Sustainable Design
Environmental Solutions
Interform is committed to reducing our environmental impact and helping our customers reduce their respective impacts. We continually assess our operations, policies, products and services through the lenses of sustainability. The tools we use are:
• Life Cycle Assessment
• Stakeholder Concerns
• Environmental Impact
• Community Impact
• Certifications
• Compliance
• Risk Assessment
• Long Term Value
How:
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By being a certified Green Business in Contra Costa County.
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We work with manufacturers, partners and service providers that offer products and services that are environmentally sensitive and meet the highest standards available.
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We offer products and services that produce the least amount of waste possible.
4
We are sensitive to the resources required to transport our products and services. Consequently, we strive to offer local solutions that minimize resources and support the local economy.
5
We strive to help close the loop by assisting our customers with the appropriate solution to their unwanted furniture and related items and facilitating the return of goods to the manufacturer for recycling.
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We advise our customers on strategies to meet their building and corporate goals. Our LEED Accredited Professionals assist on LEED projects. These standards include:
• Green Guard
• Forest Stewardship Certification (FSC)
• Environmentally Preferred Products (EPP)
• Climate Neutral
• Cradle to Cradle (C2C)
• California Gold Sustainable Carpet Standard
Care of unwanted items
We assist customers with the optimal solution for unwanted furniture, E-waste, carpet and other interior finishes. One phone call will initiate the process and reduce the amount of time required to handle these items. In keeping with our commitments, we work with several partners to find the best option for unwanted items.
• Reuse
• Recycling
• Landfill
The best environmental option is reuse as this maintains/conserves the energy invested in the products. Often, our customers receive tax benefits from donated items.
We all understand the need to be sensitive to the environment and to protecting our resources. We also understand the liability and risk that businesses are subjected to by ever changing regulations.
We assist our customers with:
• Local, state and federal regulations
• Environmental
• Disposal
• Building
• Risk Avoidance
• Corporate Image
• Corporate Social Responsibility
We strive to be a resource to our customers and partners by continually combing through new information for changes that may affect their business and livelihood.
We share this information, ramifications and recommend solutions with our customers and partners. In this dynamic environment, knowledge is essential.
Links:
USGBC NCC
Build It Green
Simon & Associates
www.greenbuild.com/simoninfo/simon_assoc.html
iReuse
Wendel, Rosen, Black, & Dean
