Bolon by VIIIR- Woven Floor Covering

Bolon, woven vinyl flooring covering, by VIIIR is a textile- like floor covering made by unique weaving technologies. Bolon has high wear resistance and is easy to clean making it well suited for high traffice areas.  The line includes netural, classic and modern visuals setting it apart from typical vinyl flooring. It is available in roll or tile.  Even thought the product is vinyl is has a green story- it is 100% phthalate free vinyl (no VOC) and Floor Score certified with high recycled content. For more information visit: http://www.viiirnyc.com

Knoll- White Papers on Workplace Trends and Higher Education

Knoll has white papers listed online under their resources section that may be useful to designers, architects and clients.
http://www.knoll.com/research/index.jsp


Research Case Study: Design for Learning Spaces in Higher Education
http://www.knoll.com/research/downloads/wp_LearningSpacesHigherEd.pdf


The Metrics of Distributed Work
http://www.knoll.com/research/downloads/WP_DistributedWork.pdf

Sunoptics- Skylight

Sunoptics is part of the Acuity brand family and is competitively priced with similar skylights and tubes in the industry. Sunoptics' Siginature series skylights have been used with success by major retailers such as Walmart, Best Buy, Lowes and Office Depot. Sunoptics differentiates it's products by how light is distributed, the Signatures series skylight has 100% light distribution through a 2 lens system. This allows one skylight to light a space evenly and more efficiently.

Sunoptics' LightFlex is similar to Solatube, this product has the ability to bring daylight down via tube and bend light over a longer distance. For more information on Sunoptics visit: http://www.sunoptics.com/

Calstar- Green Masonry

Pura Terra, www.puraterra.com , now represents a green masonry product called Calstar. Calstar carries bricks and pavers in various colors and sizes. Bricks and pavers have a high recycled content (37.1%) and are not fired. Calstar's products are well priced to compete in the market and may price under traditional masonry. The manufacturing process used to make the products reduces carbon foot print and energy use drastically. For more information visit: www.­calstarproducts.­com

CS Group- Floorometry- Entry Walk Off Tile System

Floorometry by CS Group offers a new approach to entry way/ walk off flooring systems. This new system installs like tile in 18"x 18" modules meant to be flush with adjacent floor installations. Tile modules can handle rolling heavy loads and will trap water, dirt in a recess below the tile. Tiles can be lifted up easily and cleaned beneath. Tiles are offered in a variety of patterns, colors and materials. For more information visit: www.c-sgroup.com/floorometry

 

 

3M- Lighting- Flex

'Flex', by 3M, is a light fixture line with multiple light shape types that fit together (in straight or curves portions) to create custom- like fixtures from standard line offerings.
For more information visit: http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/DesignLighting/Home/Products/Flex-Gallery/

Tandus- Recycled Carpet Backing ER3 and Ethose



Tandus recently came into our office and updated our staff and library with information on their recycled carpet backing. Tandus is the only carpet manufacturer with a closed loop recycled backing prodcut. For more information visit: www.tandus.com/global/