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Certification Rating: SUSTAINABLE GOLD Certification #: 00000002 Category: Furniture Subcategory: Seating Certification Period: 11/2008-11/2011 Knoll Chadwick Chair Certified by: 1511 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20007 202-338-3131 p 202-338-2800 f [email protected] http://mts.sustainableproducts.com Certified Sustainable to the Triple Bottom Line: Good for the Environment, the Economy and for Social Equity Knoll ® Chadwick™ Chair To achieve SMaRT © Sustainable Product Certification at any level, products must achieve 14 prerequisite points and score a minimum of 28 out of 162 points in the following areas covering all product stages across the global supply chain: Safe for Public Health & Environment Renewable Energy & Energy Reduction Biobased or Recycled Materials Facility or Company Requirements Reclamation, Sustainable Reuse & End of Life Management Innovation in Manufacturing Under these areas, products are required to: Provide Feedstock Inventory Documentation Document the Input and Output of Stockholm Chemicals Maintain a Manufacturing Facility Energy Inventory Keep an Inventory of all Biobased and Recycled Content Materials Have EMS Environmental Policies and Targets Have Social Indicator Reporting for Manufacturers (working conditions) Use ISO Life Cycle Assessment process Have Operational Reclamation and/or Sustainable Reuse Programs Have Product Performance Durability (long lasting products) To earn a Sustainable Gold rating, the Knoll Chadwick chair earned 65 points: 20 points: Safe for Public Health & Environment GREENGUARD Children & Schools SM certified 23 points: Renewable Energy & Energy Reduction Lubin Manufacturing Facility offsets 100% of electricity used at site with wind energy 8 points: Biobased or Recycled Materials 30%+ Recycled Content 10 points: Facility or Company Requirements Completed ISO Life Cycle Assessment 4 points: Reclamation, Reuse & End of Life What buyers/specifiers will want to know about the Knoll Chadwick chair: The second product in the furniture industry to earn SMaRT © Sustainable Product Certification GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certified ® and GREENGUARD for Children & Schools SM certified High recycled and recyclable content Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) free Constructed using minimal materials Manufactured using clean technology in a LEED ® Gold, ISO 14001 certified building in East Greenville, PA, which is also an OSHA VPP Star site Manufacturer: Knoll, Inc. 1235 Water Street, East Greenville, PA 18041 800 343-KNOLL

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Page 1: Furniture Sustainability

Certification Rating: SUSTAINABLE GOLD Certification #: 00000002 Category: Furniture Subcategory: Seating Certification Period: 11/2008-11/2011 Knoll Chadwick Chair

Certified by:

1511 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20007 202-338-3131 p 202-338-2800 f [email protected] http://mts.sustainableproducts.com

Certified Sustainable to the Triple Bottom Line: Good for the Environment, the Economy and for Social Equity

Knoll® Chadwick™ Chair

To achieve SMaRT© Sustainable Product Certification at any level, products must achieve 14 prerequisite points and score a minimum of 28 out of 162 points in the following areas covering all product stages across the global supply chain:

• Safe for Public Health & Environment • Renewable Energy & Energy Reduction • Biobased or Recycled Materials • Facility or Company Requirements • Reclamation, Sustainable Reuse & End of Life Management • Innovation in Manufacturing

Under these areas, products are required to:

• Provide Feedstock Inventory Documentation • Document the Input and Output of Stockholm Chemicals • Maintain a Manufacturing Facility Energy Inventory • Keep an Inventory of all Biobased and Recycled Content Materials • Have EMS Environmental Policies and Targets • Have Social Indicator Reporting for Manufacturers (working conditions) • Use ISO Life Cycle Assessment process • Have Operational Reclamation and/or Sustainable Reuse Programs • Have Product Performance Durability (long lasting products)

To earn a Sustainable Gold rating, the Knoll Chadwick chair earned 65 points:

20 points: Safe for Public Health & Environment GREENGUARD Children & SchoolsSM certified 23 points: Renewable Energy & Energy Reduction

Lubin Manufacturing Facility offsets 100% of electricity used at site with wind energy

8 points: Biobased or Recycled Materials 30%+ Recycled Content 10 points: Facility or Company Requirements Completed ISO Life Cycle Assessment 4 points: Reclamation, Reuse & End of Life

