Kimball International Portfolio

KIMBALL INTERNATIONAL

Kimball International is a leading omnichannel commercial furnishings company with deep expertise in
the Workplace, Health, and Hospitality markets. We combine our bold entrepreneurial spirit, a history of
craftsmanship, and today’s design-driven thinking alongside a commitment to our culture of caring and
lasting connections with our customers, shareholders, employees, and communities.

SIZE: 97,000 SF (7 Locations)

SUSTAINABILITY: WELL Health-Safety Rated, WELL Equity Rated, Multiple WELL certifications

MARKET SECTOR: Showroom, Manufacturing, Office, Retail, Furniture

LOCATION: Jasper, IN; Atlanta, GA; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Washington D.C.; and Los
Angeles, USA

WELL HEALTH-SAFETY RATINGS:
Kimball International earned the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI)’s WELL Health-Safety Rating for the Jasper, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Washington D.C., and Los Angeles showrooms in the U.S. As one of the first furniture manufacturers to have multiple corporate showrooms certified, this designation marks an important achievement and visible commitment to supporting the health of individuals that visit their showroom spaces. This milestone signifies Kimball International’s efforts to prepare for re-entry in a post-COVID environment, instilling confidence in occupants and the broader community. By prioritizing the health of their staff, visitors, and stakeholders, Kimball International can
proudly display this rating in all seven of their corporate showrooms.

“The pandemic has highlighted the critical role that buildings, and those that operate and manage them, play in supporting health, safety, and well-being,” said Andrea Rohleder, WELL AP and Marketing Manager for Kimball International. “Transmission of COVID-19 has been found to largely occur in indoor and enclosed environments, so it’s more important than ever to ensure our facilities are safe and welcoming. We are thrilled to be one of only a few furniture manufacturers that can proudly declare that all of our corporate showrooms are WELL Health- Safety Rated. This rare distinction proves our commitment to our partners and employees, as well as our dedication to overall wellness.” “This is a tremendous accomplishment,” said Rachel Hodgdon, President and CEO of the International WELL Building Institute. “I want to congratulate and thank Kimball International for their significant contributions toward better buildings, more vibrant communities, and stronger organizations.”

WELL EQUITY RATINGS:
Kimball International earned the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI)’s WELL Equity Rating for the Jasper, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Washington D.C., and Los Angeles showrooms in the U.S. Kimball is the first in the manufacturing industry and retail industry to achieve the WELL Equity Rating and one of the first globally to achieve the rating in multiple locations. By prioritizing diversity, equity, and inclusion for their staff, visitors, and stakeholders, Kimball International can proudly display this rating in all seven of their corporate showrooms.

WELL CERTIFICATIONS:
Kimball International has achieved, and is currently in the process of achieving, WELL certifications for numerous showrooms across the U.S.
You can learn more about the individual projects here:
KIMBALL JASPER:

“We are incredibly proud to achieve WELL Certified Platinum for our corporate headquarters,” said Jessica Gubbins, Senior Director of Brand Marketing, Kimball International. “With one of our guiding principles being ‘Our People are Our Company’ it is incredibly important to us to have an environment that puts the health and safety of our people first, and also gives us the opportunity to share the benefits of being WELL Certified with our guests.”

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Photos courtesy of Kimbal International

Press Releases

https://aahid.org/kimball-international-announces-well-health-safety-rating-for-multiple-corporate-showrooms

https://home.myresourcelibrary.com/kimball-international-announces-achievement-of-the-well-health-safety-rating-for-its-corporate-headquarters/

September 21, 2023September 24, 2023

Global Wave Integration

Global Wave Integration elevates and simplifies everyday living with imagination driven technologies. GWI creates tailored, intelligent spaces for family entertainment, working from home environments, and sophisticated theater experiences through custom lighting, sound, a/v, security and so much more. GWI’s dedicated team is comprised of the region’s finest technology designers and their Showroom is the ideal representation of how their work integrates so perfectly with the WELL Building Standard. GWI has a goal of WELL v2 Platinum level certification for their Showroom.

