Carpet Renovations at Saves Money and Planet
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007In April of 2007, College of Alameda completed a $590,000 carpet renovation that replaced aging and mildewed carpet in the Library, Buildings F, G and D. The new carpet is manufactured by Bentley Prince Street, sister company to carpet and rug industry pioneer InterfaceFLOR.
| Building | Squard Yards | lbs. CO2 | Equivalent Cars | |
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| Library | 5,605 | 196,175 |  |
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| Building D | 1,227 | 58,896 | |
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| Building F | 250 | 20,750 | |
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| Building G | 220 | 10,560 | |
Former COA President Cecilia Cervantes led a committee that selected carpets in the BPS Cool Carpet line. Cool Carpet is an energy offset program, which allows the District to permanently retire tons of GHG (greenhouse gases) by its use. In addition, BPS offers a reclamation program for the existing old carpet and repurposes it or recycles it. By BPS’s recycling program they are able to divert tons of waste from California’s landfills.