Read All About Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI): Werner Braun

New Document Lists Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) Resources - by Werner Braun

In his February 18, 2011 column titled Read all about CRI for the Dalton Daily-Citizen,  Carpet and Rug Institute President Werner Braun writes about a new CRI handout that contains so much information it deserves an “Extra, extra — read all about it,” moment.

A simple, two-sided document, the handout showcases the resources CRI offers to members and stakeholders, including retailers, carpet cleaners, carpet installers, construction specifiers, architects, designers and the public. According to the article, the handout lists, among other things, the CRI blog, which provides the latest industry news and commentary, as well as links to articles, interviews and useful information. Mr. Braun continues:

“Another great resource is CARE, the organization that spearheads the industry’s efforts to increase the amount of post-consumer recycled and reused carpet, and reduce the amount going into landfills. For asthma and allergy patients and health care providers, CRI also offers a vast amount of research, fact sheets and journal articles about carpet and its relationship to asthma and allergy symptoms. CRI’s resources dispel the myths about carpet and demonstrate that carpet is a desirable flooring option for everyone, including people with allergies and asthma.

CRI also has a library of downloadable fact sheets that are customized for audiences such as schools, consumers, healthcare facility planners and builders. Topics range from affordability, to indoor air quality, to sustainability and more.

This flip side of the handout is devoted to CRI’s various signature standards, such as the Green Label Plus standard for Indoor Air Quality and the Seal of Approval testing and certification program for carpet cleaning products and equipment. Green Label Plus is a voluntary industry testing program for carpet and adhesive products that establishes the highest standard for indoor air quality (IAQ) ever set by the carpet industry. CRI’s SOA program is the only one in the industry that scientifically measures the cleaning efficiency of vacuums, extractors, cleaning systems and cleaning products. CRI has a proud history of establishing industry standards, and periodically raising those standards even higher.

Last, but not least, are the ANSI/NSF 140 Standard for Sustainable Carpet and the Texture Appearance Retention Rating (TARR). The standard is the first to measure and certify carpet sustainability. It addresses sustainability throughout the manufacturing process, from production to recycling to reclamation. TARR identifies the level of texture change in a carpet from varying amounts of foot traffic and is the only measurement for carpet durability.”

CRI’s various publications are available for purchase from CRI’s online webstore. You may also “read all about it” on carpet-rug.org or criblog.org.

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Thanks, Werner!

~Bethany