USFloors is a manufacturer of quality surfacing materials composed of environmentally correct sustainable resources.

USFloors is the only foreign member of the Anji Bamboo Flooring Association in Anji, China's Zhejiang province, where Natural Bamboo resources are harvested and where the largest concentration of bamboo can be found.

Materials & Resources

MR Credit 6.0 Rapidly Renewable Material

Intent: Reduce the use and depletion of finite raw, and long-cycle renewable materials by replacing them with rapidly renewable materials.

Requirement: Specify rapidly renewable building materials for 5% of total building materials.

Contribution: Bamboo is in fact form the grass family and like grass, cutting bamboo does not kill the plant. An extensive root system remains intact, allowing for rapid regeneration. In order to be used as flooring material bamboo is harvested every 5 to 6 years to insure stability and hardness.

Indoor Environmental Quality

MR Credit 4.4 Low-Emitting Materials

Intent: Reduce the quantity of indoor air contaminants that are odorous or potentially irritating to provide installer and occupant health and comfort.

Requirement: Adhesives and coatings must meet or exceed specific VOC limits.

Contribution: Natural Bamboo uses adhesives and coatings that meet E1 standards for VOC content in the production of its bamboo flooring.