Corporate Interiors' Renewed Environments refurbishes, rejuvenates, reconfigures and remanufactures old office furnitureFifteen years ago, Janice Leone (WBE), Principal of Corporate Interiors, became aware of the many tons of workstation components being dumped directly into landfills as businesses purchased new office furniture. Envisioning an alternative that extended the life of office furniture and kept functional material
MoreAdjustable height workstations at Glaxo Smith Kline’s new office at the Philadelphia Navy YardBig players in the global workplace interior manufacturing game have the potential to create big waste. Not so for Haworth, a family-owned interior furnishings supplier known for a commitment to sustainability that has included a goal of achieving zero-waste-to-landfill (ZWTL) status globally,
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Flooring product being recycled at Mannington's facility in New JerseyFlooring can make a huge impact on the design of a room. But the materials floors are made from - wood, tile, or vinyl – can impact the planet, as well, and often not in a good way. There can be a lot of toxic stuff
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Virtually indestructible, beautiful and sustainable to boot. In the world of building materials, that’s a powerful combination of traits, something you would expect from something cutting edge, like ...linoleum. Once considered passé and now marking its 150 anniversary, linoleum is finding new popularity as a natural flooring product made from the renewable materials like solidified
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Greenbuild Conference & Expo puts Philadelphia in the spotlight
November 20 - 22
Imagine starting your day with a breakfast where you are privy to some of the top minds in the sustainability industry. Afterwards, you head to a lecture by Sheryl WuDunn, co-author of the New York Times bestseller Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity
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