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Ecolok Furniture: Have they out-IKEAed IKEA?

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Green Workplace 2011-01-27 14:30:00
One of my best sources for great new green "stuff" is the front section of Green Building and Design (gb&d) magazine. They recently featured a company called Ecolok (www.ecolokfurniture.com). The furniture is made of interlocking pieces of solid wood. Similar to IKEA furniture, it is shipped flat... unlike IKEA furniture, it does not require any nuts, bolts, fasteners or allen wrenches.Apparently …

Tastes Great, Less... Glass?

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Green Workplace 2011-01-26 14:50:00
Over the holidays my husband and I received lots of great wine. I normally focus my attention on the label around the body of the glass, but a gold label around the cork of a nice bottle of California cabernet (Three Wishes) caught my attention. The label suggested that the bottle was made of "eco-glass." Eco-Glass (www.eco-glass.org) is actually a wine …

EcoLabels & Certifications: Multiple Attribute Certifications

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Green Workplace 2011-01-06 12:00:00
Today is the final installment of Deborah Fuller's Eco-Labels and Certifications series. This post focuses on Multiple Attribute Certifications.SCS-Sustainable Choice & EPPSCS certifies selected"Environmentally Preferable Products, Services, and Technologies? ?EPP. It applies to many products besides electronics. For any product, service or technology, the SCS determination of environmental preferably starts by assessing its environmental impacts at each life-cycle stage, and SCS …

EcoLabels & Certifications: Textile Certifications

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Green Workplace 2010-12-30 12:00:00
Today's installment of Deborah Fuller's Eco-Labels and Certifications series focuses on Textile Certifications.SMaRT/MTS ?Sustainable TextileThe goals of the SMaRT Sustainable Textile Standard are to: Increase the economic value of sustainable textile throughout the supply chain by enhancing market demandfor sustainable textile products. Provide information that enables specifiers to sort out the complex information on sustainable attributes. Identify other consensus based standards …

The Road to Paperless

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Green Workplace 2010-12-24 14:44:00
I'm moving offices and in an effort to clean up my desk, I went through a couple of large filing drawers I've been dragging around for the last 6 years. I realized, with some surprise, that literally every piece of paper was not necessary to keep and could be recycled. Up until the recent past, I've feel the need to hang …

EcoLabels & Certifications: Green Housekeeping Certifications

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Green Workplace 2010-12-23 12:00:00
Today's installment of Deborah Fuller's Eco-Labels and Certifications series focuses on Carpet Certifications. Greenstar CertificationGreenstaris an independent not-for-profit organization.Its purpose is to achieve a cleaner, healthier and sustainable world through the identification and promotion of products that are produced and used in an environmentally sound manner.The health, cleanliness and sustainability of the environment can be improved through focus in the following …

The Greener PDF: .WWF?

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Green Workplace 2010-12-22 21:02:00
The World Wildlife fund has a new document format ... .wwf. It essentially creates a PDF document that you cannot print! Download is free, and sure to create a reduced carbon footprint (and possibly some frustration if you forget it doesn't print to paper).

EcoLabels & Certifications: Carpet Certifications

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Green Workplace 2010-12-16 12:00:00
Today's installment of Deborah Fuller's Eco-Labels and Certifications series focuses on Carpet Certifications. Carpet & Rug Institute (CRI) Green Label PlusToday, indoor air quality (IAQ) is an important environmental consideration, especially since we spend approximately 90 percent of our time indoors. Green Label Plusis the certification standard the USGBC requires for carpet, carpet tiles, carpet pad, and adhesives to help specifies …

EcoLabels & Certifications: Energy Performance Certifications

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Green Workplace 2010-12-09 12:00:00
Today's installment of Deborah Fuller's Eco-Labels and Certifications series focuses on Energy Performance Certifications.Energy StarEnergy Star is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy that promotes energy efficient products and practices to identify and promote energy efficient products to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In 1996 the EPA partnered with the US Dept. of …

EcoLabels & Certifications: Furniture Certifications

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Green Workplace 2010-12-02 12:00:00
Today's installment of Deborah Fuller's Eco-Labels and Certifications series focuses on Wood Forestry Certifications.GreenGuard Certification?VOC levels in FurnitureGREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certified�: Product certification program for low emitting interior building materials, furnishings, and finish systems. All GREENGUARD Certified Products have been tested for their chemical emissions performance and can be found in the GREENGUARD Online Product Guide. GREENGUARD for Children & …

