EcoScorecard - Compare Eco-Friendly Flooring

EcoScorecard makes it easy to compare eco–friendly flooring by providing access to manufacturer data on the environmental characteristics and third party certifications of their floors. To provide this data, ecoScorecard works with flooring manufacturers to evaluate and publish the green attributes of their products on ecoScorecard.com.

Several leading floor manufacturers such as Armstrong, Karastan, Bigelow, Mohawk LEES, Tarkett, Cambridge, and Tandus, have already had several of their floor coverings published. Once published, consumers can easily assess a catalog of these products which includes carpet, solid and engineered hardwood, laminate, ceramic tile, linoleum, vinyl sheet, and vinyl tile, in order to compare and contrasts them. In addition, you can view the environmental attributes and third party certifications for several tile and carpet adhesives.

Examples of ecoScorecard criteria listed for different types of floor coverings include:

• Post–consumer recycled content
• Pre–consumer recycled content
• Use of rapidly renewable resources
• Ability to be recycled at the end of the floor’s life
• Location of manufacturer

EcoScorecard also allows manufacturers to list their third party certifications such as the Carpet and Rug Institute’s (CRI) Green Label and Green Label Plus, Scientific Certification System (SCS) FloorScore, California Specifications and more.

You can select your desired floors and then compare them based on requirements from the specific green rating system that you choose. For example, you could choose several different Armstrong Hardwoods and then select to compare them under rigorous standards set forth by the LEED for Homes v1.11a rating system, ReGreen Program, and/or The NAHB National Green Building Standard. To access ecoScorecard and compare eco–friendly flooring, visit EcoScorecard.com.