Feb 13, 2012

Dansko Headquarters: Sustainability, Furniture and Tour

Dansko Headquarters: Sustainability, Furniture and Tour
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 from 5:30 PM to 8:15 PM (ET)
West Grove, PA
Dansko proudly occupies a LEED Gold Certified headquarters located in West Grove Pennsylvania and IIDA PA/NJ/DE invites you a tour of the space and attend a Teknion Green CEU presentation with us.
"We never considered not doing the right thing," says Dansko co-founder Peter Kjellerup, "For us, there was simply no alternative to making the best use of natural resources and being responsible in our construction and material choices."
Event Timeline:
5:30 - 6:15 Reception*
6:15 - 7:15 CEU presented by Teknion: Indoor Air Quality and Healing Environments
7:15 - 8:15 Tour
Indoor Air Quality and Healing Environments:
Credits: Health, Safety and Wellfare
AIA (1LU), IDCEC (0.1 CEU), GBCI (1CE)
This course covers current issues affecting healthcare such as chemical and biologcal hazards, special ventilation requirements, indoor air quality, as well as the factors influencing future healthcare construction and design - demographics, cost containment and health and wellness maintenance. Further, the impact of these factors on sustainabile building practices of healthcare and healing environments is discussed. This course explores the impact of IAQ by focusing on effective design strategies from project concept through construction including operations and maintenance. Identification of building construction resources for creating high-performance healthcare buildings of various types is covered. Case studies illustrate the successes of existing high-performance healing environments.

*Shopping will be available at the Dansko company store during the Reception.

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