When selecting flooring for your home or business, incorporating environmentally friendly options will help create a healthier environment. If you plan on making a greener room in your home or office, there are plenty of flooring options that provide sustainability to your space as well as the planet. Here are some environmentally friendly flooring options to consider for your next project.
Engineered Hardwood
Engineered hardwood flooring is a natural material made from real wood. It consists of solid hardwood and a plywood core. Manufacturers often use recycled materials to make the plywood core, which makes engineered hardwood sustainable and long-lasting. Engineered hardwood flooring also contains fewer chemicals and low VOC levels. This is especially important for better air quality in your space and less pollution in the surrounding atmosphere.
Bamboo
Bamboo is known for being environmentally friendly. Bamboo provides many of the same benefits of traditional hardwood flooring, including long-lasting durability and versatility in texture and stain colors.
Cork
Cork is an incredibly environmentally friendly material and is excellent for preserving air quality in homes and office spaces. Cork floors are also known to be a natural repellant to mold, mites, and other allergens.
Recycled Materials
Some manufacturers create floors made from entirely recycled products. For example, reclaimed hardwood, recycled glass, or polyethylene terephthalate (PET) carpets give new life to old materials and create a beautiful natural look of wood flooring without chopping down new trees.
If you have questions about environmentally friendly options for your flooring, E_M Custom Flooring & Installations is here to help. Contact us at 631-924-4434.
