• BPA taken off California's Prop 65 list

  Heath E. Combs, April 26, 2013
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has removed Bisphenol A, or BPA, from its list of Proposition 65 toxic chemicals.  More

• High Point to present Green Market Award to three showrooms

  Furniture Today Staff, March 4, 2013
  HIGH POINT — City of High Point and High Point Market Authority officials will present the first Green Market Award to three showrooms for their handling of cardboard and recycling during the fall market.  More

• Rooms To Go switches to LED lighting in stores, cuts energy costs

  Furniture Today Staff, March 1, 2013
  SEFFNER, Fla. — Rooms To Go said it has completed an effort it began in 2010 to switch to LED lighting, a move that has resulted in average energy savings of 35% to 45% per store.  More

• Sustainable Furnishings Council has new board, membership structure

  Heath E. Combs, February 13, 2013
  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The Sustainable Furnishings Council plans a comprehensive review and revision of its standards as part of its initiatives for 2013.  More

• California officials to speak at AHFA Sustainability Summit

  Furniture Today Staff, January 14, 2013
  HIGH POINT — The California official heading revisions to that state's longtime flammability regulation and the scientist whose research prompted the urgent regulatory overhaul will both participate in the American Home Furnishings Alliance's 2013 Sustainability Summit.  More

• All AP Inds. furniture lines now GreenGuard certified

  Heath E. Combs, October 22, 2012
  LAURIER-STATION, Quebec — Case goods manufacturer AP Inds. has finished an eight-month process of certifying its adult and youth product lines to the GreenGuard Indoor Air Quality standard.  More

• Gat Creek wins AHFA's Sage Award for environmental excellence

  Heath E. Combs, October 15, 2012
  HIGH POINT — Case goods supplier Gat Creek was named Sunday as the winner of this year's Sage Award for environmental excellence in the furniture industry.

   

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• Ikea to use, sell only LED lighting

  Furniture Today Staff, October 4, 2012
  CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. — Swedish retail giant Ikea plans a move to all-LED lighting in its 38 U.S. stores by 2016.  More

• Greenington moves to IHFC

  Furniture Today Staff, September 6, 2012
  HIGH POINT - Upscale bamboo furniture specialist Greenington is moving to a permanent showroom for the upcoming market here.  More

• Purdue student wins latest Groovystuff design challenge

  Alex Lemonde-Gray, August 22, 2012
  DALLAS — Yue Dai, a student in the Industrial Design Department at Purdue University, has won Groovystuff's By Design: Connecting Education and Industry design challenge at the summer Las Vegas Market by popular vote, the company announced.  More

• City's green HomeStore to open in early 2013

  Heath E Combs, August 16, 2012
  OAKLAND PARK, Fla. - A new Ashley Furniture HomeStore by South Florida licensee City Furniture here is being built to achieve U.S. Green Building Council construction standards.  More

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