Architects, designers and consumers will choose sustainably smart products almost every time, not because it is mandated by some government agency, but because it's the right thing to do.

Transparency is one of the hot new topics in the green building industry, and it is a valuable concept.

A designer specifies FSC-certified, legally harvested, minimally textured Merbau wood flooring. A beautiful product arrives at the jobsite. It will secure several U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) LEED credits, and it’s aesthetically pleasing.

The National Association of Wholesalers-Distributors (NAW) is publishing a new series of quarterly, downloadable white papers on critical wholesale distribution sales management topics titled, “Innovations in Distribution Selling Research Series.”

The participating companies in this paid/sponsored guide offer products that can earn points under the USGBC LEED rating systems.

Shaw Industries Group has released its third annual corporate sustainability report at www.shawgreenedge.com.

For many years, one of the biggest drawbacks to ceramic tile for consumers in colder climates was the discomfort of walking on it during fall and winter months.

In another segment of research commissioned by the World Floor Covering Association and conducted in August 2011 by Clear Seas Research, 494 consumers who remodeled/updated one or more rooms in the past six months and installed new flooring presented their views on green flooring.

Loose-lay resilient flooring is evolving at a rapid pace, with fiberglass-backed products growing quickly on the residential side and more commercial manufacturers looking at floating lvt products.

Nineteen eighty-eight was not a good time to start a flooring business in Austin, Texas. The oil price collapse in July 1986 touched off a statewide recession and significant job losses.