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Survey: Bottlenecks To Sustainable Healthcare Facilities
1.23.12 | A survey of healthcare facilities professions was conducted throughout 2010-2011 by the Corporate Realty, Design & Management Institute in partnership with the Healthcare Institute of IFMA. The survey found that progress and efficiency are being impeded by apprehension about new technology performance, the proliferation of green washing by manufacturers and service providers, and buying decisions based on first cost. Facilities mangers who can see through the mist, however, are realizing significant efficiencies and savings.
Environment >>, Healthcare >>, Green to Gold >>
Research Design Connections: 2011 Livable Buildings Awards
12.19.11 | The Center for the Built Environment at the University of California Berkeley conferred its 2011 Livable Buildings Award on the Enermodal Engineering Headquarters building (Robertson Simmons Architects Inc.) in Kitchener, Ontario. The Kresge Foundation Headquarters and the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences won honorable mentions in this contest. The Livable Buildings Awards “showcase buildings that excel in design, operation, and occupant satisfaction.” The 2011 projects singled out for recognition were described as “projects [that] meet the highest standards for providing healthy and productive indoor environments, and also represent best practices for sustainability and overall design.”
A&D Firms >>, Environment >>, Events >>, RD Connections >>
DIRTT’s Human-Centered Sustainability
12.5.11 | We decided recently to visit the new Phoenix facility of DIRTT Environmental Solutions to see how the company is living up to its name. We found that it has wrapped itself in sustainability, but not the kind most of us usually hear about. If charity begins at home, so does sustainability, and the core value of sustainability is people, your own workers. Environmental solutions are DIRTT’s business, and their’s is no vision of the far-off continent or customer. It starts right where it works.
Companies >>, Environment >>, People >>, Product >>
Knoll Goes Full Circle With ANEW
11.27.11 | Earlier this year Knoll launched Full Circle, a resource recovery program developed with the non-profit organization, ANEW, founded by Rose Tourje and directed by Lila Grant. The program is dedicated to extending the life cycle of surplus furniture, fixtures and equipment (FF&E), architectural materials and building assets in an economically, socially and environmentally responsible way. Full Circle is also the first program of its kind to include the option to convert Energy-from-Waste (EfW).
Companies >>, Environment >>, Manufacturing >>
Talking Sustainability with Teknion’s Sholem Prasow
11.21.11 | During the economic free-fall of early 2009, hundreds across the globe gathered in Teknion showrooms to hear Sholem Prasow speak, an hour a week for eight weeks, as they prepared for the LEED AP exam. Mr. Prasow, Teknion’s VP of Business Development and Strategic Planning, guided them through the logic, documentation and sustainable intent of the U.S. Green Building Council and its distinctive approach to making the built environment more sustainable. One of his messages: sustainability is subjective; the practicing green varies, depending on what is important to the individual or the organization.
A&D Firms >>, Environment >>, People >>
Social Responsibility as the New Green
10.10.11 | A mark of good design, sustainable or otherwise, is that it benefits all people across society. This year at NeoCon WTF 2011, a panel moderated by Jennifer Busch, VP of A&D Market Development for InterfaceFLOR, addressed how socially responsible initiatives benefit design practices and how thinking in a socially responsible manner applies to the A&D community.
A&D Firms >>, Environment >>, Events >>
The LEED Pilot Credit 43 and the Role of ANSI/BIFMA
8.1.11 | Many understand the holistic approach of BIFMA level and its use in effectively evaluating the sustainability aspects of manufacturers and their products on a level playing field. Now, the A&D and manufacturing communities must spread the word to facilities managers and other end users.
Environment >>, Prof. Associations >>
BIFMA level Gains Momentum
7.17.11 | BIFMA level is the best, most transparent and comprehensive sustainability standard I’ve seen. Recently, Tom Reardon reported at the BIFMA Annual Meeting during NeoCon WTF 2011 that another major milestone was reached in November 2010 when ANSI adopted level, which is now formally known as ANSI/BIFMA e3-2010 Furniture Sustainability Standard.
Environment >>, Events >>, Manufacturing >>, Prof. Associations >>
Kimball Office & National Office & A Holistic Approach to Sustainability
5.22.11 | Investigating ecoScorecard, a pattern was emerging: Kimball Office and National – the same pair that pursued BIFMA level 2 and 3 for all of their products – were the latest to implement this new tool. “Do businesses dealing with wood products have an historical practice of thinking holistically about the environment?”
Companies >>, Environment >>, Technology >>
Kimball Office Furniture Group: BIFMA level 3 for All Wood Casegoods and Storage
5.16.11 | The BIMFA level Sustainability Standard is getting the endorsement and adoption it deserves from the professionals and businesses working on interior environments. As of last week, 100% of Kimball Office casegoods are level 3 certified, and all of Kimball Office and National Office products are level 2 or level 3 certified.
Companies >>, Environment >>, Manufacturing >>
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