Sustainable Innovation

Merit's EcoSense is the industry's first lower oz. weight guestroom option. The eco-friendly offering is a Flex Format—a variety of patterns available in distinctive color palettes with lower yardage minimums. It debuts with two style groupings.

It's never been easier or more fun to stay on top of the latest trends in carpet styles than with Durkan's Creative Design Patterns. Patterns housed in an online portal can be mixed and matched, coordinated, and explored with custom colors to obtain a truly customized and inspired look while saving time and minimizing design waste.

Shave weeks off the environmental product specification process with Durkan's LEED^® PLUS Calculator™, a Web-based tool that allows users to search building products and calculate LEED points, along with several other industry environmental ratings, in just minutes.

Want to create one-of-a-kind hospitality carpeting with complete color and style flexibility? With Durkan's recently upgraded Web-based ID Studio (IDS) program, designers can explore color combinations, combine existing patterns and borders to design custom creations, and see the results immediately on the computer screen.

Taking the next step in minimizing its environmental impact, Durkan's Patternworks™ Department is shifting to a new Web-based platform, allowing its planning and estimating professionals to leverage advanced technology to further optimize the planning process prior to installation.