Inwood Office Furniture’s products that are labeled with the above Greenguard logo (or green spot) can help generate points that can contribute to various LEED Green Building Rating Systems.

• You as designers, architects, office furniture dealers, engineers, builders, contractors, property managers, tenants or building owners can chose to try and certify your projects and seek a certification level (platinum, gold, silver, or certified) within these various ratings.
  
  The printable certificates are all that USGBC requires for submittal. Printing these are available for you by clicking on the shown Greenguard logo or going to www.greenguard.org, then click on Find Products, then Select Inwood Office Furniture in the “Manufacturer” space, then click on search and then find the particular item you are using and click on “Printable certificate for indoor air quality” and then print.
  

• Under LEED for Commercial Interiors and LEED Canada for Commercial Interiors, category 5-Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) Inwood’s Greenguard certified products will qualify for IEQ credit 4.5: Low-Emitting Materials—Systems Furniture and Seating. This is worth one (1) point toward such a LEED Commercial Interiors certification.
  
  
• Under LEED for Commercial Interiors, Materials and Resources (MR) any re-used Inwood products may qualify for MR credit 3.2: Materials Reuse-Furniture and Furnishings which can be worth one (1) point toward such a LEED certification for Commercial Interiors.
  
  
• Under LEED for Commercial Interiors, because all of Inwood’s core materials are 100% pre-consumer recycled wood materials, under Materials and Resources (MR) Inwood’s products may help qualify for MR credit 4: Recycled Content which can be worth one or two points, (10% recycled content is worth 1 point or 20% is worth 2 points).
  
  
• Under LEED for Commercial Interiors, if your installation is within a 500 mile radius of Jasper, In. under Materials and Resources (MR) Inwood’s products may help qualify for MR credit 5.1 or 5.2: Regional Materials which can be worth one or two points (5.1 is worth 1 point or 5.2 is worth 2 points).
  
  
• Under LEED for Existing Building Inwood’s Greenguard certified products can be applied toward an Innovations in Design Credit following the criteria for LEED-Commercial Interiors credit 4.5 (administrative credit ruling AD00, date 1/23/03).
  
  
• Under LEED for New Construction / Core and Shell, Inwood’s Greenguard certified products can be applied toward an Innovations in Design Credit following the criteria for LEED-Commercial Interiors credit 4.5 (administrative credit ruling AD00, date 1/23/03).
  
  
• One may also explore your particular regions, Regional Priority credit(s) RP. A data base of Regional Priority Credits and their geographic applicability is available on the USGBC website, http://www.usgbc.org/. 1 to 4 (no more than 4) of the 6 Regional Priority credits identified by the USGBC’s regional councils and chapters as having environmental importance for a project’s region may be available. Projects outside of the U.S. are not eligible.

In seeking design, Inwood recognizes that its ecological concerns are only as successful as the commitment of the individuals responsible for designing the products equally to the individuals who process such designs into reality. Inwood will only work with designers who are completely committed to the entirety of our environmental policies. We desire that our designs build visual complexity with unique individual character, yet accomplish this with simple shapes that are concise to manufacture, thus economically sparing resources in product conception, content, and production.

In a world of clutter, we seek to provide designs that provide clarity and simplicity. Inwood’s designs must be respectful and worthy of the material content of each product as this will drive the material resources and our processes and thus ultimately the integrity of our efforts for global sustainability.

In order to be considered as a potential vendor and as a condition of being a source for Inwood, each material supplier is to provide a detailed response to Inwood in regards to an eight point supplier qualification questionnaire. This questionnaire requires specific compliance to 1) rapidly renewable materials, 2) certified woods 3) low emitting (composite) materials, 4) recycled contents (agriculture fiber, aluminum ,steel, HDPE, PET), post-consumer materials, and recovery materials, 5) storage and collection of recyclables, 6) construction waste management, 7) extracted materials, and 8) the region of origin and transportation of materials. Suppliers must satisfactorily meet or exceed Inwood’s standards in order to be considered as a supplier.

• All high pressure laminates supplied to Inwood are Greenguard Indoor Air Quality Certified and must by weight contain a minimum of 22% post-industrial recovered waste.
• Inwood certifies its compliance, and it is stated on all inwood products and invoices, that all composite wood products, particleboard, MDF and hardwood plywood are in compliance with the Jan. 1, 2009 Phase I California Air Resource Board (CARB) formaldehyde emission standard CCR 93120.2 (a) and that these same materials will be in compliance with the Jan. 1, 2010 Phase II standard. All must also meet or exceed ANSI’s A208.1 M2 criteria as well as HUD standards and use water based PVA’s or soy based adhesives. In addition such suppliers must provide a minimum of 80% recycled wood composites.
• The use of bamboo, wool, straw board, linoleum, wheatgrass, and sunflower seed is encouraged in all such products. Inwood demands that such suppliers embrace a 100% replanting and recycling policy. Any plants used for any such materials must be harvested within a 10 year or shorter cycle.
• When specified, rapidly renewable core materials such as liptus, wheat board, and strawboard must be supplied to Inwood as requested by our customer. Up charges may apply to such specifications.
• The use of any materials containing ODS’s (ozone depleting substances) including but not limited to CFC’s (chlorofluorocarbons) and HCFC’s (hydro chlorofluorocarbons) in foam or glue production is prohibited.
• Hot rolled steel made from recycled scrap steel, is the preferred source for all such appropriate steel needs.
• Only electrostatic application of VOC free (volatile organic compounds) epoxy paints applied in powder reclaiming booths are allowed on metal parts

