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Going Green – What is Out There ? . Seminars By Design .
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Going Green – What is Out There? Seminars By Design
Older empty nesters increasingly want to voluntarily downsize, for sustainability among other reasons. And to their credit, the new, younger generation of successful people don’t seem to want the huge homes. They are gravitating toward the smaller, hipper, more sustainable structures
Green design requires a designer to use recycled products, Raw materials and the product construction must meet environmental standards. This would include the durability of the product and also how the product would be disposed of Green Design? Standards Benchmaks
Green interior design also means less energy consumption by using LED lights and energy saver lights instead of the conventional lighting As well as, proper insulation of rooms against heat and cold to use less air conditioning And possibly the use of solar power whenever necessary More than Indoor Air and Energy Efficiency
Interior Design Magazine Top Choices for Sustainable Products 2012
BuzziSpace-BuzziSwitch www.buzzispace.com Made with recycled wood waste and PET bottles, these seat and panel components leave the lightest of carbon footprints.
Hunter Douglas - Greenscreen Revive recycled polyester by Hunter Douglas
Livinglass Fresh 100 percent recycled glass tiles by Livinglass
Virosurface herringbone high-density polyethylene in Rustic Black by Viro
UV LabCoat Pre-Finish no-VOC option for hardwood plywood by Columbia Forest Products
Timber Thread, Forged Fiber, and Tuscany Fields broadloom in polytrimethylene terephthalate by Karastan
The Conflux LED lamp by TEKNION brings clarity to desks, floors, and shelves in a minimal yet technically sophisticated way Requiring just 9 watts to operate the sleek aluminum fixture casts fewer shadows and has less glare than your average LED
Chairs By Emco The 111 Navy chair is an exact replica of the company's classic 1006 Navy chair with one major difference: It's made of rPET, the recycled plastic. To be precise, at least 111 Coca-Cola bottles are used for each piece
Spiderweb partition in bark skin, recycled glass, and resin in cinnamon by Livinglass
Rise barstool in American Sinker cypress and stainless steel by Edwin Blue
Poly laminated-plywood wall panels in natural low-VOC finish for demountable partition systems by C.W. Keller
Ondina, the Italian word for "circle- Made of 70 percent vinyl, 20 percent recycled polyester, and 10 percent recycled vinyl by DesignTex
Organic Matrix carpet tiles in nylon in Elemental Factor and Structured Motion by Bigelow
Mushroom stool in solid walnut with cottonpolyester-covered seat by Shimna
Maché Trace in Stencil, Pulp in Grass Cloth, Stencil, and Encaustic, all nylon carpet tiles by J+J/Invision
Made of equal parts recycled glass and regionally sourced clay, Earthen Glass tiles come n large tile sizes, from 3 by 24 inches to 12 by 24 by Interstyle
Winners of Interiors & Sources’ fourth annual Readers’ Choice Awards
DESK SYSTEM FLOORING SURFACING MATERIAL WALL COVERINGEDUCATION ELEMENT TEXTILE| PRODUCT Q+A CONFERENCING ELEMENT LIGHTINGTABLE HEALTHCARE ELEMENT SEATING KITCHEN+BATH WALL+DIVIDEROUTDOOR/CASUAL FURNITURE GLASS ELEMENT | EDITOR'S CHOICE Categories
Top Products 2011 BEST DESK SYSTEM Tonic by Watson www.watsonfurniture.com
Is a freestanding benching system whose dynamic infill components address modern, digitally-driven workstyles
It is equipped with a four-circuit/eight-wire raceway beneath its center deck allowing it to house team screens, storage LED table lamps and a support module for video conferencing
Its collection of smaller Innovation Tables with their own docking video conferencing modules turns empty spaces into connective hubs
Surface materials include modern laminates and sustainable textiles
Top Sustainable Products 2012 HM Desk System M/Flex Monitor Arm SystembyHumanscale www.humanscale.com
M/Flex is made with minimal parts, less material weight, 52 percent recycled and 99 percent recyclable content can support up to 12 monitors from 2 posts
Top Sustainable Products 2012 Honorable Mention 11 By OFS www.OFS.com
An expanded conference table lineup ranges from 6 to 20 feet while offering flexibility in all applications.
Eleven’s minimized mass and material content is 100 percent recyclable at end-of-life, while VOC-free finishes and adhesives improve indoor air quality
Top Sustainable Products 2012 Flooring East Meets West by Durkan www.durkan.com
The first product from Durkan’s collaboration with artist/illustrator Oren Sherman, merges Eastern art with Western style Combines dramatic and playful styling into oversized graphic patterns.
By combining Sherman’s artistic history with Durkan’s patterning and color capabilities, East Meets West takes the intricate details of a mural and transposes them into hospitality flooring
Top Sustainable Products 2012 Honorable Mention Vivendi Collection by Mannington www.mannington.com/commercial
Top Sustainable Products 2012 Honorable Mention Bio Felt by Chilewich chilewich.com/contract
A revolutionary new tile backing system called BioFelt Working in collaboration with the Velcro Corporation special connectors have been developed to connect the tiles to each other and to the floor
This allows for easy installation on raised access floors and other floors where adhesives would not be allowed After use the installation can be removed without a trace BioFelt is zero VOC, and is made with recycled and renewable content
l Top Sustainable Products 2012 Best Surfacing Material Kirei Board by Kirei Kireiusa.com
Kirei Board is a composite panel manufactured from reclaimed sorghum straw, poplar wood bonding layers and a water-resistant no-added formaldehyde adhesive
The removal of stalks from the waste stream helps sequester carbon, making Kirei Board a carbon-negative material
The reclaimed sorghum stalks used are a rapidly renewable resource left after the plant is harvested
Top Sustainable Products 2012 HM Surfacing Material Concrete Project, Magma and Bilder by ImolaCeramica www.imolaceramica.com
Top Sustainable Products 2012 HM Surfacing Material Intermix by Architectural Surfaces www.archsystems.com
The veneer is FSC- or PEFC-certified, and 100 percent recyclable