MonierLifetile Concrete Roof Tile Is at the Top of the List for Fire Safe Building and Remodeling

Practically everyone has seen television news coverage of homeowners hosing down their roofs while flames threaten to destroy their property. Wildfires cannot be avoided but proper building techniques have proven to greatly reduce the threat to homes and businesses. Concrete roof tile is an important part of the fire safe building equation. The 2007 wildfires in Southern California wreaked a path of destruction but there were communities where fire-safe... 

Ratcliff Designs New Energy-Efficient Windrush School Building to Take Advantage of Its Environment and Achieve a LEED(R) Gold Rating

On September 2, Windrush School students will return to school and receive hands-on environmental science lessons — indoors. These lucky El Cerrito elementary and middle school students will be learning to make the most of their innovative new library and classrooms, some of the greenest learning spaces in the Bay Area. The building is expected to achieve a “Gold” rating from the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in... 

TacTiles

TacTiles are 3-inch, self-adhesive squares for “floating floor” commercial carpet tile installations. The tabs, designed for use with products that have InterfaceFLOR’s GlasBac backing, are made with PET—the plastic used for soda bottles.

EcoDomo Recycled Leather Tiles

EcoDomo’s Recycled Leather Tiles are made with shredded, pre-consumer recycled leather scraps that are reconstituted with natural rubber and a binder made from Acacia tree bark to make floor and wall tiles that have all the attributes of leather.