Some Research on Sustanible Materials

1. Green Materials Research
Prepared by: Tala Jazzy

2. Sustainable flooring
Reclaimed Wood Flooring
Dredge wood
• Manufacturer: Sustainable flooring
• Why attracted to the product? Reclaimed from old buildings and those recovered from
the depths of North American seaways, recovered from river bottoms.
• why its better to use it in the future? Reclaimed wood is beneficial due to the fact
that is gives new use to an old material (a secondary life, if you will), diverting it from the
landfill, incinerator, or elsewhere, while also helping create domestic jobs (with reclamation
and milling).

3. Sustainable flooring
• Proprieties that make the product green? Old-growth wood that was 150+ years
old when cut, and has subsequently been submerged for an additional 100-150 years
(making it between 250-300+ years old – from time of harvest)
• Recognized by any of the major green product certification agencies?/How
long? NO, LEED Points:
• MRc3 – Materials Reuse – Salvaged from preexisting construction
• IEQc4.4 – Low Emitting Materials – NAUF
• Durability and maintenance characteristics?
• Typically has a denser and tighter grain pattern, increasing product
hardness
• Depending on source, occasionally comes with characteristic features such
as nail holes

4. Sustainable flooring
Equal products if the previous is not available ?
Natural Hickory
• Sustainable harvested domestic and exotic species, ION Wood™ is made
with an exceptionally durable and highly wear resistant finish that increases
the compression resistance of the product to almost 3x that of White Oak,
while also providing "health" benefits by using an Ionic coating that
increases occupants blood flow when in contact with the flooring.

5. Sustainable flooring
Equal products if the previous is not available ?
Kahrs Supreme, Grande
Less expensive than solid hardwood floors — especially when
you consider the total cost of installation
Sustainably-harvested — sourced from certified forests whose
owners demonstrate social, economic and environmental
responsibility and stewardship
Vintage look and feel — four colors in white oak, oiled
finish, stained, wire brushed, hand scraped
Engineered to be perfect — three-layer patented
construction gives excellent dimensional stability
Easy-to-install — DIY; tongue and groove. When
floated, installs in half the time and expense of nail
down floors ; can also be glued down

6. Sustainable wall covering
Muratto® Cork Strips
Muratto® Cork Strips are modern and linear decorative and acoustic cork wall panels that are colored through and an
immersion finishing process to ensure the color exists on all side and surfaces of the material - a perfect marriage of form
and function.

7. Sustainable wall covering
• Proprieties that make the product green?
• Recycled Content - 100% recycled, post-industrial
• Recognized by any of the major green product certification
agencies?/How long? No, earned LEED points:
• IEQc4.4- MRc4- MRc6
• Durability and maintenance characteristics?
• Provides a modern design, while also offering acoustic sound suppression
• Establishes seamless, sophisticated continuity
• Pre-finished, immersed and infused with fashionable color
• Sound softening
• Lightweight, durable, stable and easy to install

8. Equal products if the previous is not available ?
Muratto® Organic Blocks are decorative, high-relief molded
shapes made from rapidly renewable cork that bring depth,
dimension and distinctive visual appeal to interior surfaces,
while also providing high levels of sound absorption.

9. Equal products if the previous is not available ?
Textura™ CORK – 3D Cork Wall Covering
Textura™ CORK 3D
Cork is a textured
decorative cork wall
treatment made from
by-product, flattened
cork bark. With the
appeal of traditional
brick, and the
sustainability of cork,
Textura™ CORK 3D
Cork brings a three
dimensional
sophisticated look to
any interior wall in
your home, business,
or corporate
environment.

10. Mineral Fiber Ceilings
Armstrong
Panels offer HumiGuard+ no sag performance.
Smooth textured

11. • Proprieties that make the product green?
• can be recycled at the end of their usable life.
• Recognized by any of the major green product certification agencies?/How
long? Company is certified LEED platinum
• Durability and maintenance characteristics?
• Ultima provides excellent acoustical absorption, light reflectance and durability
including impact, scratch and soil resistance.

12. Equal products if the previous is not available ?
CALLA Ceiling System
Calla also offers: sound absorption (NRC) and
sound blocking (CAC), high light-reflectance,
and 68% recycled content. NOTE: Products in
Colorations finish could see a decrease of 5-7%
in NRC value

13. Sustainable flooring
Equal products if the previous is not available ?
CIRRUS PROFILES
Cirrus Profiles offer a medium-textured visual with good
acoustical absorption. Unique edge details are carved
into the panels - designs include Beaded, Chamfered and
Classic Step; items are available scored to look like 1'x1'
panels. Cirrus Profiles panels, are resistant to surface
growth of mold and mildew and can be recycled at the
end of their usable life. Cirrus Profiles are compatible
with standard suspension system and Axiom perimeter
trim items.

14. Sustainable light fixture
The SKLI Pendant light fixture
The SKLI Pendant light fixture measures about 16"x16" and has
a stainless lamp holder with cable supports for a sensuous
plane of fused glass, with a texture reminiscent of wrinkled silk.
The fixture bounces some light back up to the ceiling as well as
providing light that filters down through the fused glass plane.

15. • The lamp holder is a recycled stainless martini shaker
• The fixture bounces some light back up to the ceiling as well as
providing light that filters down through the fused glass plane.
• Recognized by any of the major green product certification
agencies? N/A

16. Equal products if the previous is not available ?
SILKI MAX
This dramatic hanging fixture measures approximately 8-feet
long and 2-feet wide, and has three stainless LED lamp holders
with cable supports for a sensuous plane of fused glass, with a
texture reminiscent of wrinkled silk. The stainless lamp holders
are in fact recycled stainless martini shakers! The fixture
distributes light in two ways: first, some light is reflected up to
the ceiling; second, soft light that filters down through the
fused glass plane. The texture of the glass is achieved by
placing hundreds of 1/16" glass rods on top of a clear glass
base sheet, and then fusing the glass in a high temperature
kiln. The three LED lamps are highly energy-efficient,
consuming only 6 watts each.
There is a magic that transpires when glass is struck by light, it
is almost as if the glass surface becomes light itself.

17. Equal products if the previous is not available ?
Varaluz
Fascination Collection 6-Light Chandelier, Nevada Finish with
Recycled Green Bottle Glass, 26-Inch by 7-Inch

19. Italian architect Giorgio Caporaso marries form, function and
sustainability in furniture design with his innovative use of
recycled and recyclable cardboard. His “Sogni di Cartone”
(Dreams of Cardboard) solo exhibition at Milan Design Week
demonstrated how an unusual contamination of honeycombed
cardboard with natural rustic materials like wood, stone and
lichens, can come together to create unique sensory pieces
that celebrate contrast and surface textures.
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