GO GREEN WITH MFC
Create an Environmentally Friendly Office
Your business can have a great impact on our environment. By choosing environmentally friendly furniture and by following the simple “reduce, reuse and recycle” adage, MFC makes it is easy to buy office furniture that is green. We have found most businesses will chose to do the right thing for the environment when given the chance. Choosing to buy used or refurbished office furniture will be one of the most important environmental decisions you will make for your business.
New office furniture production is intensive in its use of fossil fuels, raw materials and waste. Buying and installing refurbished and used office furniture eliminates over 90% of the environmental impact associated with the material inputs, production and distribution of office equipment. We are seeing today that some companies even include their purchase of used furniture and equipment in their environmental impact planning and marketing.
When you buy used or refurbished, you save valuable resources and help the environment. On principle, this rule applies to all products, since everything takes energy to manufacture or even recycle. Therefore, think about the good effects about buying used office furniture for your office. By purchasing green office furniture green from MFC Workstations, you will reduce energy use, reduce landfill use, get quality long lasting office furniture and save thousands of dollars.
WHY LIQUIDATE WITH MFC WORKSTATIONS?
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Don’t let your valuable resources go to waste! MFC will liquidate your office furniture - disassemble, remove, store and transport it to where it needs to go, so you don’t have to worry about all that hassle. When you liquidate with MFC Workstations, you get money back and help the environment.
Sustainable Office Furniture Criteria
- Whether Your Office Furniture Is Used or New
- Whether It’s Recycled & How Much
- Whether It’s Recyclable & What New Products It Makes
- Ease of Assembly & Disassembly
- Materials Chemistry
- Life Cycle Assessment
- Quality & Durability
- Cradle to Cradle Certification (C2C)
- LEED Certified Manufacturing
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
LEED for Commercial Interiors (LEED CI) is a rating system that addresses the specifics of tenant spaces primarily in office and institutional buildings. LEED CI provides the opportunity for building tenants to design and certify high performance, healthy, durable, affordable and environmentally sound workplaces. For more information visit the
US Green Building Counsel Website. Here are some LEED credits you may qualify for when you buy refurbished furniture from MFC.
MR Credit 3.3 Resource, Reuse, 1 point
Green Building Rating System for Commercial Interiors, Version 2 ™ 2004, page 41.
Intent: Reuse building products and materials in order to reduce demand for virgin materials and reduce waste, thereby reducing impacts associated with the extraction and processing of virgin resources.
MR Credit 5.1 Regional Materials, 1 point
Green Building Rating System for Commercial Interiors, Version 2 ™ 2004, page 44.
Intent: Increase demand for building materials and products that are extracted and manufactured within the region, thereby supporting the regional economy and reducing the environmental impacts resulting from transportation.
EQ Credit 8.1 Daylight Views
Green Building Rating System for Commercial Interiors, Version 2 ™ 2004, page 70.
Intent: Provide occupants with a connection between indoor spaces and the outdoors through the introduction of daylight and views into the regularly occupied areas of the tenant space.
Remanufactured panel systems contain a variety of panel heights and width, ranging from 42" to 75" High. Using 42" high panels in an application allows premier daylight viewing.
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