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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 & 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
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
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.)
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
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™