Classroom Carpets Promote Better Indoor Air Quality

Indoor air quality

Schools and childcare facilities have a responsibility to protect the air children breathe. Here is what you should know about the rugs we carry and how they perform in classroom environments.

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Green Label Plus certification

Certified low-emission

All classroom rugs sold on SensoryEdge carry the Carpet and Rug Institute's Green Label Plus certification, the most stringent emissions testing standard in the carpet industry.

Green Label Plus identifies products with the lowest chemical emissions available, giving school administrators and facility buyers confidence that the rugs they purchase meet recognized standards for healthy indoor environments. You can browse our full selection of certified classroom rugs here.

Green Label Plus represents the fourth time the carpet industry has voluntarily raised its own IAQ standard. It is the benchmark used by school procurement teams and architects specifying products for occupied buildings.

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How carpet improves classroom air quality

Carpet is often assumed to be worse for air quality than hard flooring. Research tells a more nuanced story. In school settings, carpet can actively reduce airborne particulates.

Traps dust and allergens. Hard floors allow dust, allergens, and particulates to settle on the surface where foot traffic, particularly children moving through hallways in groups, stirs them back into the air throughout the day. Carpet fibers trap and hold these particles until they are removed by vacuuming.
Requires fewer cleaning chemicals. Carpet maintenance relies on fewer volatile organic compounds (VOCs) than the cleaning products typically used on hard-surface floors, resulting in lower chemical emissions in occupied spaces.