ASPECTA ADDS EMBODIED CARBON TO DECLARE LABELS 

ASPECTA ADDS EMBODIED CARBON TO DECLARE LABELS 

 

First for a Global Hard-Surface Flooring Manufacturer

 

NORWALK, CT, JULY 30 – Aspecta, a division of HMTX Industries, announced that the global flooring brand has pioneered the expansion of information provided on a Declare label – equivalent to a nutrition label for building products - by adding embodied carbon data to its Aspecta Declare labels. Because embodied carbon in building products is a component of the carbon footprint of a building, architects and designers are increasingly considering embodied carbon in the material selection process.  

 

Said Rochelle Routman, HMTX’s chief sustainability & quality officer, “Embodied carbon is a critical factor in climate change, because it is locked in place as soon as the materials are installed in a building. Operational carbon emissions, on the other hand, can be reduced over time by energy efficiency devices and programs. Reducing embodied carbon is the next wave in reducing the climate impact of buildings.”

 

Said Lin Gao, sustainability & QA manager, “As the first and only hard-surface flooring manufacturer to publish embodied carbon on our Aspecta Declare labels, HMTX clearly demonstrates the company’s continued commitment to sustainability and transparency, as well as serving our customers.”

 

As HMTX works toward a more comprehensive carbon-neutral program, the company’s manufacturing partners in Asia are already taking steps to reduce the embodied carbon of its products:

 

HMTX’s primary factories in China reuse all scraps and trimmings from manufacturing back into the products, which conserves energy because this volume of material does not have to be made from virgin vinyl. 

 

HMTX’s Elegant Home-Tech factory in Zhangjiagang, China uses reclaimed steam from a local steel mill to help heat presses. Both Elegant Home-Tech and HMTX’s YiHua Run Dong factory in Zhangjiagang, China use separate hot and cold presses to conserve energy, as a greater amount of energy is utilized when the same press has to be repeatedly heated and cooled. Additionally, YiHua currently generates solar energy with on-site photovoltaic panels, and Elegant Home-Tech will be adding solar panels during an upcoming expansion.

 

Elegant Home-Tech re-uses non-potable water for production and captured rainwater from a water recycling pool, thereby conserving energy because the water does not need to be treated.

 

ABOUT ASPECTA:

Aspecta’s commercial LVT offering has introduced six LVT collections since the brand’s inception: Aspecta One, Aspecta One Ornamental, Aspecta Tilt & Tones, Aspecta Five, Aspecta Ten, and Aspecta Contours - providing architects, designers and end-users with an extensive range of options in over 200 designs. All feature high-quality surface textures, excellent design and color, durability, and warmth underfoot: hallmarks of the entire portfolio. Extremely easy to maintain, Aspecta is ideal for built environments with high footfall.

 

All globally available Aspecta flooring products carry Declare℠ labels, Health Product Declarations® (HPD), and Environmental Product Declarations (EPD). Aspecta has also achieved BES 6001, a European standard for responsible sourcing of construction projects with a focus on the production process. 

 

Aspecta is a proud member of HMTX Industries – a global new materials flooring manufacturer whose brands service a diverse cross-section of the construction marketplace. Headquartered in Norwalk, CT, and doing business in more than 40 countries around the world, the HMTX family includes Halstead in North America, the leading supplier of LVT to The Home Depot; Metroflor, its signature LVT brand for independent specialty retailers in North America; Teknoflor, its focused sheet vinyl and LVT brand for healthcare and institutional; Aspecta, its high-end global contract LVT brand for commercial architects and designers; as well as Vertex, the foundation of the international supply chain for HMTX.

 

Under the leadership of HMTX, the two factories that manufacture a majority of Aspecta products were the first in China (and all of Asia) to achieve the JUST℠ social justice label. The JUST program gauges a company’s performance in a wide range of metrics related to social equity and equality.

 

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PRESS CONTACT USA:                     
Susan Bang PR                        

sbang@susanbang.com; 917-991-9714                         

 

AT ASPECTA USA:

Ellie Priester

epriester@aspectaflooring.com; (615) 686-7599

 

AT ASPECTA EUROPE/ASIA-PACIFIC:

Gitty Gommers

ggommers@aspectaflooring.com; +31 (0)6 14169410