1. Sustainable Furniture

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3. International Standards:  FSC  GREENGUARD™  ISO 14001 National Standards:  LEED™  MTS Meeting the Standards: International, National, and Third-Party Certification

4. Over their total life cycle, sustainable products provide:  Social  Economic  Environmental benefits The Triple Bottom Line

5. Sustainable Manufacturing Issues: Furniture  Eliminate Toxins from Manufacturing Process  Employing Clean Technology  Systemized Environmental Programs  Resource Reduction  Life Cycle Analysis (LCA)

6. A Corporate Example: Knoll’s Policies Eliminate Toxins from Manufacturing Process Lead, heavy metals and hazardous chlorinated compounds completely eliminated from production processes State-of-the-art waste water treatment

7. Technical changes to process Clean Technology: Developed and manufactured for clean technology from start to finish, including returnable, reusable packaging. Eliminated VOCs and ODMs from manufacturing processes Invested in UV curing systems Switched to water-based paints and adhesives Developed company-wide use of hot-melt glues Introduced 100 percent recyclable fabrics

8. Sustainable Design Issues: Furniture  Materials  Indoor Environmental Quality  Social Aspects  Protecting the biosphere

9.  Independent testing  In-house standards for low-emitting materials  GREENGUARD™ certification Adopting Standards: Indoor Environmental Quality

10.  Resource reduction  Materials protocols  Environmental management plans Adopting Standards: Systemized Environmental Programs

11. Adopting Standards: Resource Reduction  Design for reduced material content in products  Establish minimum recycled content for raw materials  Use Techwood man-made veneers, reduce wood waste by 60 percent  Recycle all scrap metals, fabric, cardboard and paper  Invest $500K in returnable, collapsible shipping containers  Offer FSC-certified wood

12. The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Establishes standard, respected worldwide principles of Forest Stewardship using “chain of custody” for users, such as Knoll. Promotes:  Environmentally responsible forest management  Socially beneficial  Economically viable management of the world’s forests Third-party Certification

13. Chain of Custody from FSC  Ensures credibility  Enables immediate verification of provenance

14. Environmental Management Programs Comprehensive internal Environmental Health and Safety Plan ISO 14001-certification for manufacturing plants, such as Knoll’s East Greenville, Grand Rapids, Muskegon and Toronto facilities

15. Materials Protocols Protect environmental integrity of products as design evolves Facilitate a change management process Balance environment, function and aesthetics Monitor company-wide compliance

16. Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) Analyzes the environmental impact of a product from beginning to final disposal  Design  Production  Transport/distribution/packaging  Usage  Disassembly/reuse, recycling, and end of life management

17. Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) Design Strategies  Low impact materials  Clean manufacturing  Healthy workplace/indoor air quality  Waste reduction/efficient use of resources  Durability/extended product life  Reuse and refurbishment  Ease of disassembly  “Recycle-ability”

18. Using National Standards: LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Purpose: Define “green building”/establish common standards Promote integrated design practices Recognize environmental leadership Stimulate green competition Raise awareness of green building benefits Transform the building market

19. LEED Opportunities using Furniture  Recycled content  Rapidly renewable materials  Regional materials  Low-emitting materials  Certified wood  Textiles  Waste management  Green housekeeping

20. Existing Building pilot projects:  Knoll Lubin manufacturing facility, East Greenville, PA  Knoll San Francisco showroom New Construction projects:  United Nations Department of Protection  The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation  NRDC Centers for Disease Control Lubin Building Knoll LEED™ Projects

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