, service distribution system, Shaw, solidified linseed oil, Synthetic rubber, Tandus, Tate Access Floors, thermal comfort, UFAD, VPI, wood, wood flour, zero VOC adhesives
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