Originally created to meet new workspace design scheme demands, Tessera Chroma was renowned for its contemporary aesthetic. Now, Forbo has updated this collection, not only refreshing its colour palette but also improving its sustainability credentials, with an impressive >80% reduction in embodied carbon.
Curated to complement workspace design trends, Tessera Chroma is a textured loop pile carpet tile collection with sophisticated and trend-led colours. The latest updates to the range see it join Tessera Topology, Tessera Create Space and Tessera Twine in Forbo’s new Evolve+ series, offering enhanced sustainability.
With an >80% reduction in embodied carbon and the highest percentage of recycled content of any Tessera carpet tile with 77% recycled content by weight, Tessera Chroma is now manufactured with 100% ECONYL® regenerated polyamide 6 solution dyed yarn. This change in yarn system combined with Forbo’s lean production processes has resulted in an embodied carbon of less than 2kg CO2 per square metre eqv. (A1-A3) – achieved without offsetting. Tessera Chroma and all of our Tessera carpet tiles are manufactured using 100% renewable energy (electricity and biogas).
As well as improving its environmental credentials, Forbo has also refreshed and refined the designs, with 24 colourways now available. Ranging from grey and stone shades like Chanterelle, to brighter accent colours, such as Honeysuckle, all colourways can easily be combined and coordinated with other existing Forbo floor coverings for integrated design schemes.
Donna Hannaway, Head of Marketing UK and Ireland, from Forbo Flooring Systems, spoke on this refresh, saying: “Forbo sees sustainability not as a goal, but as a requirement from all in the industry. It forms a key part of our ethos as a business, with Renewability, Transparency and Circularity three of our core values. Our Evolve+ series is part of this aim to be as sustainable as we can be, ensuring our product collections – both new and existing – meet modern environmental needs.
“As one of our longer standing and most popular carpet tile collections, we chose Tessera Chroma as one range we can enhance from a sustainability perspective. To this end, we not only revolutionised the yarn system used to manufacture this product but also significantly decreased the embodied carbon of the entire range by over 80%.”
Tessera Chroma now becomes the latest collection to join the Evolve+ series. Designed, made and stocked in the UK, Tessera Chroma is available on short lead times, making the collection ideal for office refurbishments or other projects that need to be carried out in a short time span. Tessera Chroma also meets Indoor Air Comfort Gold, GUT standards and has 26 dB impact sound resistance, perfect for spaces that prioritise user wellbeing.
All Forbo’s Tessera carpet tiles can be installed adhesive free using IOBAC MagTabs™, allowing them to be easily removed and reused or recycled, supporting a circular economy. Forbo is also proud to have recently entered into a partnership with the Salvation Army Trading Company, supporting its Take Back scheme by donating post-consumer carpet tiles that would otherwise have been sent to landfill.
Find out more about this collection on Forbo’s website at www.forbo-flooring.co.uk/chroma
To find out more about Forbo’s Tessera Evolve+ series, please visit www.forbo-flooring.co.uk/evolve+