Does the Resi-mercial trend have your clients asking for residential quality furniture that may not meet standards for commercial uses? This course offers a review of the value of standards for commercial furniture and how materials can affect employee engagement. It is intended to familiarize the A&D community with the issues associated with why standards matter and how it applies to their everyday need to specify quality and sustainable products. Online tools and resources will be discussed.

CEU (IDCEC & AIA) Credit available.

About the Presenter

Martin Flaherty is an expert on sustainability, corporate, and brand communications. Since 1999 his firm Pencilbox Inc. has consulted to companies and associations on a variety of issues affecting corporate culture and product development. In 2007 he co-founded the first web-based software (ecoScorecard) to create the necessary product documentation for the green building industry. He sold the company in 2012.

Flaherty has worked with the Coca-Cola Company, Interface, General Motors, the WELL Living Lab at the Mayo Clinic, the U.S. Green Building Council, Aflac, Herman Miller, TOTO USA, Mohawk Commercial (to name a few), and international trade associations on the practical application of sustainability and how it affects brand and corporate culture. He has developed CSR communications, informed product development and marketing communications as well as created sustainability brands for the commercial interiors market. Floorscore for flooring and level for the commercial furniture industry are two of the most visible environmental brands he developed.

Over the past ten years Flaherty has worked with the commercial furniture and international design community to understand how the physical environment affects employee culture and how engagement and employee retention can be affected by design and the application of materials. Beginning in April 2017, he began a nationwide outreach program to the commercial design community to educate and reframe how the physical environment affects business performance.

Flaherty serves on Herman Miller’s Sustainability Advisory Board, consults to leadership at the IIDA and a variety of startups.

Date

Tuesday, October 30, 2018
5:30 - 6:00 p.m. Networking
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. CEU Presentation, Q&A

Location

Knoll Inc
281 Summer St
Boston, MA 02210

Registration

IIDA NE Member: Free
Non-Member: $32
Student: $12

Registration is now closed but we are accepting walk ins so please join us if you like!


Questions?

Please reach out to Nico Flannery-Pitcher, at [email protected]

Why the extra $2?

One Bill at a Time is a campaign to raise awareness and resources for Interior Design Advocacy in the New England Region. By adding two dollars to each event hosted by IIDA NE, we remind ourselves that advancing our profession is the core mission of our Organizations and, with small individual contributions throughout our community, we can make a large impact*.

*At the conclusion of each calendar year, all funds raised will be distributed to New England states with active advocacy initiatives in direct proportion to the percent of Chapter membership residing in each state. We dedicate this campaign to the individuals that achieved interior design legislation in New England states and paved the way for the future of our profession, One Bill at a Time.

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