Dean Thompson is president of the Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI), a non-profit industry trade association representing the major manufacturers of resilient flooring marketed throughout North America. Based in LaGrange, Ga., RFCI (www.rfci.com) administers FloorScore, a voluntary, independent certification program that tests and certifies hard surface flooring and associated products for compliance with indoor air emissions requirements of the California Section 1350 program.
In the last several years, there has been a great deal of focus on the environmental impacts of building materials, and resilient flooring has become more widely recognized as a sustainable selection.
In a survey of the top 100 architectural and design firms (Interior Design, June 2010), specifiers indicated that 45% of their projects follow LEED guidelines.
