Carpet and Quality of Life
Carpet reduces the number of slip-and-fall injuries.
In addition to helping suppress allergy and asthma reactions, carpet also gives subtle quality of life advantages in homes and public settings. For example, carpeted floors ease foot and leg fatigue. Carpet also reduces the number of slip-and-fall injuries, compared to hard surfaces. And carpeted areas reduce noise disturbance—a peaceful benefit for schools and healthcare facilities.
Click here to read the National Survey of Public School Teachers on the relationship between a school's interior design and students' academic performance.
Click here to read a Nursing Times article on eldercare slip-and-fall injuries on hard and soft flooring.
Click here to read a University of Georgia dissertation on carpet's acoustic benefits in classrooms.
Click here to read a University of Georgia dissertation on interior design effects on student performance.
Click here for a report by the United States General Accounting Office on the Condition of America's Schools.
SEE AND DOWNLOAD THESE AND OTHER RELATED STUDIES
- ILE Survey - Beth Schapiro Study (Beth Schapiro 2001)
- Nursing Times Article (Healey 1994)
- UGA Dissertations (Part 1) (Folden 2002)
- UGA Dissertations (Part 2) (Tanner 2002)
- GAO Report (Part 1) (GAO 1995)
- GAO Report (Part 2) (GAO 1995)
- Carpet Choices for Healthcare Facilities (Wise 1994)
- ASID Sound Solutions (ASID 1996)
- CHPS - High Performance Schools (Collaborative 2003)
- ASTM Standard (ASTM 2003)
- LEED Rating System (Leadership 2002)
- Better Safe than Sorry (Wilson 1997)
- In Step With Carpeting (Sellers 2002)
- Acoustics Vital to Effective Learning (Harmel 2000)