BRE 'Green Guide' PVC Flooring Ratings

The Building Research Establishment (BRE) latest update to the 'Green Guide to Specification' includes the ratings for PVC Flooring

The scope of the online publication covers all planned building categories including commercial, education, health, industrial, retail, and domestic. It also includes all planned building elemental categories of external walls, internal walls, upper floors, ground floors, roofs, landscaping, windows and thermal insulation. Floor finishes will follow but to an extended timeline. The Green Guide to Specification online is publicly and freely available:

The British Plastics Federation is delighted to officially announce the official results for the following products:

Cushioned Polyvinyl chloride floor coverings (EN 653). FCSS 21, 22/23. A+

Cushioned Polyvinyl chloride floor coverings (EN 653). FCSS 23. A

Heterogeneous polyvinyl chloride floor coverings (EN 649). FCSS 23/32. A

Homogeneous polyvinyl chloride floor coverings (EN649). FCSS 23/32. A

Polyvinyl chloride floor coverings with foam layer (EN 651). FCSS 21, 22/23. A

Printed laminate polyvinyl chloride floor coverings (EN 649). FCSS 23/32. A

Semi Flexible Polyvinyl chloride tiles (VCT) (EN 654). FCSS 23/32. A

It should also be noted that Polypropelene carpets receive high ratings within the latest Green Guide To Specification

The British Plastics Federation (BPF) Business Groups and member firms have been very active in providing information to the BRE during its recent consultation phase and it is thanks to the continued and combined efforts of the Groups, that we are now seeing the benefits of PVC products in the public arena.

PVC flooring plays an essential role to play in sustainable construction, which the Green Guide has now acknowledged.

For the PVC industry especially, these results really go to show that the PVC industry's Voluntary Commitment, Vinyl 2010, is bearing fruit in terms of efficiency gains during manufacturing, whilst also seeing Recovinyl (the recycling arm of Vinyl 2010) register significant increases in post-consumer PVC recycling, with the UK achieving over 42,700tonnes in 2008.

For further information on the BPF, our member firms and the BRE Green Guide, please contact:

Tim Marsden

+44 (0)207 457 5000

www.thegreenguide.org.uk

 [email protected]

BRE Green Guide Helpdesk

+44 (0)1923 664 462

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