What buyers/specifiers will want to know about the Knoll Chadwick chair:

• The second product in the furniture industry to earn SMaRT© Sustainable Product Certification

• GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certified® and GREENGUARD for Children & SchoolsSM certified

• High recycled and recyclable content • Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) free • Constructed using minimal materials • Manufactured using clean technology in a LEED® Gold, ISO 14001 certified

building in East Greenville, PA, which is also an OSHA VPP Star site Manufacturer:

Knoll, Inc. 1235 Water Street, East Greenville, PA 18041 800 343-KNOLL

Page 2: Furniture Sustainability

April 2011

Knoll and the level™ Certification Program

© 2011 Knoll, Inc.

Knoll and Environmental Sustainability

What is level™?

level™ is the certification program for the Business and

Institutional Furniture Manufacturer's Association's

(BIFMA) furniture sustainability standard.

BIFMA has established level™ as a common framework

against which to evaluate the environmental and social

responsibility of a variety of products. level™ is part of

BIFMA's ongoing development of voluntary product

and industry standards that support safe, healthy and

sustainable workplaces. To achieve level™ certification,

Knoll partners with Scientific Certification Systems (SCS),

known for its integrity and scientific rigor.

In the BIFMA level certification process, a product,

the organization and facilities that produced it are

scored according to sustainability criteria in four

areas: Materials; Energy and Atmosphere; Human and

Ecosystem Health; and Social Responsibility.

level™ is Understandable

!!The level™ standard is applicable to all business and

institutional furniture.

!!level™ is modeled after the U.S. Green Building

Council’s LEED® Rating System.

!!level™ provides a single, transparent way of

understanding and communicating what sustainable

furniture product is.

level™ is Comprehensive

!!In the BIFMA level™ certification process, a product,

the organization and facilities that produced it are

scored according to sustainability criteria in four areas:

! - Materials

! - Energy and Atmosphere

! - Human and Ecosystem Health

! - Social Responsibility

!!In order to achieve a level™ certification, a

manufacturer must partner with a recognized,

independent third-party certification body.

!!Knoll partners with Scientific Certification Systems

(SCS), the first to certify products to the level™

program; SCS is known for its integrity and scientific

rigor.

level™ is Definitive

!!level™ has three conformance thresholds: level 1, level

2 or level 3 certification.

!!level 3 is the highest award a product can achieve.

Knoll level™ Certified Products

Knoll has achieved level 3 certification for the

following products:

Antenna™ Workspaces

AutoStrada™

Calibre

Dividends Horizon®

Generation by Knoll®

MultiGeneration by Knoll®

Reff Profiles™

Series 2

Page 3: Furniture Sustainability

April 2011

Knoll and Environmental Sustainability

© 2011 Knoll, Inc.

Sustainability Overview

Chadwick™

Recycled Content

Constructed with 35% recycled

materials

Efficient Use of Materials

Constructed using minimal

materials

Structural Components

Integrally colored polymer parts

and cast, burnished aluminum

parts require no coating

GREENGUARD®

GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality

Certified® and GREENGUARD for

Children and SchoolsSM Certified

SMaRT©

SMaRT© Sustainable

Gold Certified

Chadwick Fabric

Designed to be cleaned with

low environmental impact fluids,

including GS-37 certified products

Recyclable Content

42% of parts are readily

recyclable

Don Chadwick created a chair that embodies the best of

his thinking with the finest principles of Knoll design. Its

innovative design and engineering make it easy to assemble,

simple to use, durable and stylish. Its efficient use of

materials, parts and labor is also environmentally smart.

Designed with its life cycle in mind, Chadwick comes with

a 12 year, 7 days a week, multishift use warranty.

It is designed for ease of disassembly so that parts can be

removed and replaced.

Designed by Don Chadwick for Knoll.

Manufacturing

Chadwick is manufactured in our LEED® Gold and

ISO 14001 Certified Lubin Manufacturing Facility using

clean technology:

!!No ozone–destroying chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

! Metal powder–coating processes 99% VOC free

!! Returnable packaging is used for chair component parts

!!100% of electricity used at site is offset by wind energy

Chadwick and SMaRT©

Rated Sustainable Gold by the SMaRT© Sustainable

Product Standard, Chadwick was the second product in

the furniture industry to be SMaRT© certified. SMaRT© is a

comprehensive, transparent, sustainable product standard

that measures a product’s environmental, economic

and social benefits over its life cycle and throughout its

global supply chain, from raw materials extraction through

reclamation or re-use.

