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Bamboo Flooring as an Alternative to Traditional Hardwood

Posted on Mar 31, 2009 by GLI Editors.

If you are interested in a sustainable hardwood flooring option for your home then you must consider bamboo. It’s easy to clean and has anti-microbial properties so you know it will be around for a long time.
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Is Cork the New Bamboo?

Posted on Sep 13, 2008 by GLI Editors.

For many years bamboo has enjoyed the reputation of sustainable flooring front runner, but cork is now giving bamboo a run for its money.

How do they shape up in comparison?
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GTR: Prefinishing Green Flooring with Carlisle

Posted on Apr 25, 2008 by Sean Daily.

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Sean Daily, Green Living Ideas’ Editor-in-Chief talks with Lindsay Barczuk, Green Programs Coordinator at Carlisle Wide Plank Floors, about prefinishing green flooring as an effective way to control VOC-offgassing during home floor installation.

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GTR: Renewable and Sustainable Wood Flooring with Bamboo Hardwoods

Posted on Jan 31, 2008 by Sean Daily.

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Sean Daily, Green Living Ideas’ Editor-In-Chief, discusses using renewable and sustainable wood flooring in green home building and remodeling with Doug Lewis, President of Bamboo Hardwoods.

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Wood Flooring and Radiant Heat Systems

Posted on Jan 08, 2008 by GLI Editors.

We all know that heat rises, but the heat emitted from a radiant flooring system doesn’t simply travel up—it travels out, in all directions.

While this is a great and efficient way to heat our interior spaces, it’s not so great for the condition of the wood floor that holds the system … unless we take some preventative measures to maintain it . . .
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GTR: Radiant Heat Flooring with Warmboard

Posted on Dec 26, 2007 by Sean Daily.

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Sean Daily, Green Living Ideas’ Editor-In-Chief, talks about the green building value of radiant heating and subfloors with Terry Alsberg, CEO and Inventor of Warmboard Radiant Subfloor.

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