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Article: Carpet Industry Sets New IAQ Standard to Match Low-Emitting Materials Criteria Used by California Schools; Carpet and Rug Institute Launches Green Label Plus Program.
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- June 14, 2004
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DALTON, Ga., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The Carpet and Rug Institute today unveiled a new Green Label Plus independent testing program for carpet that meets, and even exceeds, California's indoor environmental quality standards for low-emitting products used in commercial settings such as schools and office buildings.
Working in coordination with California's Sustainable Building Task Force and the Department of Health Services, Indoor Air Quality Section, the carpet industry voluntarily upgraded its Green Label testing program to meet or exceed testing protocols used by the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS), designed to help achieve good indoor air ...