3.17.08 | Knoll's Life chair has achieved a Sustainable Gold rating under the SMaRT Consensus Sustainable Product Standard (Sustainable Materials Rating Technology). SMaRT is distinguished from other certification programs as follows: It is a transparent, consensus, quantified sustainable product standard that measures environmental benefits throughout the global supply chain.

2.25.08 | In January, I traversed the country presenting to more than 1,000 architects, contractors, engineers, facility managers and public officials in Boston, Northeast Florida, Philadelphia, and Waco, TX. Along the way, I met with manufacturers in Boston, Providence, and Atlanta. No matter the stop or audience, the topic always turned to “How do you measure the performance of a green building?”

2.18.08| If ever there were an opportunity for the interior design profession to establish its merits and its bona fides on the issue of health, safety and welfare and the need to regulate the profession, the FEMA formaldehyde debacle is just such an opportunity. The problem arose out of the need for temporary housing for those displaced in Louisiana and Mississipi by the effects of Hurricane Katrina.