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Marketing Services for Future LEED Products
Published in Jerry Yudelson, Marketing Green Buildings:, 2020
Building on the insights of William McDonough and Michael Braungart in their path-breaking 2002 book, Cradle to Cradle, we can foresee the development of products and building materials based on the biological reality that “waste equals food.”103 Products can be made out of biodegradable materials, with no long-lived toxic products, able to break down completely in the environment after their useful life. Materials that cannot break down, such as nylon, can be reused indefinitely; carpets can be returned to the manufacturer and remade into carpets again. Architects and builders will begin to specify such products for buildings. Manufacturing processes themselves would have few or no waste products. The development of “eco-industrial” parks may be the first movement that will affect entire buildings and urban districts, in which all waste products from industry would be re-used by other tenants in the same area; waste heat could be used in greenhouse agriculture or to heat nearby homes, for example.
Putting It All Together: The IAQ Program
Published in Ed Bas, Indoor Air Quality, 2020
When shopping for carpeting, read labels carefully. The Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) has developed labels for carpeting that can tell you which types emit lower volatile organic compounds (VOCs). CRI emphasizes this is not a “warning label” but merely advisory. Carpeting produced in the United States no longer contains formaldehyde; the “new carpet” smell comes from 4PC, which is thought to be harmless and should disappear within a few days of installation. But installation, too, requires caution because of the adhesives used. Low-VOC adhesives should also be used in installation. Carpeting still is the floor covering of choice for most commercial buildings, based on visual image, comfort, warmth, slip resistance and aesthetics. CRI claims carpeting is also economical and easy to maintain.
Floor coverings
Published in V. Ramesh Babu, S. Sundaresan, Home Furnishing, 2018
Move heavy furniture occasionally to avoid excessive pile crushing. Protect your carpet from prolonged periods of direct sunlight with blinds, shades or awnings. Vacuum thoroughly and frequently, particularly in high-traffic areas, to remove the dry soil. As particles of dry soil work down into the pile, they are more difficult to remove and can scratch the fibers leading to premature wear of the carpet. Remove spills and stains promptly. Clean your carpet every 12-18 months according to the manufacturer’s recommendation.
Analysis of Temperature Effect on the Gasoline Evaporation in Fire Investigation by HS-GC-MS
Published in Combustion Science and Technology, 2023
Marek Hodálik, Veronika Veľková, Danica Kačíková
The samples from the fire site are extremely variable as they contain pyrolysis products, precursors, and combustion products that make it difficult to analyze (Hondrogiannis, Newton, and Alibozek 2019). Carpets can be made of different types of natural (wool, cotton) and synthetic (polyolefin, nylon, polypropylene) fibers. A certain degree of chemical diversity is present between different carpet types (Elkhateeb et al. 2016; Ma et al. 2004). The individual components of the matrix also undergo chemical changes, due to changes in the level of the oxidizing agent and the action of fire. In different places of the fire, burning can occur in the presence of oxygen and, conversely, a pyrolysis process due to the absence of oxygen. (DeHaan, Brien, and Large 2004; Stauffer 2003). This fact leads to fact that the same matrix, but a few centimeters further can show different compounds (Bruno et al. 2002; DeHaan, Brien, and Large 2004). According to Sinkov, Sandercock, and Harynuk (2014), the most common compounds produced by the burning of nylon carpets are ethylbenzene and naphthalene.
An improved viscoelastic model for tufted carpet yarn
Published in The Journal of The Textile Institute, 2018
Shuang Huang, Xinfu Chi, Yang Xu, Yize Sun
The tufted carpet has become the main product of the carpet market because of its rich variety, sophisticated colouring and elegant styling (Meng, Sun, Zhou, & Gu, 2008; Xu, Sun, Meng, & Sun, 2014). The tufted carpet consists of carpet yarn, backing cloth and adhesive layer. The carpet yarn is the key part of tufted carpet, which is composed of many weak twist and high denier filaments with the characteristics of high strength, fineness and a large elastic recovery rate. In the process of weaving, the yarn with viscoelastic characteristics has a great influence on the accuracy of the technical specification and weaving precision of carpets. In addition, the research on viscoelastic model and mechanical properties for tufting yarn can provide a solid theoretical foundation for analysis of vibration characteristics and dynamic tension control. Therefore, it is very necessary to analyse the viscoelastic model of tufting carpet yarn.
Comparison of solo and conventional ring yarns: effects on the compression characteristics of cut-pile carpets
Published in The Journal of The Textile Institute, 2023
Akbar Babaeipour, Mohammad Ghane, Hossein Hasani
Carpet is a textile floor covering which is consisted of pile yarns attached to a backing. The pile yarns could traditionally be produced from wool and synthetic fibers such as acrylic, polypropylene, nylon or polyester. The reported findings demonstrate that material and structural parameters can significantly influence the carpet compression properties (Tabatabaei et al., 2014a, 2014b, 2017).