HMTX Commercial announced that the company has expanded its range of product-specific Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) in addition to its prior, existing EPDs to include additional products in the LVT and Sheet Vinyl categories.
Metroflor Corporation announced that it has made available three new product-specific Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for five of its commercial product lines.
Aspecta announced that the global flooring brand has pioneered the expansion of information provided on a Declare label by adding embodied carbon data to its Aspecta Declare labels.
The third party-certified EPD details Korlok’s environmental performance based on a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), a scientific process which examines the environmental impacts associated with all stages of a product’s life from cradle to grave, including: raw material extraction through processing, manufacture, distribution, use, repair/maintenance, to end of life.
Architects and engineers have traditionally favored steel, masonry and concrete for commercial buildings, but today the use of wood has become increasingly common across all types of U.S. buildings.