SIZE: 4,000 SF    

SUSTAINABILITY: Goal of WELL v2 Platinum certification

MARKET SECTOR: Office

LOCATION: Burbank, CA, USA

GWI’s Showroom includes technologies and products that address the WELL Building Standard’s 10 Concepts, including:

Immersive Audio-Visual Displays: High-quality audio and visual setups create an immersive environment, allowing visitors to experience GWI’s solutions in realistic scenarios.
Cutting-Edge Automation: Visitors can witness advanced automation systems controlling lighting, climate, and entertainment systems, demonstrating GWI’s expertise in home automation.
Innovative Control Interfaces: Interactive touch panels, voice commands, and mobile apps showcase the intuitive interfaces through which users manage their smart home systems.
Customization Examples: Different room setups exhibit how GWI tailors solutions to individual preferences, from lighting scenes to personalized entertainment zones.
Energy Efficiency Solutions: Demonstrations of energy-efficient systems such as smart thermostats and solar power integration emphasize GWI’s commitment to sustainable living.
Biophilic Design: The showroom incorporates biophilic elements such as indoor plants, natural materials, and large windows that connect occupants with nature, promoting a sense of well-being.
Circadian Lighting: Innovative circadian lighting systems mimic natural daylight patterns, optimizing occupants’ circadian rhythms, enhancing mood, and supporting healthier sleep-wake cycles.
Acoustic Comfort: Carefully designed acoustic treatments ensure a tranquil environment, reducing noise and enhancing sound quality for stress reduction and relaxation.
Ergonomic Furniture: Showroom spaces are furnished with ergonomically designed furniture, promoting proper posture and comfort, which contributes to overall physical well-being.

GWI’s involvement with WELL certification has played a significant role in helping GWI move into the wellness industry in various ways:

Human-Centric Design: WELL places a strong emphasis on creating spaces that prioritize the health and comfort of occupants. GWI has integrated these principles into its design approach, ensuring that the solutions they offer align with the wellness goals of their clients.
Enhanced Indoor Air Quality: WELL standards emphasize the importance of indoor air quality, including ventilation and filtration systems. GWI has incorporated these guidelines into their projects, promoting healthier living environments for occupants.
Natural Light and Lighting Design: WELL emphasizes access to natural light and the optimization of artificial lighting to support circadian rhythms. GWI’s expertise in lighting design aligns with these principles, enabling them to create spaces that positively impact occupant well-being.
Acoustic Comfort: WELL includes requirements for noise reduction and acoustic comfort. GWI’s solutions consider soundscaping, acoustic treatments, and integrated audio systems to create environments that promote relaxation and reduce stress.
Biophilia Integration: WELL encourages the incorporation of biophilic elements like plants and natural materials to connect occupants with nature. GWI’s designs often include these elements, fostering a sense of well-being and connection to the environment.
Fitness and Movement: GWI’s move into wellness is also seen in their integration of fitness and movement-friendly designs, aligning with WELL’s focus on encouraging physical activity within spaces.
Healthy Materials: WELL encourages the use of non-toxic, sustainable materials. GWI’s choices in materials for their projects are influenced by these considerations, promoting healthier indoor environments.
Educational Opportunities: The WELL certification process involves educating occupants about wellness-promoting features. GWI’s solutions often incorporate educational elements, empowering clients to make the most of their living spaces for their well-being.

To learn more about GWI, their showroom and their services: https://globalwaveintegration.com

August 22, 2022August 22, 2022

IWBI’s Enterprise Provider page discusses how ASAP’s work with T-Mobile supports their WELL at Scale goals

Mission
Buildings and neighborhoods are platforms to protect and enhance our environment, achieve economic prosperity, and ensure equity, health and well-being for all. The focus of the San Diego Green Building Conference and Expo is to showcase how the built environment can contribute to a more sustainable and equitable world. Our mission has always been to inspire, educate and collaborate within our community and we know San Diego is actively contributing to creating a more resilient and sustainable world.

