Interface Products Can Help Earn Extra LEED Point

LaGrange, GA, August 17, 2007– InterfaceFLOR’s entire product line can now help earn an extra Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) credit because of a recent U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) ruling on climate neutral products.

Innovation in Design” credit will be awarded for projects using products that have net zero greenhouse gas impact under the LEED Green Building Rating System.

"The availability of this new credit provides further incentive for manufacturers to reduce the environmental footprint of their products,” said David Hobbs, president of InterfaceFLOR.

"We have long taken ownership of the impact of our products across their entire life cycle, so we invest to offset the impacts from the rest of our supply chain. We are pleased that the USGBC has taken this step to ensure recognition for qualified, third-party analysis of products’ environmental claims

Products and materials are climate neutral when there are zero net greenhouse gases (GHG), such as carbon dioxide, emitted during the entire life cycle of the product.

"We take a broad view of reducing our impact and internally have already reduced our greenhouse gas emissions by 43%,” Hobbs said. “However, our actual manufacturing impact is a mere 10% of the total GHG emissions released during the lifecycle of our carpet. Therefore we are working diligently across our supply chain to help others achieve their own reductions, and supplementing that effort with offsets as needed to further reduce the impact of our products.”