Heterogeneous

Heterogeneous means many layer of materials sandwiched together to create the flooring material.  You will see wood looks as the most common form of this type of material but you can get many different effects such as stones or textile appearances.  The technology includes a stabilizing base layer on the bottom of the material (this…

Pre-consumer

Pre-consumer Recycled Content – (also referred to as Post Industrial Content in older projects prior to LEED v4)             Refers to materials that are recycled from manufacturing process waste.  These materials are never part of a viable product sold to a consumer.  They go from manufacturing stream to waste and then back into the manufacturing…

PUR

Stands for PolyUrethane Reinforced and represents the factory-applied protective wear layer used most frequently on vinyl commercial resilient floor coverings.  It is an industry-standard.