The climate change is affecting us here and now; wildfires, eroding coastlines, catastrophic weather patterns and alarming rates in the rise of CO2 levels and we recognize that our built environment has a large footprint, impacting not only the surrounding environments and communities but the occupants within. As the premier institution for green building resources and education in San Diego, we see an opportunity to bring our community together to inspire real action and ensure positive impact for generations to come.

To learn more click here

December 15, 2021January 15, 2022

Kilroy Receives IWBI 2021 WELL Portfolio Award

January 21, 2021September 24, 2023

T-Mobile Corporate Owned Portfolio

T-Mobile Retail Portfolio

WELL Portfolio, WELL Health-Safety Rating, Retail

July 1, 2021 – T-Mobile US, Inc. is the first wireless provider to earn the WELL Health-Safety Seal. It achieved the rating for the measures it has undertaken at more than 3,200 retail stores, 22 customer experience centers and its Bellevue and Kansas City headquarters — locations that cover a total of nearly 16 million square feet! Starting now, customers and employees can look for the WELL Health-Safety seal at the entrance of most T-Mobile locations.

Jennifer Berthelot-Jelovic and the ASAP team helped T-Mobile earn the rating and associated seal after validating the company’s policies for keeping spaces sanitized and air-filtrated, communicating health and safety efforts, helping employees and customers prepare for possible emergencies and providing essential wellness services such as additional sick leave and vaccines. The Un-carrier also received an innovation credit for being the first wireless provider to make the 988-emergency lifeline immediately available to customers across the country for critical mental health support services.

SIZE: 7,982,523 SF  in 3,394 stores

SUSTAINABILITY: WELL Portfolio

MARKET SECTOR: Retail

LOCATION: USA

T-Mobile is leading the pack as the first wireless provider to earn the WELL Health-Safety rating by rapidly implementing innovative cleaning and sanitization policies, emergency preparedness programs and health resources such as access to mental health and vaccine services, and their efforts are paving the way toward a healthy, resilient recovery for all.

IWBI president and CEO Rachel Hodgdon

Since the very early days of the pandemic, T-Mobile has been focused on doing everything we can to ensure our customers and employees feel healthy and supported when they step into any of our spaces, and this WELL Health-Safety rating reflects our immense dedication to those efforts.

Darcey Estes, Vice President of Corporate Real Estate and Facilities at T-Mobile

January 21, 2021September 24, 2023

Starbucks Portfolio

LEED Volume, LEED Certifications, Retail

In 2008, Starbucks made the commitment to build all new company owned stores worldwide to LEED certification standards by opting into the pilot versions of LEED for Retail (CI/NC) and Volume Build. As the program’s primary author, John Harrison led his internal team at Starbucks to build a unique LEED Volume certification system based on solutions to individual credit and prerequisite requirements. This approach allowed for certification of stores not based on an exact prototype. Using this method enabled international adaptations to documentation and processes, allowing Starbucks to have the maximum sustainable impact across its portfolio.

SIZE: 50 million+ SF globally, 30,000+ stores in over 75 countries, 1,600+ LEED certifications (2.9 million SF)

SUSTAINABILITY: LEED Volume

MARKET SECTOR: Retail

LOCATION: 22 countries/territories — Italy, Spain, Portugal, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, South Korea, China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, India, All 50 U.S. States and the District of Columbia

John and his team at Starbucks provided technical support, quality control oversight and status tracking for the hundreds of individuals who designed, built and commissioned stores globally. John’s leadership, together with the contributions of thousands of design and construction industry professionals worldwide, have made the Starbucks LEED for Retail Volume Build program the most successful green building program of its kind in the world. As a result, millions of customers and Starbucks store partners experience a healthier and more inviting space every day, while the company and the global environment benefit from energy and water savings at unprecedented scales.