Currently 67% of all the automobiles (excluding trucks) owned by Inwood Office Furniture, Inc. and operated by Inwood associates are hybrids. Electrical energy efficiency is optimized by the use of VAR power factor converters for all electricity used throughout all Inwood facilities. Compressed air is the sole source for hand or power tools and only natural gas is used for all heat sources throughout the production and office facilities. Halide lamps (bulbs) are to be used through out the facility. Whenever fluorescent lamp fixtures are used, all such bulbs are transported to a retrofit / recycling facility.

These procedures are to be combined with annual reviews of insulation needs and improvements, building maintenance, oven, filtering, and exhaust efficiencies in order to continually measure an improvement in energy conservation. Inwood exceeds the minimum standards required by NESHAP (National Environmental Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants) by only using HAP”s free (hazardous air pollutants) finishing materials and utilizes HVLP (high volume/low pressure) and air assisted spray guns in conjunction with state of the art down draft exhaust and filtration systems for increased operator safety and comfort as well as increased environmental protection

All Inwood associates receive on site technical training including proper spray technique, proper spray gun set up, and other critical factors in order to reduce harmful emissions. This is provided by the CMTI (Clean Manufacturing Technologies Institute) of Purdue University and its association with Inwood Office Furniture.

Using modeling estimates based on specific testing for TVOC’s, HCHO’s and total aldehydes, the predicted exposure concentrations resulting from Inwood products is below the allowable Greenguard criteria. The specific results of such testing are available upon request.

MARKETING

Coated paper used for Inwood’s product literature must be Green Seal Certified and such materials must only come from sources that are part of the SFI (Sustainable Forestry Initiative). Only trained and certified SFI foresters are to be used in the processing of such materials. Inwood has implemented a "No Vehicle Idling" policy for it's associates and delivering vendors. Inwood has also asked the same of it's out bound carriers. This is an effort to reduce fleet fuel consumption and improve air quality.

DISPOSAL

Inwood provides products that are built to last beyond limited warranties. Inwood’s products when properly installed, used and maintained, will last multiple lifetimes.

Unless misused, altered, neglected, or abused, Inwood products will not become functionally obsolete: thus, our products minimize repurchase cycles and eliminate the disposal needs of inferior products that then cause many environmental stresses and problems.

RECYCLING OF MATERIALS

Any steel banding used on materials received at Inwood is cut and stored and then taken to a recycling facility.

For over 15 years, Inwood has accumulated and recycled all corrugated paper and cardboard materials used in the packing of raw materials and supplies received for use at Inwood. Every week these materials are bundled and transported to facilities that ultimately recycle 100% of this material for reuse.

All wood crating, wood skids or wood pallets that are used with materials received by Inwood are returned to the original supplier in order to promote reuse and continuous recycling.

Inwood employees also willingly participate in our recycling efforts. Any aluminum drink cans and plastic bottles generated in the production facility and office are accumulated and transported to a facility for recycling.

Throughout the production facility and office, in various strategic locations, separately labeled bins are available to individually recycle white paper, mixed paper, magazines, and corrugated materials. All of these differentiated materials are then transported from Inwood for recycling. During the colder fall and winter months, all air that has been heated in our multiple finishing ovens as well as the filtered air from all saw dust collection systems, is recycled through out the production facility. This recycled warm air reduces the use of natural gas fuel used for heat. Minimal scrap lumber or wood composites are used for heating fuel. Sawdust is accumulated and transported for use as agricultural animal bedding and then recycled as biodegradable field fertilizer. Inwoods policy is for all company owned vehicles and trucks to have the used engine oil re-reprocessed into lower grade oils or recycled into heating fuel. Accumulated liquid hazardous waste is properly transported and is implemented into a solvent continued use program as well as an alternative fuel program. Such Inwood solvents are used to rinse out tanker trucks as now required by the Indiana Dept. of Energy Management. Inwood solvents, after being used as such wash solvents, are then pumped into a RCRA hazardous waste tank and then burned for generating energy in a cement kiln by Buzzi Unicem USA. All used hydraulic and compressor oils are recycled into lower grade oils or recycled into fuels.

DELIVERY

Whenever possible shipments are pooled and combined to ship together in order to minimize packaging and fuel costs.

Whenever it is possible items are palletized so as to eliminate the use of any packing materials. Only 100% recycled materials are used in all corrugated packing materials and cartons. When prudent, blanket wrapping may be available to eliminate the use of any packing materials.