by Ann Withanee — November 17, 2010—Kimball Office and National Office Furniture, both brand units of Kimball International, Inc., have partnered with the ecoScorecard online platform.
Both contract office furniture manufacturers can now provide their clients with 24/7 access to research that compares the sustainable attributes of products, easily creating documentation for all major third-party rating systems, according to the announcement. Creating product documentation for green building projects will now be simpler for dealers, designers, facility managers, and architects researching the environmental impacts of Kimball Office or National products.
EcoScorecard allows users to identify the key environmental attributes of specific products. The online system is compatible with all major rating systems, and updates automatically as rating systems change.
“Green building practices are becoming more common, and by partnering with ecoScorecard, we are ensuring that designers, dealers, and clients can easily access and calculate our products’ green attributes any day of the week and at any time,” added Allen Parker, Vice President, Marketing and Sales, for Kimball Office.
Both brands will be exhibiting at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, November 16-18, in Chicago, where Kimball Office will introduce and demonstrate its ecoScorecard site. National’s site will launch in late 2010. Each company’s ecoScorecard site will be accessible through their respective Web sites and also through the ecoScorecard Web site.
Introduced in 2007, ecoScorecard provides product specifiers the ability to search and evaluate products based on environmental characteristics. The program does the calculations necessary for rating systems such as LEED, GGHC Labs 21, CHPS, and the NAHB Green Home Building Guidelines, and includes and accounts for other third-party product certifications. The tool produces the product documentation necessary for inclusion in the submission process.
EcoScorecard is free to users and is supported by manufacturers interested in making the specification of green products easier for customers and salespeople.
For more information, visit the Kimball Office Web site.
