Every day, increasingly retail consumers are jumping on the conservation bandwagon. They are demanding homebuilding & remodelling products that are not only aesthetically pleasing, durable & safe, but also made from materials that won't unbalance the ecosystem. Thus, as with the companies already mentioned, bamboo flooring has become the consumers’ green alternative to hardwood.
Over the past decade, there has been a growing trend toward designing & building with green products. In fact, a number of the larger design firms have received green-design requests from lots of of their corporate clients. According to author Susan E. Haberle, companies like Starbucks, Nike, Guess & Donna Karan have already completed design projects utilizing green products. Haberle’s article on the American Society of Interior Designers web-site states that these internationally-established corporations have selected bamboo as the green product for their floors. But gigantic business is not the only driving force behind the green trend.
In order for a product to qualify as green, it must have positive characteristics, & bamboo flooring qualifies with over three. But certainly its most important characteristic is that it is resource efficient. Bamboo is a sustainable material – & rapidly so. It replenishes itself up to twenty times faster than some hardwood trees, repeatedly sprouting from the same plant to maturity in 4 to 6 years.
Another green characteristic of bamboo is its durability. Species harvested for flooring are actually harder than Red Oak & Hard Maple, & that means reduced maintenance & replacement costs. Additionally, because bamboo grows in tropical climates, it is naturally resistant to moisture & thus to stains. It is also less likely to gap, cup, or warp because of its laminated construction.
With all these positive attributes & green characteristics, it is no wonder that bamboo flooring has become such a hot, growing trend – three with no finish in sight.
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