28/09/2011

Unicom Starker

Unicom Starker Natural Slate Porcelain Floor tiles. Tile Association's Tile of the Year 2010 This slate tile effect is made extremely realistic using digital inkjet technology.

This Natural Slate range includes four sizes of Slate effect porcelain floor tiles. The Multicolour, Autumn and the Winter slate tiles have very real effects

This porcelain floor tile requires no sealing or similar maintenance.Just wash like regular porcelain floor tiles.

Mosaic tiles are also available to complement the range of floor tiles.

28/09/2011

Panaria

Panaria is the avant-garde of the ceramics

Floor and wall coverings for the home of your dreams

The light cuts the space, lifting a veil of dim light on the ambience that is reawakened and redefined in their features. This is the enchantment that guides the hand of those that design Panaria's surfaces: the conviction that dreams begin when the eyes open.

It is a different look, a change of pace which marks and justifies the distance between the ordinary and what constitutes excellence in the production of outdoor and indoor ceramic flooring.

Panaria's philosophy is based upon the principles and values that contribute to making a unique profile:

- The House of your Dreams exists and it is what Panaria wants for its clients. This is why ceramics is not only a material, rather an incarnation of a concept of living that aims for peoples well-being.

- We must be able to feel like an integrated part of the environment that we pass through day after day. Because the style of our homes enhances the quality of our lives.

- To furnish means interpreting and understanding even the hidden lines. The ceramic floors and wall coverings by Panaria and the praise it is showered with for the living space and other are not just decorative.

- This result is a property that is in constant generated motion. The technological innovations represent Panaria's key to reaching new goals in ceramic production and its respect to the environment.

From these convictions, Panaria creates products that can be distinguished for their quality, refinement and originality. In perfect harmony between the aesthetic values in fashion, style, design and functionality. The range of products Panaria combines the ancient ceramic art with the latest trends and offer a specific solution for every type of application, from large commercial surfaces to floors and to residential wall coverings.

novabell

The NovaBell brand is inextricably intertwined with the name of the Bellei family. Its founder - Silvio Bellei – first became a prominent figure on the Italian ceramic scene in the ’50s and was involved in the development of some of the most influential companies in the sector. In 1988 Silvio Bellei founded NovaBell, ploughing into it all his experience, know-how and values. In his 60 years in the business Bellei demonstrated how it is possible to combine exceptional entrepreneurial expertise with profound human values, as is reflected by the extraordinary affection that his employees, whom he regarded as his extended family, held for him.

NovaBell is now a solid, dynamic company that stands out for its lightning response to changing trends and technologies. The company’s strength lies in its management?’ aptitude for teamwork, running operations in a way that combines the managerial principles of efficiency with looking after the Company’s employees and the environment.

ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATIONS
Of recent years, NovaBell has become profoundly aware of the need to protect the environment, and it constantly strives to combine health, safety and environmental considerations with the maintenance and development of its market competitiveness. NovaBell has produced plans for sustainable development, pursued by means of the specific regulations intended to safeguard the environment and minimise impact on it. The ceramics produced in the NovaBell plants are therefore approved for use in contemporary architecture. The NovaBell environmental policy, which complies in fully with the relevant regulations, is expressed through:

Systematic monitoring of atmospheric emissions.	Constant control of water and energy consumption.	Introduction of a system for internal recycling of wastewater.
Recycling and reuse of waste, or differentiated disposal.	Use of the most innovative technologies available	Use of the most environment-friendly raw materials.
Analysis and minimisation of noise levels.	Systematic control and maintenance of systems.	Staff training to increase a sense of responsibility with regard to the environment and workplace safety.

40% RECYCLED MATERIALS: ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY QUALITY AND DESIGN.

NovaBell has always been responsive to the ethical values of environmental protection and a focus on workers? health and safety. The "NovaBell Ecosystem" brand denotes the firm’s sustainable development programme, expressed through continuous, meticulous research into the reduction of waste, the reuse of waste materials in the production cycle, recycling, and the minimisation of the consumption of energy and resources, achieved by means of constant awareness and ongoing modernisation of plants. NovaBell requires the same responsible behaviour of its suppliers of raw and unfinished materials. Specifically, the "NovaBell Ecosystem" brand is used on NovaBell products which contain at least 40% recycled materials, and which can therefore truly claim to be environment-friendly tiles. Thanks to systematic control of all phases in the process, these materials comply with the quality standards set by the international norms.

LEED COMPLIANT

Certification is given in the United States by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Similar associations, such as the Green Building Council Italia of which Novabell is associated (www.gbcitalia.org),are rapidly appearing in other countries. The LEED rating system evaluates and certifies the environmental, social and economic sustainability of buildings, considered on the whole

MR Credit 4.1 - 4.2

Recycled Content. (10% - 20%) The minimum pre/post consumer recycled material content of NovaBell products is 40%, as certified by Bureau Veritas. (2 LEED points)

EQ Credit 4.2

VOC Content. The NovaBell products do not release VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds), as certified by approved external laboratories. (1 LEED point)

ID Credit 1.1 - 1.4

Innovation in Design. Referring to credit MR 4.2: The percentage of recycled material contained in a large number of NovaBell products is more than 40% by weight (pre-consumer material). (1- 4 LEED points)

EA Credit 1

Optimisation of energy performance. The thermal conductivity of the NovaBell products is between 1 and 1.3 Watt/m·°K, making them particularly suitable for floor heating systems and ventilated walls. (1-10 LEED points)

MR Credit 5.2

Regional Materials. This credit applies to buildings constructed within 500 miles of the NovaBell production plant, since 70% of the materials used are obtained from quarries within a 500 mile radius of the production location. (2 LEED points)

SS Credit 7.1

Heat Island Effect. A large number of NovaBell products do not generate a rise in the temperature of urban compared to rural areas (No Heat Island Effect) since the materials’ solar reflectance index (SRI) is ≥ 29. NovaBell products are particularly suitable for outdoor environments, with and without roofs. (1 LEED point)

ECOLABEL

Novabell has been awarded the eco-label, the european union’s environmental quality mark, an achievement that guarantees the low environmental impact of novabell?s products throughout their entire lifecycle and the observance of strict eu community criteria concerning the environment.

BREEAM

breeam(the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) is a certification method that assesses buildings’ environmental quality, in operation since 1990. breeam uses the “green guide calculator” to rate the ecological performance of a
number of construction materials. breeam examines the environmental impact of construction materials in 6 different types of building: *Commercial buildings, Such as offices *Educational *Healthcare *Retail *Industrial *Domestic The various aspects of environmental performance listed in the “Green Guide 2008 Ratings” are assessed by means of a rating system ranging from A+(the best with the lowest environmental impact) to E (the worst with the highest environmental impact): * Climate Change * Water extraction * Mineral resourcei Stratospheric ozone depletion *Human toxicity Ecotoxicity to Freshwater * Nuclear waste (higher level) * Ecotoxicity to land * Waste disposal * Fossil fuel depletion Eutrophication *Acidification Photochemical ozone creation

CERTIQUALITY

CERTIQUALITY is an organisation established to serve businesses, accredited for the certification of corporate quality, environment and OHSAS systems and for product certification.

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