How to Choose Green Furniture in Singapore?
Posted by greenenergy on December 30th, 2015
When considering office space design or planning, office furniture is also an important part you should take into consideration. What is more, you are not only considering the creativity and productivity of your employees but also are responsible for them. Therefore, you must ensure the facilities for employees such as lockers or desks are safe enough when you and your staff going and coming at different times.
When it comes to choosing furniture for your office, here are some tips on how to judge and choose green furniture in Singapore.
1. Check the product report. Floors and furniture require businesses to provide more than the provincial authorities of the inspection report. It is worth noting that the issuance of inspection reports must be the quality of the sales department. In addition, furniture must provide product specification, which is the only recent mandatory.
2. Check the identification. Any material about wood will have certification mark from State Environmental Protection Administration if it called green furniture in Singapore.
3. Look at the level of wood. There is a certain standard of formaldehyde emission of wood. The national standards for indoor use of wood is E1 that formaldehyde to release a quantity to 0.5mg/I~1.5mg/I. Formaldehyde release amount less than 0.5mg/I of E0 class standards, this kind of wood is currently on the market the most environmentally friendly, but the price is a little high.
4. If your budget is limited, you can consider furniture made with reclaimed materials. Reclaimed wood usually comes from houses, old furniture, or other built things that are ready for some friendly reincarnation, from scraps, from flawed wood, or a factory that makes other stuff. And some reclaimed wood even comes from logs which sank to the bottom of man-made reservoirs or from the bottom of rivers when they were being floated downstream to the sawmill. What is more, furniture made from reclaimed wood is a great case of resource efficiency which usually comes in shorter supply.
