Carpets as tiles

While commercial spaces, especially corporate houses, use wall-to-wall carpeting for interiors, carpets do have maintenance issues and can cause allergy if not properly maintained. With certain areas wearing out more than others based on foot fall, the need to replace large chunks of the carpet arises, which is not eco-friendly.

To negate these factors, the concept of carpet tiles has emerged where pieces of the carpet are used, enabling specific pieces to be changed in the event of sections getting worn out.

InterfaceFlOR is into manufacturing carpet tiles and the company has achieved a green tag for its process of manufacture. These carpet tiles incorporate features such as no VOC content and contain a proprietary anti-microbial preservative, Intersept, which protects the floor from mildew, bacteria, mold and other odour-causing micro- organisms. Glue-free TacTiles are used to install the carpet tiles, which reduces the environmental footprint by 90 per cent.
Air quality

These features improve the ambient air quality, thus contributing to reduction of the sick building syndrome, says Raj Menon, CEO, InterfaceFLOR. “The added advantage is the minimal 3-4 per cent wastage of material at the time of installation which is against conventional broad looms which amount to 13-14 per cent,” he adds.