Buildings account for around 40% of the total energy consumption and around 40% of all raw materials use; more than a third of all carbon dioxide emissions are related to buildings and we spend 90% of our time indoors. These facts help make green building a source of major economic and environmental opportunity.

Significant reductions can be made through factors such as low-energy building design, natural heating and cooling and use of day lighting. And your choice of interior materials, including carpet, can make a real difference too.

Interface carpet tiles are tested and certified according to a number of international schemes and our products and services can help you improve the rating of your building in established standards, such as:

Gemeinschaft umweltfreundlicher Teppichboden (GUT)
GUT is an industry organisation which aims to reduce environmental impacts and ensure consumer protection at every stage of a carpet's life cycle. All our products are tested according to the GUT criteria to ensure strict safety standards are met. GUT also provides harmonised Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), in accordance with ISO 14025, for various types of flooring.
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Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
The LEED green building certification system is developed by the US Green Building Council and is one of the most used green building standards globally. Our products touch upon several credits in up to three different categories and we have several LEED accredited professionals within our European teams to assist you with how our products can help obtain LEED points for your project.
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BRE Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM)
BREEAM is developed by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) in the UK to help construction professionals understand and lessen the environmental impacts of the developments they design and build. BRE also provides Environmental Profiles, using life cycle analysis, to measure the impact of building materials. All Interface products have BREEAM certified profiles.
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Deutsches Gütesiegel Nachhaltiges Bauen (DGNB)
The German Sustainable Building Certification is a voluntary certification system developed by the German Sustainability Building Council together with the Federal Ministry of Transport. It was originally devised for New Construction of Office and Administration Buildings.

Since August 2009, other building types can be certified as New Construction Retail and New Construction of Industrial Buildings, and our products can help architects improve scores in a number of areas.
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Haute Qualité Environnementale (HQE)
The HQE standard for green buildings in France was developed by the Association pour la Haute Qualité Environnementale (ASSOHQE). The criteria of the standard covers a range of impacts on the external environment (such as efficient resource use) and on the interior environment of a building (such as indoor air quality, hygiene and acoustics).
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