Chadwick and GREENGUARD®

Chadwick is GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certified® and

GREENGUARD for Children and SchoolsSM certified.

Chadwick and LEED®

Chadwick can contribute to achieving LEED® credits for

Commercial Interiors, New Construction and Existing

Buildings. (See reverse.)

Page 4: Furniture Sustainability

February 2013Knoll and Environmental Sustainability © 2013 Knoll, Inc.

Sustainability Overview

Dividends Horizon™

Dividends Horizon extends the Dividends portfolio of workplace solutions with new planning opportunities for the individual workstation, focusing on new materials and furniture that evolve the office landscape with a layered approach to furniture design.

Focusing on exceptionally light and transparent materials and practical personalized storage solutions, Dividends Horizon creates rich spatial environments for the contemporary workspace.

Designed by Jeffrey Bernett, Nicholas Dodziuk and David Noel.

Dividends Horizon and LEED®

Knoll is aligned with the U.S. Green Building Council and can help companies, healthcare organizations and educational institutions achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) workplace certification. (See reverse.)

Dividends Horizon and BIFMADividends Horizon has achieved BIFMA level® 3 certification.

Dividends Horizon and GREENGUARD®

Dividends Horizon is GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certified® and can contribute to LEED® certification.

Dividends Horizon and FSCThe wood material used to construct Dividends Horizon is FSC chain-of-custody-certified when using laminate or North American veneer surfaces.

GREENGUARD® Dividends Horizon is GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certified®

FSC-Certified Wood components come standard with FSC-certified materials

VOC-Free Finishes Water-based woodstains and UV-cured polyurethane wood top coats are virtually VOC-free

VOC-Free Adhesives Water-based adhesives used to adhere laminate and veneer to substrate are 99% VOC-free

Recycled Steel Dividends Horizon uses 15-30% recycled content steel

Recycled Particleboard Dividends Horizon uses 100% recycled content particleboard

Recycled Aluminum Dividends Horizon uses 20% recycled content aluminum

Recycled Fabrics Panels are available in 100% recycled content fabric

Techwood Veneers Dividends Horizon Techwood veneers are based on a reconstituted veneer made from wood grown in well-managed forests, providing substantially greater yield than natural wood veneers

High Efficiency / Low Mercury Task Light Knoll office system task lighting is energy-efficient, improves color rendering and reduces mercury waste emissions

Page 5: Furniture Sustainability

February 2013Knoll and Environmental Sustainability © 2013 Knoll, Inc.

Sustainability Overview

Potential LEED® Credit Areas

Commercial Interiors

4 EA Credit 1.1—Optimize Energy Performance, Lighting Power

4 MR Credit 3.3—30% Furniture and Furnishings

4 MR Credit 4.1 and 4.2—Recycled Content

4 MR Credit 5.1—Regional Materials

4 MR Credit 7.0—Certified Wood

4 EQ Credit 4.4—Low-Emitting Materials, Composite Wood and Laminate Adhesives

4 EQ Credit 4.5—Low-Emitting Materials, Furniture and Furnishings

4 EQ Credit 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3—Daylight and Views

New Construction

4 MR Credit 3.1 and 3.2—Optimize Use of IAQ Compliant Products

4 MR Credit 4.1 and 4.2—Recycled Content

4 MR Credit 5.1—Regional Materials

4 MR Credit 7.0—Certified Wood

4 EQ Credit 4.4—Low-Emitting Materials, Composite Wood and Laminate Adhesives

4 EQ Credit 8.1 and 8.2—Daylight and Views

Existing Building

4 MR Prerequisite 1.3—Waste Management

4 MR Credit 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5—Optimize Use of Alternative Materials

4 MR Credit 3.1 and 3.2—Optimize Use of IAQ Compliant Products

4 MR Credit 4.0—Sustainable Cleaning Products and Materials

4 EQ Credit 8.1, 8.2, 8.3 and 8.4—Daylight and Views

Dividends Horizon™