Flooring America/Flooring Canada, a division of CCA Global Partners, has launched My Floor Guide—a consumer app designed to enhance the consumers' shopping experience by allowing them to easily view brand and product information on an iPad while shopping, according to the company.
Flint has developed laminate flooring with resistance and endurance qualities which make it ideal for hospitality, contract and residential spaces, according to the company.
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and Honeywell are working together to deepen facility sustainability by integrating USGBC’s new LEED Dynamic Plaque, a near-real-time monitoring tool with integrated building automation technology from Honeywell to measure and provide performance feedback to help optimize operations.
The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute will offer a Material Health Certificate—a tool for manufacturers across industries to communicate their work toward chemically optimized products. The Material Health Certificate marks the first time the Institute has offered reporting of its comprehensive methodology in only one category.
Representatives from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and National Association of Realtors have responded to the announcement by six federal regulators to establish new rules for a qualified residential mortgage that would exempt securitizers from retaining 5% of the credit risk on loans packaged and sold as securities.
The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) has elected five members to comprise the 2014-2015 board of directors. Elections were held during the IICRC's shareholder meeting in Vancouver, Wash.