Every time you order a Starbucks, you cast a vote for the powerful impact the retail environment can have on our efforts to mitigate climate change and improve the quality of life for all of us.

Rick Redrizzi, Chairman, International WELL Building Institute (IWBI)

As the primary author of the Starbucks LEED for Retail Volume Build program, undoubtedly the most successful green building program of its kind in the world, John took an iconic brand and leveraged its recognition to certify over 1,600 stores in 22 countries/U.S. territories across 4 continents and in all 50 US states.

Mahesh Ramanujam, President & CEO, U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)

Awards

2010 Environmental Leadership A.E.R. – Sustainable Design Awards Starbucks Paris Disney l Paris, France
2010 Global Green Design USA – Sustainable Design Awards Starbucks LEED for Retail Volume Build Program
2011 AIA Seattle – Honor Award, Commendation Starbucks Ohori Park l Fukuoka, Japan
2012 AIA Seattle – Honor Awards, Award of Merit Starbucks Reclamation Drive Thru l Tukwila, WA
2012 Architectural Record – Good Design is Good Business Awards Starbucks Ohori Park l Fukuoka, Japan Starbucks Reclamation Drive Thru l Tukwila, WA
2013 The European Centre for Architecture Art & Design/Chicago Athenaeum – Green Good Design Award for Architecture, European Traveling Exposition Starbucks Ohori Park l Fukuoka, Japan Starbucks Reclamation Drive Thru l Tukwila, WA
2015 Historic Seattle – Best Adaptive Reuse Award Seattle Roastery and Tasting Room l Seattle, WA
2016 The European Centre for Architecture Art & Design/Chicago Athenaeum – Green Good Design Award for Architecture Seattle Roastery and Tasting Room l Seattle, WA
2016 USGBC Los Angeles Chapter – Sustainable Innovation Award Starbucks Highland and Willoughby l Los Angeles, CA
2016 Los Angeles Conservancy – Historic Preservation Award Starbucks Highland and Willoughby l Los Angeles, CA

Portfolio Projects

Photos courtesy of Starbucks

January 21, 2021September 24, 2023

One Paseo

WELL Platinum

One Paseo is a deeper notion of mixed use. Centrally located in Del Mar, California, the campus offers 286,000 SF of Class-A office, including 96,000 SF of retail (over 40 shops). The residential portion has 608 apartments in two buildings — one of which is six stories high and one that is four stories.

Built on a 23-acre site, One Paseo is what Kilroy describes as a farmhouse style with pathways that meander through the project, linking the retail portion to the two office buildings and the apartments.

Amenities in the residential area of One Paseo include a pool, a 6,000 square-foot, two-story fitness center, a lounge with booths for studying or working and a “collision space” where tenants can engage with one another and strike up conversations.

SIZE: ~1,100,000 SF 

SUSTAINABILITY: WELL Platinum

MARKET SECTOR: Office, Mixed Use, Residential

LOCATION: San Diego, CA, USA   

One Paseo is more than a convenient lifestyle. It is an attitude. A spirit of community that, even if you don’t live or work here, invites you to meet up, hang out and join in. From the moment you arrive and easily park your car, you know One Paseo is different. Everything about the place is just…easy. Laid back. User-friendly. Family-friendly. At One Paseo, you can come as you are. It’s stylish but not tragically hip. Cool, but in a warm, welcoming sort of way. And just being here makes a good day better.

