Leed Gold certificate for Forbo warehouse
Forbo Flooring Systems is the first company to receive a LEED Gold Certificate for a warehouse in the Netherlands. The Forbo LEED certified warehouse has also been nominated for LEED project of the year and the company has been nominated for the Leadership Award for Manufacturers.
Committed to the health of one
Committed to the health of one” introduces a focus in our commitment to sustainability that centres around all aspects that concern your health, well-being and comfort in relation to our products and services, today as well as for future generations.
Health and safety
In safe indoor environments floors are non-toxic, low emitting and compliant to all international standards. On top of this, a safe floor is designed to prevent accidents,
guiding the visually impaired and comforting dementia patients, just as it creates a safe environment in cleanroom facilities and operating theatres.
Health & Hygiene
Hygienic flooring solutions are designed to be easy to clean, controlling fine dust in one environment and preventing allergies in another. Hygienic flooring solutions are specific to the application, whether it is a high tech clean room with sensitive equipment, a healthcare institution with a focus on infection control, or a day care centre where floors are a base for play and games. And do not forget perhaps the most important of all: quality entrance flooring systems that prevent dirt and dust from getting into the building in the first place.
Health & Well-Being
Forbo is a dominant global player in the introduction and service of high-quality, commercial floor coverings & total solution flooring projects that include Linoleum, Vinyl, Luxury Vinyl Tiles, and Flocked Flooring. You can find their floors in buildings such as healthcare, senior care, education, commercial offices, government contracts, leisure & hospitality, retail, public buildings, social housing, industry, and transport– so basically any and every type of building.
Forbo's floors can be found in multiple continents and in a variety of settings and contexts. Their commitment to excellent design and responsible production is unfaltering. The company is notably interested in how its operations interact with and affect human health and the environment.
Forbo has an internal awareness program, “The Forbo Way to Win,” that fleshes out their sustainability policy and strengthens employee engagement by providing a platform for them to contribute to efforts in reducing energy consumption, the use of raw materials and waste. The company's clear commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship makes them the perfect partner for us at USGBC MA!
Read more about the company on its website, and check out their Health and Environment page.
Forbo's floors can be found in multiple continents and in a variety of settings and contexts. Their commitment to excellent design and responsible production is unfaltering. The company is notably interested in how its operations interact with and affect human health and the environment, and has an entire section of their website devoted to explaining this.
Forbo has an internal awareness program, “The Forbo Way to Win,” that fleshes out their sustainability policy and strengthens employee engagement by providing a platform for them to contribute to efforts in reducing energy consumption, the use of raw materials and waste. The company's clear commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship makes them the perfect partner for us at USGBC MA!
Read more about the company on its website, and check out their Health and Environment page.
Building on the success of 2014's first event at Google-Cambridge, the 2nd Annual New England Healthy Materials Summit is returning to Boston's ABX Conference on Tuesday, November 17th, 2015. The first Summit brought together 130+ businesses, institutions, designers, contractors, spec writers and manufacturers to discuss how they together could leverage their roles as makers of the built environment to elevate the “ecosystem” of “healthy” materials locally. This can be achieved through creating demand for “healthier” products by Owners, specifying competitive, “healthier” products as designers and by supplying demand as a manufacturer. The first Summit emphasized this through panel discussions by six industry experts: two non-profit experts (Health Product Declaration Collaborative and BuildingGreen), two manufacturers promoting supply chain optimization through disclosure (Forbo Flooring Systems and ASSA ABLOY) and two large institutions implementing practices promoting “healthy” materials (Harvard University and Dana Farber Cancer Institute).
After the first Summit's success, the steering committee decided to take the Summit to a larger, more diverse audience at ABX 2015 with a totally new agenda with new ideas, tool and practices emerging since 2014.This promises to be another exciting, unique event and one which is relevant for the area to all involved with the making of the built environment – particularly members in ABC's Challenge for Sustainability!
You can register for the ABX2015 Conference here, and find more details about the Healthy Materials Summit workshops here!