The Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI) recently added a new Continuing Education course to its online curriculum that educates on the certifications, declarations, and ecolabels for sustainability and health and wellness. The addition of this course makes a total of four now available here.

Entitled “Resilient Flooring: Verified & Certified,” this AIA, IDCEC, and GBCI accredited course from RFCI will help anyone involved in specifying or selling resilient flooring understand that sustainable certifications and declarations are not all the same.

“The professional will learn how to identify product ecolabels and declarations that are included within the resilient flooring product category,” said Jane Rohde, Technical Consultant for RFCI. “They will also be able to identify usable data provided within the certifications and ecolabels to make informed sustainable product selections.”

Finding products and creating a project on ecomedes material database that supports documentation required for LEED v4.1 BD+C / ID+C and Green Globes building rating systems is also included in the course.

“The importance of third-party verified product certifications and declarations cannot be stressed enough,” said Bill Blackstock, President and CEO of RFCI. “Environmental impacts, health and wellness impacts, and social impacts are now part of the consideration set in flooring selection and specification.”