EcoLabels & Certifications: Wood Forestry Certifications

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Green Workplace 2010-11-24 12:00:00
Today's installment of Deborah Fuller's Eco-Labels and Certifications series focuses on Wood Forestry Certifications.Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) ?Forestry, Wood and Chain of Custody The Forest Stewardship Council is a nonprofit international organization committed to the conservation, restoration, and protection of the world's working forests through standards setting and accreditation.The term "independently certified forest products" refers to those products originating in a …

Taking the Tube Out of Toilet Paper

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Green Workplace 2010-11-23 01:50:00
Well, it's true that we can't exactly reuse toilet paper, but we can reduce the waste it takes to make it! Scott just came out with a "tubeless" toilet paper roll with no cardboard paper roll in the center or glue that holds it together. This from a recent USA Today article:The 17 billion toilet paper tubes produced annually in the …

EcoLabels & Certifications: Indoor Air Quality Certifications

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Green Workplace 2010-11-18 12:00:00
Today's installment of Deborah Fuller's Eco-Labels and Certifications series focuses on Indoor Air Quality Certifications.GreenGuard Certification?VOC levels in Furniture, Materials and Finishes GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certified�: Product certification program for low emitting interior building materials, furnishings, and finish systems. All GREENGUARD Certified Products have been tested for their chemical emissions performance and can be found in the GREENGUARD Online Product …

EcoLabels & Certifications: An Introduction

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Green Workplace 2010-11-11 14:29:00
This post is the first in a series on EcoLabels & Certifications, courtesy of HOK's Deborah Fuller (RID, IDDA, LEED AP BD+C). Through this series, Debi attempts to clairfy the confusion with green certifications, eco-labels, and green logos, and share how to use them in sustainable design (and the LEED documentation process). Even if you're not a designer or involved in …

DC's "Bag Tax" Works!

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Green Workplace 2010-10-25 00:26:00
This January I wrote about DC's recent "bag tax" that requires all retail stores to charge $.05 for paper or plastic bags at the check out counter. In addition to the cost of the bag, consumers are told they should "skip the bag and save the river," reducing pollution in DCs Potomac and Anacostia waterways.Well guess what. It's working! According to …

Interview with Rod Stevens of Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont Business

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Green Workplace 2010-10-15 13:54:00
Rod Stevens is a favorite person of mine ? he?s a good natured guy, always ready to share his thoughts on sustainability. I was so excited when I first met Rod and visited the Pioneer campus for a couple of reasons. First, because one of my favorite colleagues, Pete Winters, is a big fan of Rod?s. Second, I associate Pioneer …

What You Can Do to Save MORE Energy

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Green Workplace 2010-10-12 10:00:00
Not every energy-efficiency project is free. Here are a few ideas of things you can do that are relatively inexpensive and easy to implement. Again, many apologies if this is old hat to you:Replace light bulbs with CFL or LED bulbs. Using compact florescent or LED (light emitting diode) lights can save lots of energy; estimates from ENERGY STAR say that …

Interview with Randy Knox, Director of Global Workplace Solutions and Head of Environmental Programs at Adobe

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Green Workplace 2010-10-08 17:07:00
I always want to know what Randy Knox is up to on the sustainability front. He has been instrumental in seeing that Adobe stays on top of energy savings, stakeholder engagement and the latest green technology. Here's where his head is today...Q: What would you say are current ?trends? when it comes to organizations adopting green strategies or principles?A: I think …

What You Can Do to Save Materials

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Green Workplace 2010-10-07 10:00:00
We've shared recently some ideas for saving energy and water. Today we're going to focus on some ways to make smarter use of natural resources. Again, hopefully this is all old news...but if not, please take a tip and make your day a bit greener!Some free and relatively easy things to do include: Set up a composting pile or bin. If …

Drowning In Packaging

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Green Workplace 2010-10-06 08:57:00
As the fortunate recipient of a huge number of gifts recently, much of my after-work time has been spent opening boxes and disposing of packaging. I truly appreciate thoughtful and careful packaging. After all, it is so much nicer when a gift arrives in one piece and un-broken. However, in order to ensure that it arrives this way, different retailers tend …

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