Industry-wide Type III EPD
Natural Stone Flooring and Paving
Natural stone is an easy solution to many green building goals. It is nearly complete as a building material in its natural state as mother nature does most of the manufacturing. It is a single-ingredient natural material that emits no VOCs. Its durability allows stone to perform impeccably in commercial & residential applications, interior or exterior.
Participating manufacturers
Coldspring
Colorado Stone Quarries
Continental Cut Stone
Delgado Stone Distributors
Freshwater Stone
Independent Limestone Company
Polycor
Quality Stone
Royal Bedrock
Russell Stone
Stony Creek Quarry
Vermont Quarries
Vetter Stone
Performance dashboard
Features & functionality
- Stone tiles are supplied in typical sizes and atypical pieces are field cut to fit
- Fabrication of custom cut-to-size stone products occurs in a factory setting, but partial fabrication may occur during installation
- Thickness of tile and cut-to-size products vary by application, exterior pavements have textured surfaces such as flamed, sanded, bush-hammered, natural cleft
- Surface finishes include honed, polished, sanded, flamed, sawn, sanded, natural cleft
- Stone types include granite, limestone, marble, quartzite, sandstone, serpentine, slate, soapstone, and travertine
Environment & materials
- Similar processing operations for interior flooring and exterior paving reduces amount of equipment needed to create products
- Emits no VOCs, and poses no health hazards
- Quarries and processing facilities are located across N. America, making shipping distances never too far
- Can be refinished and recycled with endless opportunities for reuse after initial service life
- Scrap stone used as fill on premises, kept onsite for reclamation, or crushed as aggregates used in construction
Select natural stone products have qualified for one or more of the following certifications, rating systems, and disclosures:
- Sustainable Stone Certified
- Dimension Stone Design Manual
- Health Product Declaration (HPD)
MasterFormat® 09 30 33, 09 63 40, 32 14 40
For specification information, refer to:
Dimension Stone Design Manual
TCNA Handbook for Ceramic, Glass, and Stone Tile Installation
Natural Stone Sustainability Standard
Natural Stone Catalogue
For spec help, contact us or call 440.250.9222
SM Transparency Report (EPD) 