Tarkett Commercial Tile Gets Energy Saver Award

Houston, TX, Oct. 2, 2008 – The U.S. Department of Energy awarded Tarkett Commercial Tile with an Energy Saver Award at the World Energy Engineering Congress in Washington, D.C.

The award recognizes the company’s reduction of energy usage at its manufacturing facility in Houston. Energy Saver Awards are given to manufacturers who achieve more than 75,000 MMBtu total energy savings or more than 7.5 percent total energy savings and reporting their progress on schedule.

“We have taken major steps to implement modifications that will reduce our electrical and natural gas usage,” said Gilles de Beaumont, president for Tarkett Commercial Tile.

“Our continuous improvement team has identified and helped initiate a number of energy reduction solutions. We are very pleased at our success in helping reduce the nation’s carbon footprint.”

Tarkett Commercial Tile worked with a DOE energy expert to assess key industrial process systems and identify cost-saving opportunities.