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ter Hürne floors for your healthy living environment

We create products that you come into contact with every day. They are an important part of your home. Our floors support the sense that you and your loved ones are in good hands. A healthy living environment is important in ensuring things stay that way.


At ter Hürne, we have a responsibility to create a healthy living environment for you. As such, we take it upon ourselves to equip our floors with the best possible characteristics to offer you precisely that: A healthy living environment.

DID YOU KNOW?

Sick building syndrome


Do you feel restless and weighed down? Do you have headaches throughout the day?

It could be a case of sick building syndrome, which happens if we spend too much time indoors. Wall coverings, furniture and the floor have a constant effect on us. What we inhale is what these products have previously exhaled. We are talking about emissions here. If products contain pollutants, these evaporate over time and are released into the indoor air. Improvements in building insulation reduce the exchange between internal and external air. The pollutants remain in the room for longer.

Do you also spend a lot of time at home?

Then look for materials that are low in emissions.

HEALTHY LIVING

So that you feel good

Health for ourselves and our family – that's the most important thing for all of us. However, this not only includes diet and exercise, but also the materials used in our home. How good it is that Hywood supports a healthy home environment! And actually does it in several ways: The low-pollutant and allergy-friendly real wood hybrid floor is certified for a healthy home environment.

Hywood is easy to clean, hygienic and provides no space for dust and mites. When in contact with your body, it is warm underfoot and slip-proof – even in wet rooms. And it’s also easy on your ears: Hywood is quiet underfoot and sound-absorbing. Your health is even considered during the manufacturing process. One example: For the colouring of the planks, natural pigments are applied in a water solution. Everything is done in an environmentally- and health-friendly way and without harmful chemicals.

On the one hand, we owe all these positive health effects to the natural material wood, which is healthy by nature. On the other hand, for its processing and finishing, we only use wholesome ingredients which support a healthy home environment.



OUR CONTRIBUTION TO YOUR HEALTHY HOME ENVIRONMENT

Not a trend but an attitude!


Our father greatly appreciated nature and the influence of wood on our health. Health is our greatest asset. This value is not simply a trendy topic for us, but an attitude that we embody every day.

To keep this relevant, , 20 years ago we brought in the eco-INSTITUT. It has the highest standard in the world for testing emissions and pollutants in products. It confirms to us that our products meet all the requirements for healthy living.

Our responsibility towards our customers drives us on to constantly invest in forward-looking technology. As such, we fulfil our promise to offer you the healthiest home environment floors on the market.

20 years ago, it wasn't about promoting the eco-INSTITUT seal, which was practically unknown to customers back then. Two decades ago, as today, we only the eco-INSTITUT for one reason only: to keep you and our children's world healthy.

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SUSTAINABILITY

When priorities change

Our world is changing rapidly – and so are our priorities.Hardly anything is more important for us and our future generations than our way of dealing with resources and the climate. So it's good that Hywood is sustainable at all levels and optimally suited for climate-neutral construction.

And most important of all: Hywood is made of sustainable wood. And that is FSC®-certified wood, i. e. from sustainable forestry. Because acting responsibly is important to us. This is also reflected in our manufacturing process: Hywood is made to last a lifetime. This is due to the combination of the three protective heroes – the intelligent technology that gives Hywood its extremely high durability.
After all, what could be more sustainable than a long-lasting, valuable product! When the time then finally comes, and Hywood reaches the end of its life cycle, it can become part of the next Hywood generation. Recycling at its finest.

But that's not all: Not only is Hywood climate-neutral, it is even climate-positive. This is because one cubic metre of wood stores one tonne of CO2. Since Hywood is made largely of wood, it stores the CO2, which it absorbed as a tree, throughout its entire life. What is more, for every tree used in the production of Hywood, new trees are planted, which in turn also store CO2. A true sustainability cycle.

CERTIFIED FOR HEALTHY LIVING

For your safety and ours

You come into close contact with your ter Hürne floor every day. Want it to be healthy and sustainable for you and your environment? Do you need to feel safe?

So do we!


To ensure safety, we are building on third-party assessments.
These independent institutions are the warranty of our products:

Blue Angel


When shopping, more and more people are looking for products that are durable and environmentally friendly. This is exactly what the Blue Angel stands for. For 40 years, the eco-label has guaranteed high standards for the protection of our environment and health - independently and credibly.
Steffi Lemke (Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection)

For more than 40 years, the Environmental Label of the Federal Government of Germany has been identifying environmentally friendly products and services. No other label in the non-food sector is as broadly based. Many everyday products bear the eco-label: for example, paints, furniture, detergents or recycled paper.

The Blue Angel is an impartial and economically independent voluntary product label. This is guaranteed by the Federal Ministry for the Environment as the label holder, the Federal Environment Agency for the scientific development of the award criteria, the "Environmental Label Jury" as the decision-making body, and RAL gGmbH as the independent certification organisation.

Eco


The
eco-INSTITUT was established as an independent, private enterprise in the 1980s. It is one of the most experienced German laboratories in the analysis of indoor air for pollutants. We spend up to 90% of our lives in enclosed rooms. The quality of the air in the room determines our well-being and our health.

eco-INSTITUT tests our floors

  • for the entire manufacturing process
  • for the ingredients we use
  • for harmful ingredients such as plasticizers, heavy metals and pesticides
  • for toxic gases that escape
  • for smells



VOC

VOC stands for volatile organic compound. Our homes and interiors are better insulated than they used to be. This means that substances that are in materials and evaporate remain in the indoor air for longer. Some of these substances have been proved to be harmful for our health.

Originating in France, the A+ to C label serves as an indication for the emissions of building products and interior furnishing materials.


EPD

EPD stands for Environmental Product Declaration. It describes the relevant characteristics of a product in terms of impact on the environment. As far as possible, this document takes into account the entire life cycle of the product.

CARB 2

CARB is the acronym for the California Air Resources Board. It is a government commission of the US state of California. Seit 1967 verordnet dieses Beratungsgremium besonders strenge Gesetzesvorschläge zur Luftreinhaltung.


CE

CE stands for Conformité Européenne (European Conformity). With the CE mark, we declare that our products conform to all applicable EU regulations. The EU regulations comprise fire behaviour, formaldehyde emissions, VOC emissions and the presence of PCP and sustainability.
SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY

Because we need nature – and not the other way round

PEFC

PEFC can thought of as the inspection agency for our forests. It monitors the relationship between the logging of trees in forests and those that are growing back to replace them. Independent experts work for this organisation worldwide. They control the whole process chain – from the raw material to the floor covering. PEFC protects our forests and preserves them for the world of our children.


ter Hürne is an FSC® and PEFC certified company.

Forest Stewardship Council®

The FSC® is an independent non-profit organisation. It campaigns worldwide for environmentally-friendly, sustainable and socially acceptable forest management. FSC®-certified forests and products manufactured from their wood. Leading ecological NGOs are members of FSC® and actively work to constantly improve the system.

Look for our FSC® certified Hywood products.