Allsteel Teams Up With Quality Attributes Software to Create a Powerful Teaching Tool

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"By constantly having their energy consumption displayed on the GreenTouchscreen®, our students are developing a new awareness of how their habits impact the environment. It also invokes a sense of energy competitiveness between the students that live there. Having the website available to the rest of the campus (and the world) sends a message of 'we care' in the sense of environmental stewardship." Mike Lubberden, Director, Construction and Energy Management Central College Pella, Iowa

Allsteel Teams Up With Quality Attributes Software to Create a Powerful Teaching Tool

San Francisco, CA - Allsteel Inc., a leading contract furniture designer and manufacturer, has teamed up with Quality Attributes Software, creators of GreenTouchscreen®, to create a powerful teaching tool for sustainability at their San Francisco Resource Center.

The customized GreenTouchscreen® kiosk complements the building’s learning environment by highlighting environment and energy conserving systems that might otherwise be missed by visitors, such as the purchase of 100% green energy credits for the center’s power usage. It guides users through the center’s green features, teaches visitors about sustainable buildings and LEED®, and explains the LEED® credits achieved by Allsteel and sister company, Gunlocke.

One of Allsteel’s core values is its commitment to environmental responsibility in all areas of business. The San Francisco Resource Center clearly demonstrates this commitment with its silver certification in LEED® for Commercial Interiors (LEED®-CI), the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) rating system for high-performance green interiors. More than just a showroom, the resource center was designed to be used for education and outreach to the community, so the innovative, interactive GreenTouchscreen® kiosk helps accomplish that goal.

“Allsteel made the commitment in 2004 that its new resource centers would strive for certification in the new LEED® for Commercial Interiors, which had been pilot tested but not yet finalized,” said Brandon Sieben, Allsteel’s Vice President for Marketing. “Since that time, we have one gold and two silver certifications accomplished, two awaiting USGBC and CaGBC decisions, and one more in the works. It’s a natural fit with Allsteel’s proactive environmental policies and the GreenTouchscreens are an excellent way to illustrate our message.”

Allsteel has practiced material and energy conservation for many years and the kiosk allows them to share how they have incorporated these practices into everything they build. The GreenTouchscreen® helps people understand Allsteel’s sustainability practices and how they empower their members to drive change, improving business, community and the environment.

To view the Allsteel San Francisco GreenTouchscreen® live over the internet, please visit: http://sanfrancisco.allsteel.greentouchscreen.com. GreenTouchscreen® is a product of Quality Attributes Software, located in the heart of the Silicon Prairie in Ames, Iowa.

Allsteel Inc. designs, builds and delivers progressive and relevant workplace furniture solutions. Visit their website at www.allsteeloffice.com for more information.

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