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Terrazzo flooring systems were one of the original recycled products available, and today, terrazzo aggregates, binders (like Terroxy® Epoxy Matrix) and finished terrazzo flooring systems may contribute to US Green Building Council’s (USGBC) credits under the LEED Rating System.
Green Terrazzo:
The Environmental Impact of the Use of Cement & Epoxy Terrazzo
In recent years the construction industry has begun to focus on the environmental impact of many construction materials. The evaluation
of products in the “green movement” encompasses many elements, which must be weighed on a scale of relative importance. These elements include the longevity of the material, the composition, maintenance, recycled content, embodied energy, and the “cradle-to-grave” environmental impact.
EcoTrazzo Brochure
Offer your customers the ability to make the most sustainable flooring system, terrazzo flooring, more environmentally friendly than ever. ecoTrazzo is a thin-set epoxy terrazzo flooring system designed to provide additional green benefits relative to traditional poured-in-place terrazzo systems.
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Compliance:
Summary of Recycled Content for
T&M Glass Chip Collection
In an effort to decrease the impacts resulting from extraction and processing of virgin materials, T&M offers a variety of recycled glass chips to be incorporated into a terrazzo flooring mix.
Summary of VOC Content for
Terroxy Resin Systems
In an effort to improve the indoor air quality, a number of states have established guidelines relative to the
volatile organic compound (VOC) content and emissions of building materials. Offering building materials that
include low-levels of VOC content is a practice Terrazzo & Marble Supply T&M applies to the majority of
products we offer.
Location of Manufacturing for
Terroxy Resin Systems
In an effort to reduce the environmental impacts resulting from transportation of building materials across
the country, T&M offers centrally located manufacturing facility in the Midwest as well as on the West Coast for the
Terroxy® Resin Systems.
Location of Quarrying & Final Crushing for Marble Chips
In an effort to reduce the environmental impacts resulting from transportation of building materials across
the country, T&M offers a variety of regional marble chips to be incorporated into
a terrazzo flooring mix. Below is a summary of the marble chips offered by T&M.
LEED® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Green Building Council.
For more information regarding the environmental impact of terrazzo, contact your
A&D Representative at 800.7.MARBLE. |
