Sustainable Design/Knoll Life Chair

Life™ ChairManufactured using clean technology in keeping with the ecodesign principles of reduce, reuse and recycle. GREENGUARD Certified, Life helps you meet the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED™ requirements. Uses minimum materials in construction and employs clean manufacturing technology such as integral coloring on plastic components, burnishing on the aluminum structure and VOC-free paints and adhesives Raw materials with a recycled content of 52 percent (plastic version) and 62 percent (aluminum version) are used. Available with 100 percent recycled content fabric70 percent to 80 percent of component parts readily recyclable Life Chairs comply with ANSI/BIFMA x5.1-1993 (Front Stability) and otherwise comply with ANSI-BIFMA x5.1-2002Environmental aspects were incorporated into the Life chair early in the design process. During the design process, Knoll conducted a thorough analysis to ensure minimal negative environmental impact throughout the chair’s life cycle. The result of this approach is a chair that uses minimum materials in its construction, and employs clean manufacturing technology such as integral coloring on plastic components, burnishing on the aluminum structure and zero VOC paints and adhesives. Raw materials with a recycled content of 52–64 percent, depending on model, are used.Manufactured using clean technologies: -Integral color in plastic components -Burnished aluminum structure requires no coating -Other coatings virtually VOC free -Adhesives virtually VOC free -Returnable packaging used for component parts Materials -Uses minimum amount of materials in construction -Raw materials have recycled content of 52% (plastic version) and 64% (aluminum version) -70–80% of component parts readily recyclable -Available with 100% recycled content fabric Materials content -Aluminum– 21.651 ; Steel– 4.338 ; Plastic– 8.4362 ; Glass– 0.655 -Total weight– 35.09 -Recycled weight– 22.73 Leed® Credits -Life™ provides solutions that contribute to earned Leed® credits
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