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.
The Durham studio of global design and architecture firm Perkins+Will recently earned Fitwel certification, becoming the first workplace in North Carolina to demonstrate its commitment to employee health and well-being in this way.
Real Estate Leader To Introduce Center for Active Design’s Fitwel Certification To China, Brazil, India, Germany and France.
A.J. Paron-Wildes, National Architectural and Design Manager for Allsteel, is a key presenter at this year’s Greenbuild International Conference & Expo, the world’s largest and most influential green building conference, to be held November 8–10 in Boston.
A happy and healthy workplace is a productive workplace, according to engineers, architects and scientists who are using academic research to build better office spaces.
Joyce Chan, head of sustainability in HOK’s London studio, describes how WELL is helping designers improve the health and well-being of building occupants.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA), buildings consume nearly 48 percent of all the energy produced in the United States.
World’s largest architecture, design and planning firm leads discussion on building performance and CO2 emissions in Impact by Design Report, participation at Climate Week NYC
The U.S. Green Building Council has come under fire from researchers in the past for presenting a false assurance of health and safety in its LEED-certified buildings.
Global firm HOK has long been a leader in advocating sustainable practices from its 23 offices spanning three continents. Not only was it one of the first of 400+ firms to date to sign on to the AIA 2030 Commitment — calling for new projects to be carbon neutral by 2030 — HOK is on track to meet 2030 targets ahead of the deadline.
Sustainable furniture start-up Pentatonic is releasing a new line of furniture that is made entirely from re-purposed trash. The company will be launching its first collection of chairs, tables, glassware, and individually sold furniture components this month at the London Design Festival, which opens on Sept. 16 and runs through Sept. 24.
The high-end, complex materials used in pursuit of this elegant space had one thing in common: They were all the product of dedicated research until simple moves in the right places resulted in big change.
Today, Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) unveiled TRUE (Total Resource Use and Efficiency), the new brand identity for its zero waste rating system. The TRUE Zero Waste rating system helps businesses and facilities define, pursue and achieve their zero waste goals through project certification and professional credentialing.
A project pursuing LEED certification will not get a specific focus on the health and well-being of the user, as you would from newer systems such as the WELL Building Standard.
Creating an office chair that is ergonomic and affordable, environmentally friendly and comfortable – this was the challenge facing designer Martin Ballendat. The result is Drumback, one of the most innovative office chairs in recent times. This intelligent product potentially saves up to 400 tons of foam upholstery material and polypropylene per year and as a result has now received the “Green Product Award”.
Humanscale has partnered with Bureo to repurpose plastic fishing nets found in our oceans. Ben Kneppers spoke about this exciting collaboration at Humanscale's NeoCon 2017 showroom!
Old office chairs are being transformed into hard-shell backpacks and bicycle panniers as part of a strange new recycling project.
Health-focused rating systems exist because occupant health is gaining more attention from business leaders. They are responding to employee demands for healthier workplaces.
National Office Furniture recently received recertification of the ISO 14001 standards. National’s Environmental Management System has been certified to ISO 14001:2004 since 2008 and recently received the upgraded certification to ISO 14001:2015.
Randy Fiser, ASID CEO, stated that being the first to achieve both certifications was an honor, but more importantly this highlighted the 26,000-member organization’s commitment to supporting health and wellness in the workplace as well as providing an aesthetically pleasing and functional space. Representing the interior design profession, the successful completion and certification of this space not only demonstrates how thoughtful design matters, but sends a message to other organizations that it can be accomplished at any scale and budget.
