Introducing the Green Guide EcoList

January 03, 2008

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Featured Product

The redesigned Dressed to Kill from Shaw Contract Group presents collaborative patterns, vivid colors with understated elegance and a flexibility to enhance multiple environments.

Editors’ Choice

Decca Contract unveils a new line of furnishings designed by Lauren Rottet. The line works together as a collection or can be specified as part of an eclectic mix with other furnishings.

Introducing the Green Guide EcoListInteriors & Sources, in partnership with The Green Standard.org, introduces the Green Guide EcoList—a roadmap for finding products that have met one or more sustainable benchmarks to receive product certification as screened by a formidable team of sustainability experts. The EcoList serves as a document that designers can turn to for reliable, transparent information about green products. ............................................................................................................................

ASID and CIMA Announce Educational Sessions for IntersectWest As title sponsor of the 2008 IntersectWest commercial design conference, the American Society of Interior Designers, together with founding sponsor Contract Interiors Marketing Association, recently announced the educational program for the show being held February 5 – 7 in Las Vegas. ............................................................................................................................

FTC Primes Regulations for Era of 'Green' Branding As consumers increasingly demand environmentally friendly products, the FTC will accelerate plans to review its existing "Green Guidelines" to consider what exactly constitutes terms such as "carbon neutral" and "carbon offsets" and determine what, if any, verifiable standards businesses must meet.............................................................................................................................

Design Is… Award Winners Donate $12,000 for Design Education
The Shaw Contract Group Design Is… Award is becoming a widely anticipated award program that recognizes inspirational and visionary design. As part of the program, winning firms for 2007 received $2,000 to donate to a school or organization of their choice............................................................................................................................GUEST COLUMNIST

IDC Bulletin: Why Universal Design?

By Brian EvertonIs it not good enough to meet the prescriptive requirements of the existing barrier-free design elements in the building code?

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