This helped consumers and specifiers choose flooring with very low emissions of vocs.
Green label plus certified carpet.
The carpet and rug institute cri created green label plus to identify carpets adhesives and cushions that are tested by an independent certified laboratory and meet stringent criteria for low chemical emissions.
It is an outgrowth of and enhancement to the cri green label testing program.
It ensures customers they are purchasing the lowest emitting carpet adhesive and cushion products on the market.
Green label plus is an independent testing program that identifies carpet with very low emissions of vocs to help improve indoor air quality.
Cri launched its original green label program to test carpet cushions and adhesives in 1992.
A higher standard for indoor air quality the carpet industry has a long history of creating products that provide numerous benefits especially for indoor air quality.
Today indoor air quality iaq is an important environmental consideration especially since we spend approximately 90 percent of our time indoors.