LEED pilot credits, and the January conference are detailed by Chuck Saylor, president of izzy+ furniture, and president of the Business & Institutional Furniture Manufacturer's Association, at NeoCon 2013.

Lynn Utter, President and COO of Knoll, Inc., on LEED pilot credits, a new partnership with MMI on NeoCon, and outreach to BIFMA members and suppliers. Utter, incoming president of the Business & Institutional Furniture Manufacturer's Association, spoke at NeoCon 2013.

Architects, designers, facility managers, and business leaders pursuing LEED certification may now be able to earn credit for specifying level® certified furniture products under the USGBC’s new LEED Pilot Credit 80.

KI has achieved level certification for 161 products under the Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association’s level Sustainability Program.

National Office Furniture, a brand unit of Kimball Intl Inc., announced that its Dallas showroom has attained LEED Gold and its Escalade casegoods has also earned BIFMA level 3 certification for sustainability.

Gunlocke, a leading manufacturer of high-end casegoods, conferencing, seating and lounge furniture, said it has renewed — and added — level certifications for a majority of its products.

Upbeat outlook for 2011 contract office furnishings sales at BIFMA meeting. level, the sustainable furnishings manufacturing standards scheme, shows widespread adoption among wood furnishings designers, specifiers and manufacturers.