Sustainability

In modern interior construction, more than just looks counts today. Clients, tenants and planners rightly place great value on materials that promote a healthy indoor climate. At Decotec, we make this quality transparent.

With the SHI product passport, we offer you a reliable guide. This certificate from the Sustainable Housing Initiative confirms that our floor coverings meet the highest standards of healthy living and environmental compatibility.

What does the SHI product passport mean for you?

• Tested emission values: Our vinyl floors are strictly tested for volatile organic compounds (VOC). The result: clean air and a healthy environment for living and working spaces.
• Free from pollutants: The passport confirms that our products are free from harmful plasticisers and heavy metals. Safety you can rely on.
• Advantage in tenders: For architects and developers, the product passport is a strong document when planning projects that are to be certified to high sustainability standards (such as DGNB or QNG).

Transparency creates trust. A floor is a long-term decision. The SHI product passport is our promise to you that Decotec products are not only resilient in everyday use, but also safe for people and the environment.

Sustainable construction is no longer an option today but the standard – and often the prerequisite for cost-effective financing. The German Quality Seal for Sustainable Buildings (QNG) places extremely high demands on the absence of pollutants and the life-cycle assessment of the materials used.

With Decotec’s certified flooring solutions, you are on the safe side. We supply not only the floor, but also the data you need for your building certification.

• Secure eligibility for funding: Our products meet the strict criteria for avoiding pollutants in building materials. This makes a significant contribution to your QNG certification and access to attractive KfW funding.
• Proven sustainability: From the extraction of raw materials to disposal – we focus on materials that hold up in the life-cycle assessment (EPD).
• Healthy indoor climate: Above all, QNG also means healthy living. Our floors are low in emissions and contribute to indoor air quality that goes far beyond the statutory standards.

We deliver the facts for your auditor. For our QNG-relevant products, we have all the necessary evidence, environmental product declarations (EPDs) and technical data sheets ready. This allows your auditor to complete the assessment quickly and smoothly.

We spend most of our lives indoors. That is why the floor beneath our feet should be more than just a visual basis – it must provide a safe foundation for healthy living and working.

At Decotec, we select our range according to the strictest criteria. Our vinyl floors belong to a new generation of floor coverings that prove: maximum resilience and the highest air quality go perfectly together.

Our seals – your safety net for clean air:

1. Eurofins Indoor Air Comfort GOLD: The “gold standard” for Europe. It combines the strictest legal requirements with the relevant voluntary quality labels. When you see “Gold”, you can be sure: this floor is one of the lowest-emission floors on the market.
2. Émissions dans l’air intérieur: class A+: The French label gives you direct information about VOC emissions. Classification in the top class A+ guarantees extremely low pollutant levels.
3. FloorScore® certification: A globally recognised standard for floor coverings. FloorScore® ensures that our floors meet the strict requirements for indoor air quality.
4. QNG-ready for sustainable projects: Many of our floors conform to the German Quality Seal for Sustainable Buildings (QNG) – the ultimate promise of pollutant-tested materials and healthy architecture.

Why is this so important to us? Whether in a nursery, a modern office or your own home: we believe that nobody should have to think about emissions from their floor. That is why we supply systems that are free from harmful plasticisers and that not only comply with the certifiers’ limit values, but often fall well below them.

For us at Decotec, sustainability means more than just a floor that is healthy to live with. It is also about what is left over after installation. We are aware of our responsibility for the packaging materials we put into circulation and rely on a circular system that works.

Partner of Interzero: together for real recycling. We are proud to be part of Interzero’s dual system. Through our certification, we ensure that all transport and product packaging – from cardboard boxes to pallets – is properly collected, sorted and recycled to a high standard.

• Closed loops: Valuable raw materials such as paper, cardboard and plastics flow back into production instead of harming the environment.
• Legal certainty: We fully and transparently meet all the requirements of the German Packaging Act (VerpackG).
• Conserving resources: Through Interzero’s certified recycling, we make a measurable contribution to reducing greenhouse gases and protecting natural resources.

A clean finish for every project. When you choose Decotec, you choose a partner who has already thought about disposal.