When choosing new flooring for your home or business, you may want to consider materials that are good for your health and the planet. Sustainable, “green” flooring materials are one of the biggest trends in commercial flooring in the last few years, and with good reason: they are naturally cleaner, highly renewable and typically easy to maintain.
Here at East Coast Flooring & Interiors, we do flooring installations of all types, but four of the eco-friendly options are cork flooring installation, linoleum flooring installations, bamboo flooring installations and natural stone flooring installations. The infographic above that we created outlines where each flooring material comes from, as well as the benefits of each.
Some of the overall benefits of these “green” flooring options include:
They’re long-lasting. Linoleum and cork flooring installations have a life span that can exceed 40 years when properly maintained, and stone floors can last even longer than that.
Easy to maintain. Bamboo flooring is easy to keep clean, while stone floors also require minimal maintenance and are virtually indestructible. Cork flooring is naturally resistant to mold, mildew and termites.
Environmentally-friendly. Stone, a natural product that is constantly being recreated by natural tectonic processes, help to keep your home or business cooler, making it great for warm climates. This in turn helps to use less energy and lower your electricity bill.