Contract furnishings provider, Hightower received multiple awards at NeoCon 2021, including IIDA's 'Best Small Showroom' (under 4,000 sf) and 'Best of Competition' for its newly designed Chicago showroom.
Humanscale welcomes Elizabeth Margles to its Marketing Division in the role of Chief Marketing Officer. Margles comes to Humanscale with twenty years of experience in design, fashion and retail and a background in public relations and advertising.
The exclusive relationship with Kontrol's BioCloud® Technology will provide real-time detection of airborne pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2 to help make workplaces safer as organizations return to the office.
USGBC released its LEED in Motion: Hospitality report, which showcases tremendous industry growth in green building and defines the scale-up opportunities for the hospitality sector. More than 109 million square feet of hotel space is currently LEED-certified, and the report highlights some of the most impressive LEED-certified hotels throughout the world.
“We've done a lot of research on this, and what our research finds is that actually green buildings are economically better buildings,” says David Pogue, Global Director of Corporate Responsibility at CBRE – the world’s largest real estate investment manager.
We see it time and again: Large, publicly traded multinational develops and implements a sustainability program; measures, manages and discloses its sustainability performance publicly for all stakeholders; recognizes the impacts, risks and opportunities in its supply chain; implements a supplier sustainability program and seeks some level of disclosure from suppliers, a step that affects both publicly traded and privately held suppliers.
Visualize greenhouse gas emissions. A roadway congested with cars and trucks might be the first image that comes to mind. That’s close, but not quite right. The buildings on the side of the road are actually the bigger polluters. The building sector of the U.S. economy uses more energy and emits more greenhouse gases than any other. Buildings account for 39 percent of energy use and 38 percent of carbon emissions nationwide. Written by Dick Resch, CEO of KI.
When most flooring manufacturers talk about sustainability, they focus on what happens to their flooring at the end of its life. This means your flooring purchase becomes shaped in terms of what will happen to your carpet when you’ve finished using it, rather than the use you’ll get from it during its lifetime.more. Sustainability concerns become tied up with the percentage of recycled content in different flooring types, but this is only one aspect of sustainability.
Steelcase Inc. announced a 12-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Apex Clean Energy for 25 megawatts of wind power. Since 2014, Steelcase has invested in renewable energy credits equivalent to 100% of its global electricity consumption. This latest investment will make up nearly half of Steelcase’s renewable energy purchases, directly support the construction of a new clean energy facility set to begin operations in 2016, and further diversify the company’s renewable energy portfolio.
Over the past two decades, commercial carpet maker Interface has become so efficient at recycling that its factories are hungry for a larger supply of old, modular tiles being discarded in construction and renovation projects.
Rather than building its own resources to collect more, however, Interface is partnering with a network of regional suppliers that will gather carpet on its behalf. Its first alliance is with an Oakland, California-based company called Rethink Green, which to date has recycled more than 10,000 tons of carpet since it was founded in 2011.
Tuesday, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced its annual Top 10 States for LEED, the world's most widely used and recognized green building rating system. The per-capita list highlights states throughout the country that are making significant strides in sustainable building design, construction and transformation. LEED-certified spaces use less energy and water resources, save money for families, businesses and taxpayers, reduce carbon emissions, create jobs and establish a healthier environment for residents, workers and the larger community.
Illinois leads among all U.S. states for the third consecutive year; LEED momentum grows on the West Coast.
Humans today consume more concrete than any substance aside from water. That presents a huge problem for the environment. Concrete comes from cement, and each ton of cement generates a matching ton of carbon emissions, writes Dick Resch, CEO of KI.
Can big companies be profitable and environmentally-conscious? Yes. Not only can they be mindful of the environment, they can actually benefit (as in cut costs and profit) by thinking about the planet as much as their bottom line.
That’s what Rick Fedrizzi, the man who helped make LEED certification for buildings, argues in his new book, Greenthink.
With LEED Dynamic Plaques starting to appear in building lobbies it is a good time to understand this new U.S. Green Building Council platform. It is a whole lot more than a 7 lb. display unit.
Living Green Walls have been steadily gaining popularity in recent years. The biophilic and aesthetic qualities are well known, but do these beautiful structures have measurable improvement on indoor air quality?
Over the past 20 years, green construction has gone from a niche enterprise to a major driver of new business. But in 2016, erecting sustainable, profitable green buildings will no longer be enough to stand out. Buildings will also be expected to directly contribute to the health and wellbeing of the people who live, work and learn inside them. For buildings, healthy will become the new green.
Nestled in the heart of the financial district, One Sansome Street is one of the tallest buildings in San Francisco. In 2014, it became the first skyscraper in the world to certify under LEED v4 for Existing Buildings and attain Platinum status. I recently spoke to Michael Barker, Managing Director of Barker Pacific Group (project owner) and Barry Giles, Founder and CEO of BuildingWise LLC (consultant) about One Sansome Street.
The LEED v4 stories series features the people the behind diverse LEED v4 projects. Here, you’ll find interviews with project team members and project owners that tell of their experiences—both the wins and the challenges.
Steelcase Inc. is ending the year with a report summing up its efforts to be a model corporate citizen. The 2015 Corporate Sustainability Report presents what the Grand Rapids office furniture maker sees as business, environmental and social achievements from the past year.
"At Steelcase, sustainability is a natural outgrowth of our passion for innovation and unlocking human promise," Jim Keane, Steelcase's chief executive officer, said in a statement. "Our 2015 report celebrates a year of progress. We believe that true progress is made in the small things we do every day to help create a positive impact for generations to come. And we're inspired by what's next."
“Sustainability” and “innovation” are two broad marketing terms used in conjunction so often that they’ve become almost meaningless. You’ll hear executives talking about how sustainability is good for business and the environment — and that’s why every business, in every industry should be “innovating its sustainable practices”
Some developers are missing an opportunity by downplaying sustainability at a time when demand for such features is palpable among lessee firms who are trying to attract younger workers.
Two projects in the southern part of the Bay Area could serve as the new baseline for environmentally sustainable buildings. In Mountain View, AP+I Design employees might feel a little tipsy as they relax in the lounge of their new digs on Easy Street. That’s because they’ll be sitting on a bench curving its way around a rotund wall constructed out of wine-barrel staves. Specifically, the side of the staves that made the barrel interior was used, so the wall retains the deep, dark red stain left by volumes of wine.
Informa Exhibitions and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) have announced the results of the 2015 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, held Nov. 18-20 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Attendance was 19,058, a significant increase over the 2014 event. There were 548 exhibiting companies participating in 144,300 square feet of exhibit and display space on the trade show floor.
