March 21, 2023
The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022 made specifying low-carbon building materials and products a vital component of the federal government’s strategy to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. While the stipulations and requirements in the Act are still in the process of being implemented, now is the time for those responsible for selecting building…
February 15, 2019
Thanks to LEED and other popular green building standards, you know that looking for certified low off-gassing carpet is the first step to selecting a “healthier” carpet. But after “low-VOC,” what do you look for next? At the moment, the world of commercial interiors is squarely focused on issues of “healthy materials” and product ingredients.…
September 26, 2017
A new vision for plastics: green chemistry, the circular economy, and a climate fit for life. When reviewing recent news about plastic waste filling the oceans, toxic additives leaching from plastic products, and the impacts of fossil fueled global warming, making a plastic product – like Interface’s modular flooring – sustainable can begin to seem…
April 22, 2015
What’s hot in green building right now? No, global warming isn’t hot, despite growing alarm about extreme weather events. What’s hot is health. Specifically anything related to the potential health impacts of building products. The rise of the WELL Building Standard and the addition of a day-long Materials and Human Health Summit to Greenbuild provide…
January 7, 2014
At Greenbuild 2014, we did not so much have a message as we had a question: What does it mean to be a restorative enterprise? A WHAT? Yes, it bears some explanation. Restorative enterprise When Interface founder Ray Anderson made his first sustainability speech to the company in 1994, he referenced a comment made by…