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Manufacturer Profile: Second-Look Recycled Wallcovering

-- Interior Design, 1/3/2008 12:00:00 AM

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Second-Look Recycled Wallcovering

Second-Look is the first and only recycling program for vinyl wallcovering. The fashion-forward designs are available with a minimum of 20% recycled content including at least 10% post-consumer. Introduced by Louisville-based LSI Wallcovering in 2007, Second-Look won several 2007 awards, including:

Innovations Grand Prize for Environmental Solutions at NeoCon
Gold Award for Most Sustainable Product from IIDEX/NeoCon Canada
Symposium Distinction Award for Most Sustainable Product from the Healthcare Facilities Symposium
Architectural Record 's Editor's Picks for one of the top new products introduced in 2007
Interiors & Sources' Editors Choice Award for one of the most innovative new products in 2007

LSI's Cirqa, Plexus and Versa wallcovering brands each offer a Second-Look recycled collection through the company's U.S. and international distributors. The recycled selections have the same durability, performance and price as LSI's standard wallcoverings. In addition, many standard designs can be made as Second-Look recycled wallcoverings with a 500 yard minimum. The low-VOC wallcoverings last for 10+ years and can be repeatedly recycled to divert them from the landfill for decades. A comprehensive sustainable solution, Second-Look also offers a retrieval program that reclaims used vinyl wallcovering made by any manufacturer and transforms it into new Second-Look patterns.

Second-Look recycled wallcoverings are low-VOC, use water-based inks, incorporate a mildew-inhibiting agent and can be installed with water-based adhesives. All wallcoverings are free of mercury and cadmium. Second-Look supports LEED criteria by taking back used wallcovering and transforming it into post-consumer recycled, low-VOC wallcovering. The Type II, 20-ounce commercial vinyl wallcovering measures 52”/54” wide and is available with Permavent™, a unique microventing technology that manages the mobile moisture in walls. Second-Look meets all specifications for Type II vinyl wallcovering. LSI also offers n'viro, an alternative cellulose-based wallcovering in its Versa line.

Second-Look Recycled Wallcovering
P.O. Box 32159
Louisville, NY 40232
(866) 522-6072
info@secondlookwc.com
www.secondlookwc.com

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Second-Look Recycled Cirqa Collection

Looking to breathe new life into your walls? Second-Look’s Recycled Wallcovering program introduces the Cirqa Collection with 20% recycled content including at least 10% post-consumer. Cirqa captivates with horizontal and vertical stripes, spiraling circles, freeform organics, weathered plaster affects and abstract botanicals. Colors range from calming to couture and from warm neutrals to saturated plums and earth tones, with selections for everything from corporate to healthcare to hospitality. For information and distributors, go to www.secondlookwc.com or www.cirqawallcovering.com.

Second-Look Recycled Versa Collection

Tactile, textured and touchable, Second-Look's Versa Collection of unique embossed textures and award winning designs prove that some things are better the second time around. The wallcoverings include 20% recycled content with at least 10% post-consumer material. Versa recycled selections offer the same aesthetic quality, durability and price as LSI's standard wallcovering. After their first lifetime of use, they can be repeatedly recycled through the Second-Look program to divert them from the landfill for many years. For information and distributors, go to www.secondlookwc.com or www.versawallcovering.com.

Second-Look Recycled Plexus Collection

Rich, robust and recycled, award-winning Second-Look is the only recycled vinyl wallcovering program on the market. The Plexus Collection is one of three Second-Look recycled collections in a range of versatile colors, embossed textures and fresh designs with at least 20% recycled content and a minimum of 10% post-consumer. Plexus brings to the wall a range of value-oriented selections that have the essence of simplicity with a subtle twist. For information and distributors, go to www.secondlookwc.com or www.plexuswallcovering.com.

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Manufacturing/Operating Process

Raw Material Use Reduction
Manufacturing Waste Reduction Plan
Energy Use Reduction
Harmful Emissions Reduction
Recyclable Products
Recyclable Program in Place and Operational
Reclamation Program in Place

LEED Credit Contributions

Construction Waste Management
Recycled Content — Post Consumer
Recycled Content — Post Industrial
Low Emitting Materials — Paints & Coatings
Low Emitting Materials — Adhesives & Sealants

n'viro Cellulose Wallcovering

Available from LSI's Versa brand, the n'viro collection is made of an alternative cellulose-based material called Terren®. The collection of 10 patterns offers architectural textures and small-scale geometrics that are simple and streamlined yet visually stimulating. The commercial wallcovering, which meets all Type II specifications, measures 52”/54. n'viro is low-VOC, breathable, uses water-based inks, and is installed with water-based adhesive. For information and distributors, go to www.versawallcovering.com .

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