Green Retail Design

Located in downtown Atlanta is the new 7000 sq. ft. showroom of the Interface company, a premier floor covering manufacturer who also happens to be a leading advocate of sustainable design initiatives. The TVS Design firm who designed the showroom, was called upon to create a space that is "convenient to the client's customers, allowing for exceptional flexibility in display and mock-ups of their multiple products, tells the client's image story, provides working space for staff, supports urban redevelopment and offers an effective entertainment environment for the company-sponsored special events."All of this was to be accomplished while being consistent to the company's sustainable design principles. The project was designed and produced under the guidelines of the LED CI pilot program and eventually was LED's first platinum (the highest level) certified project in the U.S. It is just one of 60 highly successful environmentally-friendly design projects featured in Green Retail Design, the first book-form compilation of the most successful and sustainable green retail design initiatives around the world.
Included here are green retail design projects from department and big box operations to small boutiques and vendor shops; fashion and fashion accessory stores to outdoor clothing and traveling paraphernalia stores; electronic stores to hardware stores; specialty food arenas from markets, supermarkets, and trade show stands to exhibits, and food stores attached to boutique cafe and bars. Each green retail design project featured showcases a wealth of lavish full-color photographs, descriptive text explaining how the green designs were conceived, how their plans were drawn up, what materials were physically needed to create them, plus a "design statement" provided by either the firm's principal or its lead architect and/or designer/s stating in their words how the retail space's "greening" was accomplished and what makes it successful and sustainable.
Projects in Green Retail Design are arranged by RE-USE/ RE-PURPOSE/ RECYCLE/ RE-PROFIT principles, and include top green retail spaces from around the world--not just those that are LEED certified in the U.S. It is a must-have for environmentally-friendly businesses, designers, and architects around the world.