environmentalgreen tables

create your own earth friendly nevins table

For pricing and availability, please contact Nevins Customer Service.

packaging

• Tables are packaged using returnable and recyclable materials which can reduce disposal into landfills

• Cardboard used to package bases include, on average, 30% recycled materials

core • NAUF

base• Metal Base

Organic Compounds

edge• Bamboo

Rapidly renewable with high sustainability

• Urethane

oil, a rapidly renewable and natural material

• ABSRecyclable plastic, unlike PVC material

• Wood

renewable source• Aluminum

Recycled content is 30-100% and powder coat finish emits zero Volatile Organic Compounds

surface• Linoleum® Manufactured from 33% rapidly renewable resources including

• High Pressure Laminates

• Veneer

GREENGUARD Standard for Low Emitting Products & GREENGUARD for Children & Schools

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B Nevins

P.O. Box 108

Cat Spring , Texas 78933-0108

P: 800.231.2744 F: 713.230.2150E: customercare@nevins.co W: www.nevins.com

FSC Certified Veneer

• 3D LaminateEFX Laminates - non PVC

Reconstituted Veneer - Engineered from sustainably harvestedAfrican Obeche and Italian plantation grown popular trees, preservingrare and exotic species

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top surface core

base

adhesive

edge material

environmental attributes performance attributes

• Non-petroleum based, biodegradable material

• Manufactured from rapidly renewable resources including linseed oil, lime stone, cork flour, rosin, jute, and organic pigment

• Sustainable Materials Rating Technology

• Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) section 01350 compliant

• 20%-22% by weight, pre-consumer

• Reconstituted veneers are engineered from sustainably harvested African Obeche and Italian plantation grown popular trees, preserving rare and exotic species

• Reconstituted veneers on recylced wood cores with no added urea formaldehyde can contribute towards LEED credits.

recycled content

under both Greenguard Standard for Low Emitting Products & Greenguard for Children and Schools

• Natural anti-bacterial and static properties

• Allergen free

• Self-healing capabilities for small scratches and minor cuts

• Color runs through entire thickness giving enhanced durability and color

• Economically priced

• Hundreds of color and pattern selections that can imitate stone and wood grains

• Durable material

• Economically priced

• Engineered veneers have fewer defects than natural veneer maximizing yields and minimizing waste

environmental attributes

• No Added-Urea-Formaldehyde

particleboard or MDF

• Wood is a biodegradable, renewable resource

certified

• Meets California Air Resource Board (CARB) Regulation 93120.2, Phase 1 emissions limits

• Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) Section 01350 compliant

• Recyclable plastic

• Chlorine-free

• Formaldehyde-free

• Non-timber forest product that is rapidly renewable and highly sustainable with virtually no negative impact to environment

by weight, which is a rapidly renewable, natural material

• Wood is a biodegradable, renewable resource

• Wood is 100% Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified

• Anti-static properties that repels dust

• Higher impact resistance than PVC (no scratching)

• Higher heat resistance than PVC

• Hardness equivalent to to Northern Maple

• Seamless bonding, which prevents food and bacteria collection

• Impact, puncture, and stain resistant resulting in durability

• Catalyzed Lacquer Finish provides extreme durability

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environmental attributes

• 30-100% of steel is recycled content

• Water based

• Urea-formaldehyde free

• Emits low Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)

• 100% of the steel and aluminum scrap accumulated from the internal manufacturing process is recycled

• Finished with a powder coat which is more durable and environmentally friendly than wet/liquid paints

• Powder coat emits zero to near-zero Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)

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leed ci - summary

go green and earn a possible 9 leed ci contribution points

* based on 24” x 60” table

material content

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44%1%3%2%50%

recycled contentmarmoleum surface laminate surface

pre-consumerrecycled content

post-consumerrecycled content

other

credit description table capabilitiescontributing

points

MR Credit 2.1

MR Credit 2.2

MR Credit 4.1

MR Credit 4.2

MR Credit 5.1

MR Credit 6

MR Credit 7

IQ Credit 4.4

IQ Credit 4.5

Construction Waste Management - DIvert 50% from Landfill.Construction Waste Management - DIvert 75% from Landfill.

Recycled Content, 10%- (post-consumer + 1/2 Pre-consumer)Recycled Content, 20%- (post-consumer + 1/2 Pre-consumer)

Regional Material - 20% manufactured Regionally.

Rapidly Renewable Materials - 5% of total value.

Certified Wood (Must be requested)

Low-Emitting Materials, Composite Wood and Laminate Adhesives.

Low-Emitting Materials, System Furniture Seating.

Green Tops are packaged using returnable and recyclable materials which can reduce disposal into landfills.

Core - At least 90% pre-consumer recycled content.

Base - At least 15% pre-consumer and 25% post-consumer recycled content.

Top - Laminate (Wilsonart and Formica)-20% to 22% pre-consumer recycled content.

Linoleum (Marmoleum)- 45 % by weight, pre-consumer recycled content.

Applies if the installation of the finished product occurs within 500 miles of Nevins manufacturing facility.

Top - Linoleum (Marmoleum)- Made of 33% by weight, rapidly renewable resource such as rosin, cork flour, linseed oil and jute.

Edge - Urethane Edge- Comprised of 65% vegetable oil, which is a rapidly renewable resource.

Bamboo Edge - Bamboo used in Bamboo edge is a rapidly renewable resource.

Core - Table core can be constructed of FSC Certified and NAUF FSC Certified particleboard or MDF.

Top - Laminate (Wilsonart ) - core paper is sourced from suppliers who are third party certified to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative Standard (SFI). The SFI is endorsed by the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes (PEFC).

Core - NAUF particleboard or MDF is constructed with No Added Urea-Formaldehyde (NAUF).

Adhesive - is low VOC and does not contain urea-formaldehyde.

Top - Laminate (Wilsonart and Formica )- Greenguard Indoor Air Quality Certified.

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