About Knoll Environment
Certifications
LEED®
FSC
GREENGUARD
Green Seal
ISO 14000
GDEI
Products
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LEED®
- USGBC Green Building Rating System™ is a voluntary, consensus–based national standard for high–performance sustainable buildings.
- Knoll products provide innovative solutions that contribute to earned LEED® points.
- Knoll participates in LEED® Certified Projects.
- Pilot Project – LEED–CI: Knoll San Francisco.
- Pilot Project – LEED–EB: Knoll Lubin/East Greenville.
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
Categories
- New Construction
- Commercial Interiors
- Existing Building
- Core and Shell
Knoll products help clients earn LEED® credits.
- Recycled content
- Rapidly renewable materials
- Regional materials
- Low–emitting materials
- Certified wood
- Textiles
- Waste management
- Green housekeeping
Knoll LEED® Projects
Existing Building pilot projects:
- Knoll Lubin manufacturing facility, East Greenville, PA
- Commercial interiors pilot projects
- Knoll San Francisco showroom
Client projects include:
- NRDC
- Centers for Disease Control
- United Nations Department of Protection
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- An international foundation that supports education, population and environmental studies.
- New headquarters reflect strongly held values of conservation and environmental sustainability.
- Two–story, 48,000 square foot building in Menlo Park, CA. occupied in May 2002.
- First building in California and the fifth in the U.S. to receive LEED 2.0 Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
- Knoll Reff system selected for open office areas based on both LEED and FSC–certification criteria and aesthetics.
- Reff system contributed to the accumulation of points that made Gold certification possible.
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