DESSO AirMaster Gold Carpet Tile Collection
DESSO AirMaster Gold Carpet Tile Collection
For Tarkett, developing carpets that help to contribute to improving people’s health and wellbeing and protect the environment is central to both our innovation strategy and our longstanding Cradle to Cradle® commitment. In 2015, we became the first carpet tile manufacturer worldwide to achieve a Cradle to Cradle® Gold level certification for an entire product collection.
Today, we are taking a further step on our journey, combining our health and wellbeing commitment, Cradle to Cradle® expertise and reputation for innovative design to create the DESSO AirMaster Gold collection. With Cradle to Cradle® Gold certification and the same unique fine dust-capturing functionality offered by all DESSO AirMaster collections, it contributes even further to creating a healthier workplace and a more sustainable world.
DESSO AirMaster Gold collection at a glance
- DESSO AirMaster Gold captures harmful fine dust from the indoor air more effectively than any other flooring solution, and can play a fundamental role in contributing to the health and wellbeing in today’s workplaces.
- Its ECONYL® regenerated yarn and positively defined EcoBase™ backing, featuring upcycled chalk, are 100% recyclable and can be recycled in a closed loop with no loss of quality.
- DESSO AirMaster Gold has achieved Cradle to Cradle® Gold certification, with Cradle to Cradle® Platinum level – the highest possible – for material health.
- DESSO AirMaster Gold Collection offers negligible levels of VOCs, in line with rigorous Cradle to Cradle® Gold criteria.
Innovating to contribute to people’s health and wellbeing
DESSO AirMaster® Gold collection has achieved Gold-level certification in line with the five Cradle to Cradle pillars – material health, material reutilisation, renewable energy and carbon management, water stewardship and social fairness – with platinum level for material health.
DESSO AirMaster Gold contains more than 60% recycled content and is 100% recyclable.
All AirMaster Gold colours are made from 100% ECONYL yarn – a 100% regenerated nylon upcycled from including end-of-life carpet yarn and discarded fishing nets.
The tile’s Colback® Gold primary backing is produced with a 95% decrease in antimony content, helping to preserve finite antimony reserves and promote safer tile recycling.
All AirMaster products are made with Cradle to Cradle® Gold-certified DESSO EcoBase® backing, which is 100% recyclable and designed with 100% positively defined ingredients, including chalk upcycled from the Dutch drinking water industry, as the raw material in our DESSO EcoBase carpet backing.
We recapture end-of-use tiles through our ReStart® take-back programme, ready for processing at our own carpet recycling centre.
Proven effectiveness in clearing the air
DESSO AirMaster is the first product in the world to be awarded the GUI Gold Plus label, the highest possible accreditation awarded by Gesellschaft für Umwelt- und Innenraumanalytik (GUI), Germany’s leading independent air quality testing organisation.
Scientists at GUI’s laboratory measured DESSO AirMaster’s ability to reduce fine dust concentration, conducting 15 tests in three test rooms, each furnished with different flooring solutions (smooth floor, standard loop pile carpet and DESSO AirMaster).
The result?
DESSO AirMaster is 8 times more effective at capturing and retaining fine dust than smooth flooring solutions (PM10). It is also 4 times more effective than standard carpet solutions (PM10) . Already in 2010, this alone led to a GUI Gold label as the first product in the market, followed by the GUI Gold Plus label in 2015.
The Gold Plus label was awarded for high performance on three further test criteria:
Suitability for allergy sufferers
High fine dust binding capacity
Low Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emission properties.
In fact, the AirMaster Gold Collection offers negligible levels of VOCs, in line with rigorous Cradle to Cradle® Gold criteria.
DESSO AirMaster Gold Collection
Part of the renowned AirMaster range, the new AirMaster Gold collection features three complementary designs : AirMaster Nazca Gold, AirMaster Salina Gold and AirMaster Tierra Gold. All three collections have been designed to work seamlessly together
- DESSO AirMaster Nazca Gold offers a textural, woven aesthetic that’s understated yet unmistakable. A single stripe of colour allows designers to introduce graphical impact to an otherwise pared-back palette of four shades..
- DESSO AirMaster Salina Gold comprises a range of carpet tiles, available in a subtle palette of four colours and with an organic two-tone appearance. Its neutral effect provides a soothing addition to contemporary workplace interiors – both large and small.
- Boasting a tactile, textured appearance, DESSO AirMaster Tierra Gold offers a palette of eight shades, ranging from earthy to warm. Each tile features a statement black yarn threaded into the pattern resulting in dramatic and tactile flooring designs. With a plain structure, a neutral tone can be used throughout a space or a brighter accent shade can be applied for added interest.
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