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Bamboo flooring
Sustainable flooring is produced from sustainable materials (and by a sustainable process) that reduces demands on ecosystems during its life-cycle.[according to whom?] This includes harvest, production, use and disposal. It is thought that sustainable flooring creates safer and healthier buildings and guarantees a future for traditional producers of renewable resources that many communities depend on.[according to whom?] Several initiatives have led the charge to bring awareness of sustainable flooring as well as healthy buildings (air quality).[1][2][3] Below are examples of available, though sometimes less well-known, eco-friendly flooring options.[4][5][6][7] The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America recommends those with allergies to dust or other particulates choose flooring with smooth surfaces – such as hardwood, vinyl, linoleum tile or slate.
In the U.S., the Building for Energy and Environmental Sustainability (BEES) program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) [8] provides a one-stop source of life cycle assessment-based information about flooring options. Life cycle comparisons of flooring alternatives by research groups around the world consistently show bio-based flooring products to have lower environmental impacts than other types of flooring. The life cycle environmental impacts associated with producing and using flooring alternatives such as cork, linoleum, and solid wood are clearly lower than other alternatives. Wool carpeting and composite marble exhibit the greatest impacts, and impacts linked to typical carpeting used in residential structures are higher than those shown in the BEES system due to the use of a pad under the carpet layer.[9]
^Forest Stewardship Council, FSC
^The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification, PEFC
^Sustainable Forestry Initiative, SFI
^Luetdke A. (2002). Floor coverings, dust and airborne contaminants. Available: http://www.flooringsciences.org/e-journal/0407/0407_Luedtke_Dust-Airborne-Contaminants.pdf. Last accessed 16 May 2009
^DEFRA. (2009). What is sustainable development?. Available: http://www.defra.gov.uk/sustainable/government/what/index.htm. Last accessed 16 May 2009
^Brenda&Robert Vale (2000),
The new Autonomous house, Thames &Hudson
^DEFRA. (2008). Consumer products and the environment: green labels and claims . Available: http://www.defra.gov.uk/ENVIRONMENT/consumerprod/glc/types.htm. Last accessed 16 May 2009
^BEES software
^Dovetail Partners Life Cycle Assessment of Flooring Materials: A Guide to Intelligent Selection
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