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The following pages document Adden’s potential contributions

toward LEED-CI project credits. Please review with your

architectural or design professional to confirm the appropriate and

thebeginning MATERIALSSustainable resources and regionally available material

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most relevant “Green Building Standard” for your specific project

Sustainable resources and regionally available material

sources minimize carbon footprint. Adden utilizes North

America hardwoods, which offer unequalled sustainability...

There is 45% more hardwood forest today than 45 years ago.

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thefuture CONSERVATION

Responsible manufacturing processes inside and out such as

flat-line finishing and water based glues produce ZERO VOC

emissions during manufacture and for life of product...

Creates a cleaner environment inside and out for life.

thefuture CONSERVATIONHolistic approach to green produces “sustainable products”

that can be revived to a second life. It’s about conservation...

RENEW and REUSE produce less CO2 emissions and a

smaller carbon footprint than recycling.

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Credit 3.3 Resource Reuse, 30% Furniture & Furnishings 1

1. This does not apply to new projects, but very much applies to the essence of renew and reuse. For details, please see “Environmental Quality Initiatives” on page-4 to learn more about how Adden products did not involve recycling, rather, were restored and revived to a second life at Cornell University and the University of Rochester.

Credit 4.1 Recycled Content, 10% (post consumer + ½ pre-consumer) 1Credit 4.2 Recycled Content, 20% (post consumer + ½ pre-consumer) 1

1. CARTONING: Half of all Adden corrugated boxes and cartoning are of 100% Post Consumer Paper

2. CARTONING: Recycled content in the other half of Adden’s corrugated packaging is in excess of 35% recycled paper for unwaxed product. This content can be as high as 81% depending on the required board combination or ECT. The exception is a 275# Mullen or 44 ECT where a 23-24% recycled content is achieved. This is due to the 80% of virgin fibers in heavy weight liners used in this particular combination. For stacking performance, another combination is utilized which contains in excess of 35% recycled fiber.

3 METAL BED SPRINGS Add t l b d i i d f l t 100% l d t i l All ll d 3. METAL BED SPRINGS: Adden metal bed springs are comprised of almost 100% recycled materials. All re-rolled angle for head and side rails comes from recycled railroad tracks. Springs and clips come from scrap steel which is made into rods that are then drawn down into wire. Coil steel is processed steel scrap that is melted down and produced by mini mills such as Nucor. Even the paint process used (powder coating), is more environmentally friendly than liquid because of the liquid chemicals used and the disposal of liquid paint. The powder system is a closed loop system so unused powder is continuously reused.

4. FLAT LINE FINISHING: 100% of run-off from rolled on flat-line finishing process is reclaimed, filtered and reused.


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Credit 5.1 Regional Materials, 20% Manufactured Regionally 1

1. Adden manufactures in Lowell, MA and Hildebran, NC.

Credit 5.2 Regional Materials, 10% Extracted and Manufactured Regionally 1

1. Adden manufactures in Lowell, MA and Hildebran, NC.

2. Adden utilizes lumber from Pennsylvania, New York and the Southeast. See Credit below. y ,

Credit 6 Rapidly Renewable Materials 1

1. Adden room furniture products are available in Plyboo®, a bamboo based product consisting of bamboo veneer on a solid bamboo lumber core. After harvesting, Bamboo regenerates within six years.

Credit 7 Certified Wood 1

1. Adden room furniture, tables and chairs are available in FSC Certified Wood, with “Chain of Custody” Certification, subject to availability and market pricing. Certificate enclosed.

90% of Pennsylvania lumber used is from certified sustainably managed forests. Pennsylvania is a national leader in the implementation and promotion of sustainable forestry practices. Pennsylvania has 16.7 million acres of hardwood forest, covering 58% of the state’s land mass, compared to the 1900’s when forest coverage was reduced to 30% caused by over cutting. Today Pennsylvania has essentially the same number of forested acres as it did in 1989 and more than in 1955. Lumber is certified by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Currently 2 4 million Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). Currently, 2.4 million acres of forest in Pennsylvania are certified by FSC, with the balance falling under SFI, a voluntary industry-sponsored program promoting sustainable forest management. Timber harvesting operations are subject to regulation related to streams crossing, wetland disturbance, soil erosion, etc.

Pennsylvania has one of the nation’s largest concentrations of hardwood including Red Oak, Red Maple (Soft Maple), Cherry, and Sugar Maple (Hard Maple), with 90% of Pennsylvania lumber harvested from these sustainably managed forests.


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Environmental Quality & Initiatives Miscellaneous

Wood Glue ZERO VOC Emissions

1. Adden water based wood glue produces ZERO emissions at time of manufacture and for life of product.

Foam Glue ZERO VOC Emissions

1. Adden water based foam glue produces ZERO emissions at time of manufacture and for life of product.

Finish ZERO VOC Emissions

1. Adden flat line finishing room furniture produces ZERO emissions at time of manufacture and for life of product.

Facility EPA Lowest Emissions Rating

1. Adden room furniture, upholstered seating, tables and chair operations qualify for lowest EPA emissions rating.

Fabric Eco-friendly Fabrics

1. A complete line of eco-friendly fabrics are offered.

Reuse Better than Recycling

1. After nearly twenty years of service, Cornell University and the University of Rochester each invested approximately $250,000 to refurbish Adden furniture they purchased in the early 1980's but judged to have sufficient useful life remaining to warrant that expenditure. Solid Northern Red Oak tops and drawer fronts were

Preservation Historic Buildings

1. In the interest of recycling and reuse, Adden Furniture has actively sought to acquire abandoned historic buildings. Working with local historic preservation committees, Adden has successfully restored such buildings to safe and productive facilities.

