December 2, 2010—Lou Morano, Owner of Capitol Carpet and Tile in Florida, and Kemp Harr discuss how Lou's business this year compares with last year. Listen to the interview to hear details around his promotion efforts, store expansion, and what he gets out of his Mohawk Floorscapes relationship.
December 1, 2010—Mark Rossolo, Director of Public Affairs for GreenGuard Envionmental Institute, and Kemp Harr discuss GreenGuard's "Pledge" initiative aimed at putting more teeth in USGBC's indoor air quality standard, which is currently under review. Listen to the interview to hear more about this issue.
November 30, 2010—Diane Martel, Tarkett's VP of Environmental Strategies and Planning, and Kemp Harr discuss Johnsonite's core message at Greenbuild and their goal to be transparent with all their sustainability achievements. Listen to the interview to hear more about Diane's new role in Ohio.
November 29, 2010—Laurie Lyza, Director of Marketing for Crossville, and Kemp Harr discuss the latest sustainability innovations from Crossville. Listen to the interview to hear about Crossville's new Sustainable Selection Chip Kit and also get an update on their Take-Back program introduced last year.
November 24, 2010—John Bradford, Chief Innovation Officer at Interface, and Kemp Harr discuss Interface's progress toward eliminating its dependency on oil by 2020. Listen to the interview to hear more from this interview recorded at Greenbuild 2010 in Chicago.
November 23, 2010—Bill Gregory, Director of Sustainability at Milliken, and Kemp Harr discuss the proper way to sort through and select a third party certification company. Listen to the interview to hear more on Milliken's Greenbuild message. As a side note, Bill will be retiring from Milliken this week.
November 22, 2010—Kim Matsoukas, Sustainability Manager with Bentley Prince Street, and Kemp Harr discuss the new energy management standard called ISO-50001 that BPS has been tapped to pilot in California. Kim also discusses Bentley's commitment to develop Environmental Product Declarations (EPD's) for its entire product line by the end of 2012.
November 19, 2010—Jenny Cross, Sustainability Director for Mohawk, and Kemp Harr discuss SmartStrand's entry into the commercial market and Mohawk's first annual Sustainability Report. Listen to the interview recorded from the Greenbuild show in chicago to hear more about Mohawk's sustainability message.
November 18, 2010—Glen Hussmann, CEO/President of Tandus, and Kemp Harr discuss Tandus' sustainability message from Greenbuild 2010 in Chicago. Listen to the interview to hear about Tandus' green products, its certified reclamation center, and its business outlook for 2011.
November 17, 2010—Piet Dossche, CEO of USFloors, and Kemp Harr discuss USFloors' investment in alternative energy. USFloors recently brought the largest solar power array in the State of Georgia on line. Listen to the interview to hear more details about this and USFloors' other green initiatives.