How to choose the best leed furniture and dorm furniture for your room?

Furniture gets LEED Point for lower Formaldehyde Emissions, as posted by Bill Esler on 11/10/2012 at Woodworking Network. LEED or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating system was developed by U.S. Green Building Council or better known as USGBC to encourage and transform buildings and communities and drive them towards the manufacture of an environmental friendly buildings and designs. Leed Furniture is commonly used in schools, colleges and universities to promote and propagate the development of a greener earth. The dorm furniture, as seen mostly in colleges and universities also incorporate LEED certification for manufacturing the desk chairs, tables, beds and study tables for the students.

When one has the option to refurnish the dormitory of the students’ campus in a university or college then one can easily opt for the leed furniture. They are eco friendly with a maximum usage of recycled leathers and fabrics, Green guard certified laminate panels, reduced Hazardous Airborne Pollutants or HAPs and Volatile Organic Compounds or VOC wherever possible. Fabrics that are used in the leed furniture are usually of recycled polyesters which are free of heavy metals such as antimony, chlorine and PBT, which can be continually and safely be recycled and re-manufactured in a closed loop system. They use low-emitting materials in leed furniture. The work substrates are made from non-wood agricultural fiber, so that water or bio-based adhesives can be used, and non toxic dyes and chemicals can be used to the maximum for different furniture requirements. The components are powder sprayed as opposed to spray paintings which consist of harmful toxic chemicals. So, if one has to make furniture for residence, university, schools and colleges, it is always advisable to go for the best leed furniture which are not only good in design but are healthy and environmentally friendly too.

When it comes to dorm furniture, care should be taken to choose the one that is space saving yet stylish. Since the dorms usually accommodate more than one student, space saving with utility furniture should be the key. The beds, desks, bedside tables and dressers should be compact yet fashionable. One can go for the theme based dorm furniture too. Since they are made to make living home like one can easily opt for the theme based decoration as seen in homes and go for furnishings and colors that completely accentuate the theme of the room. Comfort plays a pivotal rule in dorm furniture. Students spend hours in front of computers, desk chairs and study tables. If they do not feel comfortable in the study area then the whole thing goes for a waste. So, go for the leed furniture and dorm furniture keeping in mind the end user of the product-the students!