Allsteel Inc., a leading office furniture manufacturer, announces that its new downtown Los Angeles showroom at 555 South Flower Street has achieved WELL Certified™ Gold in the Retail Pilot Program. Designed by Wolcott Architecture Interiors of Culver City, CA, the 10,222-square-foot showroom meets WELL performance standards in multiple categories.
The WELL Building Standard™ is the first certification program to use evidence-based metrics to determine how the design, construction, maintenance and operations of a building support the health and wellness of its occupants. Certification is awarded at one of three levels—Silver, Gold, or Platinum—using seven categories of impact relevant to human health and well-being in the built environment: Air, Light, Nourishment, Water, Fitness, Mind and Comfort.
“By achieving WELL Gold in our new Los Angeles showroom, we have established ourselves as leaders in this important area,” said Courtney Moline, sustainability manager at Allsteel. “Of the 42 existing WELL Certified projects worldwide, Allsteel is one of only 19 to achieve Gold-level certification, and the first to do so in the Retail Pilot Program.”
“The showroom certification project began in October 2016 and we found that our approach to designing workspaces closely aligns with the WELL standard,” said Brandon Sieben, president of Allsteel Inc. “Gold certification is welcome confirmation that Allsteel’s health and wellness practices are on the right track.”
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About Allsteel
Since 1912, Allsteel Inc. has offered a world-class, comprehensive range of workplace products and solutions. We simplify the office planning process by helping our customers align their workplace strategy with their business strategy. The result is fit-to-business solutions that deliver meaningful change in a way that works for them today, as well as tomorrow. Headquartered in Muscatine, IA, the company has Resource Centers in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.allsteeloffice.com or follow Allsteel on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube.
About the International WELL Building Institute™ (IWBI™)
IWBI is a public benefit corporation whose mission is to improve human health and well-being in buildings and communities across the world through its WELL Building Standard™ (WELL). Launched in October 2014 after six years of research and development, WELL is the premier standard for buildings, interior spaces and communities seeking to implement, validate and measure features that support and advance human health and wellness. For more information, visit www.wellcertified.com.