August 4, 2006—Greenguard Environmental Institute (GEI) has awarded 25 of KI’s seating collections the GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certification for low-emitting products. To achieve GAREENGUARD Certification, KI’s seating passed a series of tests required by GEI that determined the products have low chemical emissions. GEI will monitor the newly certified products each quarter to ensure they maintain low-emitting status. KI is a major manufacturer of furniture and wallsystems for educational healthcare, business, commercial, and government markets.
GREENGUARD certification is a referenced standard for furniture and other interior product manufacturers to be specified in projects based on the US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Rating System. LEED is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. GREENGUARD certified furniture earns points toward a project receiving certification under the LEED for Commercial Interiors program.
GEI’s methodology for testing and certifying furniture was developed and validated in the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Technology Verification Program. Realistic, worst-case configurations of a product’s components and materials are developed and placed in environmental testing chambers. All tests for the seating category passed on the first attempt, reflecting the quality of KI’s materials selection and manufacturing process.
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