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COMMERCIAL CARPET GUIDE Benefits of Carpet & Rugs Offers Design Flexibility Whe

COMMERCIAL CARPET GUIDE Benefits of Carpet & Rugs Offers Design Flexibility Whether you’re choosing broadloom or carpet tile, carpet is easy to customize. You can choose from many thousands of carpet styles and colors to create a work environment that reflects your company’s corporate culture. In an educational or health-related setting, you can use calming colors to provide a good environment for healing or learning. Reduces Noise Many offices today have open area systems where phone conversations and frequent employee interactions can be distracting. Carpet helps increase employee productivity by absorbing sounds. Adding cushion beneath a carpet reduces noise even further. Carpet also works as a sound barrier between floors by blocking sound transmission to spaces below. Plus, carpet on stairs helps mask the sound of constant foot traffic. Cushions Slips and Falls Carpet is ideal for cushioning our footsteps, reducing slips and falls and minimizing injuries when falls do occur. While it provides safety protection for everyone, it’s particularly helpful for youngsters at schools or the elderly at facilities like hospitals or nursing homes. Provides Warmth and Comfort Carpet provides thermal resistance, or R-value. In colder climates or seasons, it retains warm air longer, providing an energy conservation benefit. Carpet creates a comfortable environment in which to work and gives a space a warmer overall feeling. Meets Green Building Standards Carpet systems that meet or exceed CRI’s Green Label Plus indoor air quality standard can contribute one full Indoor Environmental Quality Credit to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) ratings of the U.S. Green Building Council. Similarly, the Green Guide for Health Care awards one point to healthcare facilities that install Green Label Plus carpet. Furthermore, Green Label Plus carpet is used as a specification standard for the American Lung Association’s Healthy Home program, the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) and the state of California. Certified to Have Low VOCs Carpet is the lowest VOC emitter of common floor choices, and requires fewer cleaning chemicals than other floor coverings. CRI’s Green Label Plus standard has brought those VOCs down even more. In addition, carpet improves indoor air quality by trapping allergens and other particles so they can be vacuumed away. Saves Money Over Time Carpet will maintain its life and beauty for many years when properly cleaned and maintained. In terms of both labor and cleaning supplies, carpet saves you money over the long run. Carpet and Health Carpet Keeps Allergens Out of the Air There is a misconception that asthma and allergy sufferers should avoid carpet. In fact, the opposite is true. Studies have shown that carpet actually improves indoor air quality. It acts like a trap, keeping dust and allergens out of the air we breathe. Simply put, what falls to the carpet (dust, pet dander and many other particles) tends to stay trapped until it is removed through vacuuming or extraction cleaning. Smooth floor surfaces allow dust and other allergens to re-circulate into the breathing zone. The Lowest Emitter of VOCs Carpet has the lowest volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions of common flooring choices. In fact, it’s one of the lowest emitting products used in new construction and renovation. What VOCs new carpet emits are short-lived and largely dissipate within 24 to 48 hours – even faster with fresh air ventilation. CRI’s Green Label Plus standards, which have been adopted across the industry, serve as the benchmark for low VOC emissions. The Green Label Plus symbol indicates: • The manufacturer voluntarily participates in the program. • The manufacturer is committed to developing ways to minimize any adverse effects on indoor air quality. • A representative sample of the product type is tested by an independent laboratory and meets the established emissions requirements. Carpet Puts You On Safer Ground Carpets and rugs provide better traction than other flooring options, preventing falls. This is true everywhere, but even more important in areas where there is a lot of rain and snow. And when falls do happen, the softer surface reduces their impact. Whether you are in a business, school or hospital, fewer falls and less severe injuries are one more reason carpet is a choice you can feel good about. Less Noise, More Productivity Carpet is significantly more efficient at reducing noise, compared with other flooring. So everyone from employees to students gets a quieter, less distracting environment where they hear more, concentrate better and perform their best Green Building and The Environment Carpet: A Sustainability Success Story The carpet industry has succeeded in making carpet more sustainable and environmentally responsible than ever before. As