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Environmentally Responsible & Sustainable Material SourcesDONATIONS What could be more sustainable than material NOT recycled, but REUSED?

In addition to the previously mentioned second life reuse at University of Rochester and Cornell In addition to the previously mentioned second life reuse at University of Rochester and Cornell University (NY), Adden regularly donates or coordinates the placement of SOLID Hardwood furniture University (NY), Adden regularly donates or coordinates the placement of SOLID Hardwood furniture from original customers to facilities serving the poor and disadvantaged.from original customers to facilities serving the poor and disadvantaged.

From: [email protected]: [email protected]: 4/8/2008 1:42:09 P M Eastern Daylight TimeSent: 4/8/2008 1:42:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight TimeRE: FTP Donations from Adden Furniture

Jay,

Total donations on our AS400 system says since 7/31/03 through year 2007, Adden Furniture donated$1,370,209.27. This represents 15 shipments ranging in value amounts from a low of $26,400 to a highof $218,785.32. The highest total value year was 2007. Thanks for all you do for FFP. We do appreciate it.

Regards,

Bonnie LayManager – The Goods and Kind DepartmentFROM: Founded in 1982, Food For The Poor is the second largest international relief organization in the United States, according to the

Chronicle of Philanthropy; the organization serves the poorest of the poor in 16 countries throughout the Caribbean and LatinAmerica. To learn more, visit: www.foodforthepoor.org

YEARYEAR UNIVERSITY/INSTITUTIONUNIVERSITY/INSTITUTION STST COORDINATORCOORDINATOR LOCATIONLOCATION VALUEVALUE RECIPIENTRECIPIENT

2007 Catholic University of America DC Helping Up Mission Baltimore $400,000 Baltimore Men's Mission

2007 Cornell University Washington DC Mission of Love MD $20,000 Mission of Love

2007 Adden Furniture, Inc. MA Harbor Homes NH $60,000 Buckingham Veterans Shelter

2006 St. Mary's College of MD MD Community/Creative Non-Violence $300,000 DC Homeless Shelters

2005 Morgan State University MD Helping Up Mission Baltimore $40,000 Baltimore Men's Mission

2005 Virginia Commonwealth University VA Food for The Poor/DC (not above) $120,000 Haiti & Jamaica

2004 Catholic University of America DC Central Union Mission DC $100,000 Camp Bennett MD

2000 US Army - Ft. Dix NJ Food for The Poor/DC (not above) $800,000 Haiti & Jamaica


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TOTALTOTAL $1,920,000$1,920,000

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Business Needs: The Criterion for Environmental Decisions

Adden endeavors to achieve a truly integrated, holistic approach to environmental compliance and

production concerns. Adden believes in a plant-wide perspective that simultaneously reviews new

regulations, plant operations, emerging technologies, changing markets and fluctuations in product

demand. It is this type of holistic approach that leads to the environment becoming a criterion for making

P R O D U C T L I F E C Y C L EBeyond required adherence to current compliance obligations,

Adden’s primary contribution to environmental concerns involves

business decisions and business needs the criteria for making environmental decisions.

C O M M I T M E N T & C O M P L I A N C EAdden Furniture, Inc., a Massachusetts based manufacturer of

furniture and seating, is rigorously committed to maintaining the Adden s primary contribution to environmental concerns involves

the life cycle of its products. Through both materials and

manufacturing methodology Adden’s furniture and seating are

constructed to endure challenging living, learning and healing

environments for twenty-five to fifty years. Many products are

constructed of solid hardwoods which often can be revived to a

furniture and seating, is rigorously committed to maintaining the

highest possible environmental standards and quality throughout

its workplace and inherent in its products. Adden Furniture, Inc.

maintains compliance with all municipal, Commonwealth of

Massachusetts and State of North Carolina Department of

Environmental Protection and United States Environmental

second life through maintenance, repair and restoration.Protection Agency requirements and regulations. Adden’s

environmental consciousness permeates every aspect of its

operations -- from materials and product design through

manufacture, recovery, preservation and restoration.


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Virescent... “the process of becoming green”

Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and Adden Furniture

collaborated to create SAGE…

A significant commitment to the principal of renew, reuse and

recycle coalesced in a product line incorporating the inherently

responsible virtues of Bamboo solids and veneers and solid Beech.

Developed in a unique green collaboration with the Rhode Island

School of Design. Installed in August of 2005.

MOST ADDEN ROOM FURNITURE SERIES ARE AVAILABLE IN PLYBOO®


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green furniture and seating from

environmentally sustainable materials and

environmentally responsible manufacturing

What could be more sustainable than North American hardwoods?

Adden Furniture uses North American hardwoods in the construction of many of its Casegoods, Seating, Tables

and Chairs, utilizing responsible, environmentally friendly and sustainable material sources. North American

hardwood forests are considered the best managed in the world, employing over two million annually. Over the

past forty-five years there has been a constant increase in the supply of North American hardwoods, averaging

over 1% annually i.e. there is 45% more hardwood forest today than forty-five years ago. Currently 94% of all

North American hardwood forests are privately owned, managed and continually replenished.

SOURCE: World Resources Institute (www.wri.org)

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