Tuflex® Spartus Multi-Use Rubber Tile

Declaration details

Manufacturer

Roppe Corporation, USA

Program operator

Smart EPD

Declaration number

SmartEPD-2025-073-0542-01

Date of issue

June 23, 2025

Valid until

June 23, 2030

Product category rules (PCR)

UL Part B: Flooring (version 2)

Standard

ISO 14025:2006 and ISO 21930:2017

Functional unit

1 m2 installed flooring of product

System boundary

Cradle to grave (A1 - A3, A4, A5, B1 - B7, C1 - C4)

Product specificity

Product Specific

Manufacturing specificity

Facility Specific

Manufacturing plant

RHC Plant 2 (1401 E 6th St, Tuscumbia, AL 35674, USA)

Product category

Finishes › Flooring › ResilientFlooring

Product service life

40 years

Verifier

Mari Kirss

LCA software

openLCA 2.4

Program instructions

Smart EPD General Program Instructions v.1.0, November 2022

Life cycle assessment results

Results per 1 m2 installed flooring of product.

Environmental Impact Assessment Results

Resource Use Indicators

Waste and Output Flow Indicators

Carbon Emissions and Removals

ND = not declared. Life cycle modules: A1-A3 product stage, A4-A5 construction process, B use stage, C end of life, D benefits and loads beyond the system boundary.

Material composition

Hazardous substances

No regulated hazardous or dangerous substances are included in this product.

Scenarios

Transport to the building site (A4)

Fuel type

Diesel

Vehicle type

Diesel Truck

Transport distance

800 km

Weight of products transported

13.01 kg

Packaging mass

2.099 kg

End of life (C1-C4)

Collected separately

13.01 kg

Landfill

13.01 kg

Product or material for final disposal

13.01 kg

Product description

Tuflex Spartus™ Multi-Use Flooring is a high-performance, homogeneous vulcanized rubber tile flooring system designed for interior sports, fitness, and recreational environments. It is manufactured at Roppe Corporation’s facility in Tuscumbia, Alabama, USA.

Tuflex Spartus™ is offered in a smooth surface texture with no factory-applied finish, and is available in two nominal formats:

Interlocking tile: 25.75 in × 25.75 in × 3/8 in (4.60 ft² per tile)

Square tile: 27 in × 27 in × 3/8 in (5.06 ft² per tile)

The product is offered in a range of visual options including solid colors with tonal flecks and marbleized colors with tonal flecks, supporting aesthetic flexibility in athletic and commercial multi-use environments.

Tuflex Spartus™ is manufactured with pre-consumer recycled content (certified 24%) and biobased content (certified 29%), and is recyclable through the Roppe Impact Program. It is free from chemicals listed on the Living Future Institute’s Red List, the REACH Candidate List of SVHCs, and REACH Annex XVII.

The product meets a wide range of industry standards, including:

ASTM F2772 – Performance of Indoor Sports Floors

ASTM E648 – Critical Radiant Flux (Class I)

ASTM D2047 – Static Coefficient of Friction ≥ 0.50

ASTM F970, F925, F2157, F2117, E303, and others

Excellent acoustic performance per ASTM E90, E2179, and E492

Certified to NSF/ANSI 332 Level 1, FloorScore, CA Section 01350, and CHPS, the product also contributes toward LEED v4/4.1.

Product mass and density are determined based on the total material required to produce one square meter of installed flooring, in accordance with applicable product category rules.

Interpretation

The results of the LCA indicate that Replacement (B4) is the largest contributor to impacts of each product assessed in this study, across all impact categories. This is due to the fact that 1.88 installations are required within the service lifetime of the building of 75 years. Raw Materials (A1) contribute to the second largest portion of impacts across most indicators. The materials of fossil origin, such as styrene butadiene rubber is the primary driver of impacts within Module A1.