DOCKLANDS Dock-In Lounge sustainability

DOCKLANDS Dock-In Lounge

Manufacturer: Bene

BENE WORKS SUSTAINABLY

Bene takes a leading role in responsible environmental management. It is practised throughout the company, from product development to procurement, production, distribution and product recycling.

Bene regards ecological responsibility as central to sustainable corporate strategy.

Bene aims to exceed legal requirements and to strive for better, more sustainable environmental protection throughout the Bene group. Bene's key environmental principles are: Avoidance – Minimisation – Recycling – Disposal.

DOCKLANDS SINGLE BAY – ECOLOGICAL STANDARDS

99% recyclable
83.50% renewable raw materials
12.97% use of recycled product materials (9.10% post-consumer, 3.87% pre-consumer)
10.61% use of recycled product materials that comply with LEED (9.10% post-consumer, 3.87% pre-consumer)
Resource-conserving product design
Use of certified wood (chain of custody)
Use of materials tested for presence of hazardous substances
No PVCs, chromium, lead or mercury
Individual parts can be sorted according to homogeneous categories
Recyclable, with a positive contribution to the carbon footprint(average 160.5 kg CO2)DOCKLANDS DOCK-IN BAY (SINGLE) LEED Punkte

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a system developed by the U.S. Green Building Council to classify ecological construction. As an internationally recognised standard, LEED sets out numerous guidelines for environmentally friendly, resource-efficient, and sustainable construction.
The use of DOCKLANDS Single Bay is an important contribution to LEED certification. The following criteria
for this are from »LEED 2009 for Commercial Interiors«:

MR Credit 4	Recycled content	up to 2 points
MR Credit 5	Regional materials	up to 2 points
MR Credit 7	Certified wood	up to 1 point
IEQ Credit 4,5	Material with low hazardous substance content	up to 1 point