Understanding Commercial Flooring Sustainability Certifications

Presenter:
Graham Capobianco

About:
This course is designed to assist design teams and construction professionals in understanding and applying sustainability certifications to commercial resilient flooring. We will explore early research that highlighted the environmental impacts of interior finishes, particularly flooring, and examine how this research influenced the development of rules and regulations, leading to the codification of sustainability requirements in commercial buildings.

Learning objectives:

• Understand how research into human health and environmental impacts have inspired sustainability rules & regulations.
• Understand how modern third-party sustainability certifications specifically relate to regulations & environmental concerns.
• Understand how sustainability certifications specifically relate to commercial resilient flooring.
• Avoid common misconceptions related to commercial flooring and sustainability certifications.

This course is accredited for 2 LU/HSWs.

Location:
Aronson’s Floor Covering
135 West 17th St New York, NY 10011
(Between 6th and 7th Avenues)

Register:
This lecture will be live in our Chelsea showroom. Lunch will be served after the seminar.