| By Suzy Regitz |
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NCIDQ’s recent health, safety and welfare (HSW) Web site shows a three-dimensional view of a 15,000-square-foot corporate office interior. Viewers click on a quadrant of the plan and zoom in to see areas highlighted that demonstrate knowledge an interior designer must have to create a safe place. We wrote about the HSW site in a previous issue of Interiors & Sources and also distributed information to our Certificate holders via our newsletters.
We have received many suggestions and comments for further renditions of the site. One of the most popular is a request to show other types of spaces—like restaurants and retail stores—and indicate how elements in those spaces affect the public’s health, safety and well-being. Lately, I have started to think about what form a retail floor plan might take if we were to make it available on our 3-D Web site...
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ecoScorecard Advances BIM Capabilities With Google SketchUp Integration
The new ecoScorecard plug-in works with Google SketchUp and provides a critical link between popular BIM tools and important environmental rating systems such as LEED.
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Artful Interior Palette Promotes Creativity at Callier Center
United Way Tocqueville Society members and their families recently participated in a transformative art project, uniquely designed by HKS Inc., benefitting The University of Texas at Dallas Callier Center for Communication Disorders.
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DANI Leather and Gunlocke Continue to Reduce Environmental Impact
DANI Leather U.S.A., an exclusive leather supplier to The Gunlocke Company, recently became the first and only company to receive Environmental Product Balance Certification.
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Retailers Head to New York for NADI
America's leading retail designers and visual merchandisers will gather in New York City this month to preview the newest store design trends, tour the city's new retail concepts and honor promising design students.
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December 1, 2009 |
Green Schools Summit & Expo: Bringing Sustainability to a New Generation
GREENGUARD Launches Comprehensive Health-Based Certification Pilot Program
Greenbuild 2009 to Offer Numerous Opportunities for Green Building Education
2009 ARIDO Awards Honor Ontario's Best Interior Designers
USGBC Announces Winner of Sustainable Design Competition
NCIDQ Rolls Out New Exam Requirement
Study Finds Employees Working in Green Buildings More Productive
Building Sector Leaders Call for Steep Energy and Emissions Cuts
Sustainable Design Program Receives Excellence in Education Award from USGBC
Steelcase WorkLab Granted LEED Platinum Certification
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