Recycled Aluminum Flooring
Ordinary aluminum has emerged as a revolutionary flooring product at the leading edge of the upsurge in
“green” products for the construction industry.
As unlikely as it may seem, old fashioned aluminum is on the cutting edge of the explosive green
environmental movement. But this time it is not because of recycled soda cans. Aluminum is rapidly
becoming the upscale flooring product of choice thanks to a brilliant invention from a leading manufacturer.
The stunning aluminum flooring tiles are environmentally friendly, extremely versatile, durable, and safe.
Because of its wide ranging applications and gorgeous, sleek aesthetics, recycled aluminum flooring is
creating a revolution among the building products industry and a sensation among international architects.
Economical aluminum can be used in a broad range of construction applications, but most of them are hidden
from view as heating and ventilation infrastructure or structural framework. Traditionally, designers have
been happy to hide aluminum, however because it usually appears drab and purely functional. But with the
advent of this recycled aluminum flooring more and more architects are putting if front and center, as a
material meant to highlight and showcase their creative work.
Aluminum is made from bauxite, an abundant material, and most of the energy required to process it comes
from hydro-electricity, a sustainable resource. Re-smelting aluminum saves as much as 95 percent of the
original energy needed to produce the product, and even coated aluminum can be recycled. Building materials
made of aluminum have a recycling rate of approximately 80 percent, but under normal conditions the aluminum
flooring will last for 100 years without the need to be replaced. As certified by the manufacturers of
recycled aluminum flooring, the aluminum used is made from 52% recycled material.
The ability to create such transformation from otherwise mundane or negative features is why architects are
so admired. The manufacturer has demonstrated the same kind of extraordinary talent for taking an overlooked,
neglected, seemingly ordinary material and turning it into a beautiful, practical, infinitely useful and
eye-catching solution. Today the design and building industry honors its concept by using the material in
international signature applications.
Aluminum is often relegated to ugly duckling status when compared to stainless steel, copper or other high
end metals. But at a price that is competitive with those metals and undercuts the cost of alternative
products like marble or granite, recycled aluminum flooring is a dream come true for the building and
design industry.
Recycled aluminum flooring contribute to LEED credits.
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