Product: Sphera Vinyl Flooring
Forbo Flooring Systems
About
Sphera Vinyl Flooring
TOP 3 Benefits:
- Health & Ecotoxicity
- Durability
- Product Take-Back Scheme
Forbo's Sphera vinyl flooring is a heavy duty commercial homogeneous vinyl floor covering with an advanced polyurethane surface treatment. Sphera is made using the latest production technology and offers a wide variety of contemporary designs and colour pallet that suit a range of applications from large hospital and aged care settings to school classrooms and general areas in office and retail. Sphera is also available in an electro-conductive (EC) and static dissipative (SD) version.
Sphera vinyl flooring achieves R10 (AS 4586:2013 oil-wet ramp test method) slip resistance and has low VOC emission.
Forbo Flooring Systems (Coevorden site) is certified with SA8000.
Achievements:
Health & Ecotoxicity
- No Toxicity Issues of Concern
LCA
Life Cycle Analysis - Water
- Water footprint available
Life Cycle Analysis - Resources
- Designed for recycling or reuse
Life Cycle Analysis - Greenhouse Gas
- Carbon footprint available
Corporate Social Responsibility
- Annual Sustainability Reporting
- Certified under Social Accountability Standard 8000
- Complies with relevant social and environmental laws of the country of operation
- Fit for Purpose certified
- Manufacturer take back policy
- Replacement parts available
Ratings Tools
- Green Star AU - GBCA
- IS Rating - ISCA
- WELL Features - IWBI
Construction Code Compliance
- Australian National Construction Code
More information:
The product is GreenTag GreenRate Level A Certified under Scheme A7.
The scope of certification includes Sphera vinyl flooring (including Sphera Element, Sphera EC&SD, Sphera Energetic and Essence) in 2mm thickness with a mass of 3.0kg/m2.
Rating tools relevance:
Green Star® Australia "Buildings" v1.0 Rating tool:
- Credit 9: Responsible Finishes
Green Star® Australia "Design & As Built v1.3" Rating Tools Credits:
- Credit 21: Sustainable Products
Green Star® Australia "Interiors v1.3" Rating Tools Credits:
- Credit 21: Sustainable Products
Green Star® Australia "Performance 1.2" Rating Tools Credit:
- Credit 21: Procurement & Purchasing (Refurbishment Materials)
IWBI® WELL v1.0 Features:
Compliant Technical Document (Audited) for Feature/s:
- Feature 04 VOC Reduction (Part 3)
IS® v1.2:
- Mat-2 Environmentally Labelled Products and Supply Chain
IS® Design & As-Built v2.1:
- Rso-7 Sustainability Labelled Products and Supply Chains
EarthCheck Rating Tool:
- Sustainable Materials
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