Penny Bonda has been an active participant in the green building industry since its early stages and has pioneered the development of many of the accepted practices and recognized standards that have defined the sustainability movement. She is the founding chair of the U.S. Green Building Council committee for LEED Commercial Interiors and the ASID Sustainable Design Council, and is a principal developer of REGREEN, the USGBC/ASID green residential renovation and interior remodeling program.
Though trained as an interior designer, and popularly referred to as the “mother of green interiors” Penny’s expanded expertise includes green business practices, materials evaluation and application, training, leadership, and messaging. She joined with two of the most recognized thought leaders in the green movement, Diana Horvat and Ken Wilson, to form Ecoimpact Consulting—an exciting collaboration offering companies sustainable strategies for better business and the opportunity to work with experts who have a collective knowledge of the sustainability framework and a proven track record of success.
Penny is a Fellow and past president of the American Society of Interior Designers. She is the recipient of ASID’s 2007 Designer of Distinction award and the 2003 USGBC Leadership Award and was named to the National Register of Peer Professionals for GSA’s Design Excellence Program. Her published works include the highly regarded Sustainable Commercial Interiors and Sustainability Matters, written with the General Services Administration.
ASK PENNY: Send your eco-design questions to Penny at askpenny@verizon.net.
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How Green Is Your Building...err Country?
February 5, 2010 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)
More news from the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland as reported on The Huffington Post. Environmental experts at Yale and Columbia released their Environmental Performance Index, which ranks 163 nations according to their performance on 25 indicators that fall into ten policy categories: environmental burden of disease, air pollution (effects on humans), air pollution (effects on ecosystem), water (effects on humans), water (effects on ecosystem), biodiversity and habitat, forestry, fisheries, agriculture, and climate change.
Iceland came in first; the U.S. a mediocr...Read More
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Defining Sustainability
February 3, 2010 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1)
“If you ask a designer to name the most important issues facing design today, one is bound to be sustainability, which is design-speak for helping the rest of us to live responsibly, ethically and environmentally. That’s the easy bit,” according to a recent article in The New York Times. “While most designers would agree that sustainability is important, they’re very likely to disagree about everything else to do with it. What exactly is sustainable design?”
A distinguished panel debated the issue at the World ...Read More
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Beaulieu and TacFast: Good Green Partners
January 29, 2010 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)
The green product world has its major players – the companies we all recognize as leaders – but it is also populated by others that are innovating in multiple ways to make our buildings greener.
Beaulieu Commercial, a Georgia based carpet company and TacFast Systems, a manufacturer of hook and loop backing systems, recently announced a strategic partnership aimed at providing a total adhesive-free, free-floating carpet tile installation system.
Beaulieu redesigned the underside of its carpet tiles with a loop that will attach to the hook on TacFast’s LocPlate substrate to create a mechanical bon...Read More
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Greenplay: Safe for the kids, safe for the planet
January 27, 2010 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)
Kids don’t worry about their health and safety when they play; that’s left to parents, teachers and others who have them in their care. Greenplay, a modular furniture system especially designed for healthcare, schools, libraries and retail facilities, worries as well about the little people who use its product.
No manufacturer can prevent scraped knees or bruises, but Greenplay does its best to make sure no harm comes from the furniture itself. It has made every effort to eliminate hazardous substances from its products by using vegetable-based stains and urea formaldehyde-free composite wood. All Greenplay forest products comply with California Air R...Read More
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BioSurf: a bio-innovation
January 22, 2010 | Link This | Email this | Comments (8)
Comparing BioSurf to p-lam is like comparing an old high school chum to a new-found friend on Facebook: one you’ve known and accepted for years – warts and all; the other holds great possibilities but you’re more cautious.
BioSurf is a biolaminate made from a 100% blend of soybean and corn biopolymers. The digitally produced surface patterns, mimicking wood, cork and bamboo, among others, are printed on a clear wear layer and adhered to environmental wood or agrifiber composite substrates. The manufacturer claims “performance, sustainability, and competitive benefits to meet the demands of today’s market.”
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