The unique thing was we had approximately 60 people prelease with us without ever having seen the project. They basically did it off renderings. That was something I was pleasantly surprised with

Jay Rey-Hipolito, Kilroy Realty’s Vice President of Residential Development

Especially for companies that have high value employees; you want coffee, you want to go to a workout, you want to meet someone after work for dinner — it’s all right there

Nelson Ackerly, Senior Vice President of Kilroy Realty

Project Photos

Photos courtesy of Kilroy Realty

January 21, 2021September 24, 2023

Allsteel Showroom- Boston

WELL Gold

Allsteel Inc., a leading office furniture manufacturer, proudly announces that its Boston showroom at 200 State Street, Suite 400 has achieved WELL Certified™ Gold in the Retail Pilot Program. Designed by Charlie Greene Studio of Chicago, IL, the 12,420-square-foot showroom meets WELL performance standards in multiple categories.

The Boston showroom showcases a distinctive space, aligning their design impact with the local market in both literal and subtle ways. Views of Boston Harbor inspired design elements that evoke buoyancy, including clustered pendant lighting and ombre graphics. The finish selection and accessories reflect an East Coast sensibility with maritime-inspired details.

SIZE: 12,420 SF

SUSTAINABILITY: WELL Gold

MARKET SECTOR: Retail

LOCATION: Boston, MA, USA 

Technology to support collaboration and knowledge sharing is integrated into the design, and applied WELL Building Standard recommendations such as designated eating areas, access to daylight, concrete floors and purposefully placed area rugs ensure the space supports human health and well-being.

The Allsteel Boston showroom is one of five spaces in Boston that has achieved WELL Gold certification

Courtney Moline, Sustainability Manager at Allsteel

Project Photos

Photos courtesy of Charlie Greene Studio

January 21, 2021March 14, 2021

Allsteel Showroom – Los Angeles

Allsteel Showroom - Los Angeles

WELL Gold

Allsteel’s new downtown Los Angeles Resource Center achieved WELL Certified™ Gold in the Retail Pilot Program. The 10,222 square foot showroom set goals to enhance indoor air quality; provide access to water, natural light, and healthy foods; promote fitness, comfort, and mindfulness; and serve as an example of design initiatives that can foster wellness.

Designed for flexibility, the Los Angeles showroom features acoustical clouds and a power and data grid to support changing furniture and technology solutions. Wellness-focused elements include a calming materials palette and a high-performance all-day cafe. Ample access to daylight is accompanied by dramatic 34th-floor views of the hills and downtown Los Angeles.

SIZE: 10,222 SF 

SUSTAINABILITY: WELL Gold

SECTOR: Retail

PROJECT TYPE: Retail Pilot

LOCATION: Downtown Los Angeles, CA, USA 

Here is what they did:

Almost all of Allsteel’s products are Indoor Advantage Gold certified, including their Beyond glass and solid wall systems, which meets the VOC requirements for furniture in WELL.
Regular cleaning is performed in the space with green cleaners and equipment that meet WELL’s requirements to help maintain a clean indoor environment. By using green cleaners and equipment, we’re making sure we don’t introduce chemicals that could adversely impact our indoor air quality.
Nearly every spot in the showroom provides access to natural light and outdoor views. An open-plan space promotes access to natural light and helps show off the expansive views of downtown Los Angeles. Lower-height panels and glass walls in conference rooms were incorporated into the design to help ensure views were unobstructed.
The café area was designed to be an inviting location for people to come together and eat, gather for a meeting, or sit and enjoy the views of downtown LA.
The LA showroom is located in the City National Plaza, which has a Walk Score of 99 (out of 100), meaning that it is located in a “Walker’s Paradise,” and that daily errands from this spot do not require a car. It also has a Transit Score of 100, meaning that there are a variety of public transit options to support getting people to the space.
Three sides of the Allsteel showroom are exterior walls with large windows. The windows provide natural light, views of the outdoors, and additional warmth, when the sun is shining through.

Allsteel’s Los Angeles showroom was the first project in the world to achieve WELL Certified Gold in the Retail Pilot program. Efforts are currently underway for WELL certification of the Chicago showroom as Allsteel continues to support the health and wellbeing of its employees and customers

Courtney Moline, Sustainability Manager at Allsteel