Use: our products to reduce our environmental impact

As a major innovation in our market, we are developing looselay products that do not require any glue. Snap-together tiles, textile-backed rolls or sealing technical tiles: we offer several looselay ranges. In addition to the ecological aspect, the advantage of this non-adhesive installation is threefold:

• reduced VOC emissions related to glues
• easy and quick to install
• easy to reuse and recycle

Does your space require installation using glue? We recommend the use of solvent-free, low VOC emission acrylic hard-set adhesives that are EMICODE EC1 and EC1 PLUS certified.

Substantial consumption of water, energy and cleaning agents: over the entire life cycle of a floor covering, maintenance often represents 25% of the product's environmental impact!

This is why we have worked on low-maintenance solutions. For example, the introduction of revolutionary surface varnish to our ranges – EvercareTM and Protecsol®2 – has reduced the environmental impact related to maintenance by half over the past ten years.

These varnishes have a threefold advantage:

• making savings on maintenance and the use of water and detergents
• avoiding costly metallisation throughout the product's life
• stain resistant

To improve the visual comfort of users and to reduce energy consumption related to lighting, we have worked on the light reflection of our floors and our colours.

Compared to a dark colour, a light colour can provide a 60% reduction in lighting-related energy consumption.

With light reflectance values (LRVs) ranging from 6% to 86%, Gerflor offers a wide range of colours allowing architects to select flooring that is best suited to the lighting conditions of each project.