b'BUSINESS Green building health and wellnessceramic tile in a post-pandemic eraBy Bill Griese, TCNA Director of Standards Development and Sustainability InitiativesOver the past decade, the focustion and usewill continue to be ofgreenbuildinghasbroad- a widely-discussed topic in green enedfromenvironmentalissuesbuilding. toissuesthatalsoincorporateUptonow,whatrolehave human health and wellness. Fromceramictilefloors,walls,and thestart,greenbuildingcodescountertops played in green build-(suchastheInternationalGreening health and wellness initiatives? Construction Code, pow-ered by ASHRAE A189.1), standards (such as ANSI/GBI01),andratingsys-tems(suchasLEED) hadin-depthprovisions addressingresource conservation,climate change,andbio-diver-sity.Increasingly,provi-sions for occupant health, productivity,andoverall well-beinghavebeen added.Howwilltechni-calcriteriacontinueto evolve in light of COVID-19? Much remains to be seen, but theres no doubtCeramic tile provides an inherent thermal mass that that health considerationsfacilitates the moderation of indoor temperature swings andin some casesthe possibility of natu-particularlyrelatedtoral conditioning to create more stable and comfort-finishingproductselec- able indoor environments.28TileLetter | August 2020'