Sustainability
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AWARDS
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Australian Business Award for Environmental Sustainability
Armstrong Australia received this award in 2010 for demonstrating leadership and commitment to the enhancement, preservation
and protection of the environment.
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Building Magazine’s Product Innovation Awards
Our new DC FlexZone™ commercial ceiling grid system was named the Grand Prize Winner in the Workplace Flexibility category. This new system can
distribute low voltage, efficient DC power in commercial buildings using plug and play technology and modularity that makes
it easy to repurpose and reconfigure a space without rewiring.
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Department of Environmental Protection, West Virginia
Our Beverly, West Virginia, wood flooring plant received 2008 Most Improved Award for renovating its sawdust collection system,
a $2.5 million project. The DEP commended the plant for supplying the cleanest air in its 18 years of operation.
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FaciltityCare Magazine Symposium Distinction Awards program
Armstrong’s Migrations® BioBased Tile® won Architect's Choice and Best in Show product awards.
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Georgia Association of Water Professionals
Armstrong Building Products Macon Waste Water Treatment Facility was named 2007 Plant of the Year
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Greenhouse Challenge Plus Award
Armstrong received this national Australian award in 2007 for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 23% over five years
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Keep Australia Beautiful Sustainable Cities
2006 Litter & Waste Management Award and 2007 Zero Waste Award
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NeoCon World Trade Fair and Contract Magazine’s 2009 Best of NeoCon
Our DC FlexZone commercial ceiling grid system and Green Genie LEED calculation tool won 2009 Best of NeoCon Gold for Workplace Technology and Software Technology respectively.
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PennFuture Award in the Green Power Category
Each year, PennFuture salutes people, businesses and organizations blazing the path to a clean energy future in Pennsylvania. In 2009, we won the
PennFuture Award in the Green Power category for achieving LEED™-Existing Building Platinum status for our corporate headquarters
building 701 in Lancaster – the first building in Pennsylvania, the sixth building in the country, to do so.
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RadTech Award
Armstrong won the 2008 Emerging Technology Award for Sustainable UV/EB Technology for Floor Coatings
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Sustain Magazine Award
Our Team Valley plant in the UK received the Sustain Magazine manufacturer award for its outstanding leadership in tackling
“end-of-life” issues, namely its ceiling recycling programs.
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Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame Awards
Armstrong Australia was inducted into the Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame in 2008 for sustained manufacturing excellence
and reducing our environmental footprint
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CERTIFICATIONS
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Australia Federal Government Waste Wise Program
Gold Certification
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China “Green Product” Certification
Certification for Armstrong Mineral Fiber Ceilings, the Only Foreign Brand to Date to Receive Certification
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The Climate Registry
In 2010, Armstrong achieved Climate Registry certification. To date, Armstrong is the only Climate Registry member that has
completed and submitted three consecutive years of greenhouse gas inventory, third-party reporting to the organization.
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Cradle to Cradle Silver Certification
Our Tierra ceiling is the only Cradle to Cradle certified ceiling. Cradle to Cradle certification was created by MBDC, a product and
process design firm founded by William McDonough and Dr. Michael Braungart in 1995. The certification evaluates a product
for human and environmental impact throughout its life cycle.
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EPA Energy Star
Armstrong's Corporate Headquarters Buildings 701 and 5B are Energy Star certified
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EPA Green Power Partner
Armstrong is a certified Green Power Partner
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FloorScore
Certification of commercial Migrations BioBased Tile and residential and commercial linoleum, vinyl tile and vinyl sheet floor products
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Forest Stewardship Council Certification
Our Center, Texas, and Somerset, Kentucky, engineered hardwood flooring plants are now Forest Stewardship Council-US (FSC-US) “Chain of Custody” certified. The certification means these plants have verified they can a) segregate and identify
FSC-certified hardwood material as it leaves the forest and becomes Armstrong hardwood flooring and b) manufacture wood flooring
as FSC-certified.
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ISO 14001 Certified Plants
All Armstrong’s European and Asian ceiling plants: Rankweil, Austria; Shanghai, China; Munster, Germany; Pontarlier, France;
St. Gallen, Switzerland; Team Valley and Stafford, England. Flooring plants in Braeside and Thomastown, Australia; Delmenhorst,
Germany; Holmsund, Sweden.
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NSF/ANSI 332 Sustainability Assessment for Resilient Floor Coverings
Armstrong's Linoleum, Biobased Tile (BBT) and Vinyl Composition Tile (VCT) have Gold Level NSF 332 certification.
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USDA Biopreferred
Armstrong Linoleum is certified by the USDA BioPreferred® Program; it contains 100% biobased content by weight.
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U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
Armstrong's Corporate Headquarters Building 701 is LEED-EB Platinum certified
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