Green Star is an environmental certification for buildings set by the Green Building Council of Australia.
While there is no Green Star rating for products, products that meet the rating tool criteria can contribute points to a building’s Green Star rating.
Products can contribute to points to a Green Star rating if they meet the following:
- Recycled Content
- Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)
- Third Party Certification – Furniture (certified textiles + leathers do not contribute directly, only indirectly on certified furniture)
- Manufacturer has a certified Environmental Management System
- Product Recyclability – Stewardship Program
- Low VOC
The following products from Instyle can contribute points in the sustainable products and indoor environment quality categories.
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS
Recycled Content Products
Instyle offers various products made with recycled content including:
- Ecoustic Panel (<80% recycled content)
- Ecoustic Screen (<65% recycled content)
- Ecoustic Tiles (<32% recycled content)
- Ecoustic Felt (80% recycled content)
- Ecoustic Ceiling Flats 13.5mm + 25mm (<60% recycled content)
- Ecoustic Baffle – Felt Screen 12mm + 25mm (<60% recycled content)
- Ecoustic Hang Ups – Felt Screen 12mm + 25mm (<60% recycled content)
Environmental Product Declarations (EPD)
The following acoustic products have an EPD.
- Ecoustic Panel (<80% recycled content)
- Ecoustic Screen (<65% recycled content)
- Ecoustic Tiles (<32% recycled content)
- Ecoustic Felt (80% recycled content)
- Ecoustic Ceiling Flats 13.5mm + 25mm (<60% recycled content)
- Ecoustic Baffle – Felt Screen 12mm + 25mm (<60% recycled content)
- Ecoustic Hang Ups – Felt Screen 12mm + 25mm (<60% recycled content)
Third Party Certification
Certified products will achieve a score of 100%, 75% and 50% (Level A, B or C respectively) in the material calculators. The Green Building Council recognises the following furniture standards:
- Greentag
- Australasian Furnishing Research and Development Institute (AFRDI)
- Good Environmental Choice Australia (GECA)
- The Institute for Market Transformation to Sustainability (MTS)
The following acoustic products achieve Greentag Level A Certification, which achieves maximum Green Star points.
- Ecoustic Panel (<80% recycled content)
- Ecoustic Screen (<65% recycled content)
- Ecoustic Tiles (<32% recycled content)
- Ecoustic Felt (80% recycled content)
- Ecoustic Ceiling Flats 13.5mm + 25mm (<60% recycled content)
- Ecoustic Baffle – Felt Screen 12mm + 25mm (<60% recycled content)
- Ecoustic Hang Ups – Felt Screen 12mm + 25mm (<60% recycled content)
For certified furniture, any textile or leather can be used because they are almost always under 10% by weight of a furniture item. The Green Star rating tool states “Where at least 90% of an item’s total mass is certified to a GBCA-recognised standard, the item can be entered as a certified product at Level A, B or C”.
Please Note: The GECA Textile Standard is not recognised by the Green Building Council.
Manufacturer Certified-EMS
The Green Star rating tool awards points for products made from manufacturers with a certified Environmental Management System such as ISO 14001.
The following products are produced by ISO 14001-certified manufacturers.
Stewardship Programs
Product stewardship programs encourage the effective reduction, reuse, recycling or recovery of products.
Instyle has a stewardship program in place for:
INDOOR ENVIRONMENT QUALITY
Volatile Organic Compounds
Low-VOC furniture can contribute points in the Green Star rating tool. The following Instyle products are certified low VOC and meet the Green Star emission requirements:
