Dalton – USFloors has achieved GreenGuard Gold Indoor Air Quality Certification for COREtec Plus engineered luxury vinyl floors, a patent-pending luxury vinyl collection the company developed and introduced at Surfaces 2013. GreenGuard Gold Certification (formerly known as GreenGuard Children & Schools) is the GreenGuard Environmental Institute’s most stringent testing requirement for emissions of formaldehyde, aldehydes, phenols, and other VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds). COREtec Plus joins USFloors’ Natural Cork and Natural Bamboo products in the company’s portfolio of GreenGuard Gold Certified products.
GreenGuard Gold Certification requirements comply with the State of California’s Department of Public Health Services Standard Practice for Specification Section 01350 (California Section 01350) for testing chemical emissions from building products used in schools and other environments. As such, GreenGuard Gold Certified products can be used to earn valuable credits in the CHPS Best Practices Manual for K-12 schools, the US Green Building Council’s LEED Green Building Rating Systems, the Green Guide for Healthcare, the NAHB Green Building Guidelines, Green Globes, Regreen and many other building codes, standards and specifications.
“GreenGuard Gold Certification adds another important value-added benefit to our COREtec Plus products,” said Piet Dossche, president and CEO of USFloors. “Achieving third-party GreenGuard Gold Certification demonstrates our on-going commitment to indoor environmental quality and furthers our efforts to provide flooring that enhances the quality of life for our customers.”