ORB ARCHITECTS OFFICE SPACE

RENTON, WASHINGTON

Designed to maintain a sense of connection with the surrounding natural environment, the space features curving streams of color and texture that evoke the waters of Panther Creek that run through the wetlands just beyond the walls and reaffirm the building's relationship to its natural setting. The curved section of the south facade has full-height windows to take full advantage of available natural light and provide dramatic views into the tree canopy and creek below.

SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES

Carpet and Cork Flooring

• Carpet: ES (Engineered towards Sustainability) with a backing system featuring 35% recycled content
• Bio-based, TractionBack^® adhesive-free modular carpet installation system, eliminating off-gassing and VOCs and achieving better indoor air quality.
• Manufacturing results in zero additional waste to landfills, and contributes to maximum allowable points for carpet under LEED^® NC, CI & EB
• Traditional Cork^® flooring from Expanko: made from 100% post-industrial waste, achieves LEED^® points for Resource Reuse and Recycled Content.
• Virgin cork bark and post-industrial waste cork from the manufacturing of the other cork products is ground into small granules, which are compressed and baked. No stains or dyes are used.
• During the manufacturing process, all raw materials are consumed, either for the finished flooring product or as an energy source.

Paint

• Benjamin Moore ECO Spec^® Low-VOC Coating for better indoor air quality
• ECO Spec^® Interior Latex primers and paints used have 0 g/l of actual VOC content and are compliant with AIM, QTC, SCAQMD and LEED^® certified by GREENGUARD^® and Green Seal^®
• Achieves LEED^® credit for low emitting materials

Lighting

• Solar Shades: GREENGUARD^® Indoor Air Quality Certified, made of a PVC-free fabric, have 10% openness to allow natural light in without glare
• Open floor plan allows light to spill deep into the space in from the perimeter windows and offers views from the majority of the office spaces
• Achieves LEED^® credit for Controllability of Lighting Systems and Daylight and Views for 75% of Spaces and 90% of Seated Spaces

Furniture

• Inscape Scala furniture system is GREENGUARD^® Indoor Air Quality Certified and is the first installation in Washington
• The system's filing and storage products contain approximately 27% pre-consumer and post-consumer material
• 95% of existing filing system was refurbished and reinstalled

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