almost all commercial carpet is certified as Green Label Plus, you can be sure that the carpet you select emits the very lowest VOCs possible. The GLP testing program meets or exceeds all regulatory requirements for emissions, including CA 01350, and is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to ISO Guide 65 specifications. Meeting the Environmental Standard Architects, designers and end users seeking environmentally preferred building materials can now identify carpet that has a reduced environmental impact through the ANSI/NSF 140 Sustainability Assessment for Carpet. NSF International has been developing public health standards and certification programs since 1944. ANSI/NSF 140 was the first multi-attribute ANSI-approved standard for environmentally preferred building materials. ANSI accreditation is a further assurance that the products tested and certified by CRI are green building products that meet high standards for indoor air quality. LEEDing Into the Future GLP-certified products, including carpet, are recognized by the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED version 4 standard as a Low-Emitting Materials Third Party Certification and can contribute one point to a building’s LEED score. Projects can also earn LEED credits by incorporating salvaged materials—such as refurbished, reused or recycled carpet—into plans for new construction or renovation. Recycled content carpet meets the same industry performance standards and carries the same manufacturer warranties as carpet without recycled content. Taking CARE to Recycle In addition, carpet manufacturers are voluntarily reducing the amount of old carpet that ends up in landfills. Through the Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE), carpet companies, government entities and product suppliers are working to develop market- based solutions for the recycling and re-use of post-consumer carpet. Carpet materials are put back into carpet production or turned into things such as building materials and auto parts. Identifying Sustainable Carpet Architects, designers and end users seeking environmentally preferred building materials can now identify carpet that has a reduced environmental impact through the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), NSF/ANSI 140 Sustainability Assessment for Carpet. The carpet industry has made significant progress in reducing the environmental footprint of carpet, including landfill diversion, carbon dioxide emissions, energy consumption, waste generation, water usage and hazardous air pollutants per square yard of carpet. The standard is a means by which these achievements can be quantifiably measured. Further, the standard establishes a pathway towards sustainable carpet by identifying economic, environmental and social benchmarks throughout the supply chain. NSF/ANSI 140 recognizes sustainable carpet on three performance levels — silver, gold and platinum — using a rating system for performance and quantifiable metrics in the following areas: • Public Health and Environment • Energy and Energy Efficiency • Biobased or Recycled Materials • Manufacturing and Reclamation and End of Life Management Specifying the Right Carpet Matching The Carpet To Your Needs To choose the best carpet for your needs, first arm yourself with the right information. Facility profile: The first step is to clearly define the specific requirements of the facility. Some things to consider include: • Type of facility and specific area receiving new carpet • How long the carpet will be used (life cycle) • Types of dirt that may be tracked into the facility • Whether the area is a remodeled or a new installation • Whether access to subfloor is required • Whether there is modular furniture in the space Location profile: To maximize performance, you first must also determine where the carpet is going to go. Below are some location-specific questions to ask: • On a typical day, will there be spills and stains or dirt tracked into the building? If so, what type of spills? Food stains? Coffee or chemical spills? • What will the frequency of spills be? Excessive? Occasional? • What about moisture? Do you need a moisture permeable or impermiable backing? • Is there exposure to harsh chemicals, intense sunlight or atmospheric contaminants (such as nitrous oxides or ozone)? • Will there be lots of foot traffic? Wheelchairs? Supply carts? The Right Carpet for Any Environment Today’s carpet offers you a wide variety of choices in style, fiber composition and color, whether you are specifying broadloom or tile for a corporate office, school and public space or purchasing an area rug for a boutique hotel. New technology can produce multilevel loop and cut-loop patterns, allowing diamond, bow, pin dot, fleur-de-lis or other designs. Carpet can give personality to a workplace, ranging from formal to bold. In hospitality settings, it can provide directional clues to move people to the registration uploads/Management/ commercial-carpet-guide.pdf