The Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI) is a
U.S.
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industry trade group
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representing manufacturers of resilient
flooring
Flooring is the general term for a permanent covering of a floor, or for the work of installing such a floor covering. Floor covering is a term to generically describe any finish material applied over a floor structure to provide a walking surface ...
, primarily made of
vinyl
Vinyl may refer to:
Chemistry
* Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a particular vinyl polymer
* Vinyl cation, a type of carbocation
* Vinyl group, a broad class of organic molecules in chemistry
* Vinyl polymer, a group of polymers derived from vinyl ...
. It is headquartered in
Rockville, Maryland.
It is notable for suing the state of
New York in 2003, claiming that its vinyl flooring should be recognized as a
"green" building material.
See also
*
Vinyl composition tiles
References
External links
Resilient Floor Covering Institute*
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Rockville, Maryland
Floors
Vinyl polymers
Trade associations based in the United States