Tricycle to Sponsor ASID Research

Washington, DC, March 20, 2006--A group of nationally recognized green building experts, including Building Green, Kirsten Childs Associates and the 7group, have been chosen by the ASID to develop its new sustainable design curriculum. The curriculum will be delivered through a variety of media, from printed pieces to CEU courses. Topics to be covered include sustainable materials and products, references guides, indoor environmental air quality, selling green design, and the larger picture of integrated design and global impacts. This research will go a long way toward ensuring that sustainability becomes deeply embedded in the industry and in conversations with clients and the public. As a company with an established record in sustainability, Tricycle was invited to be a sponsor the research papers and CEU sessions. Other sponsors to date include Steelcase and Lightolier. The papers will be previewed this week at Interiors ‘06, and released later this spring. As the LEED program has expanded its focus into existing spaces and the Carpet America Recovery Effort works to reduce the 4.6 billion pounds of post-consumer carpet going to landfill every year, award-winning SIM from Tricycle is reducing design waste by providing a usable alternative sample. SIM is digital modeling of carpet, used by manufacturers to replace samples during schematic design and the early rounds of sampling. It is delivered, within 24 hours of request, as a paper print that requires zero oil, 95% less energy and water, and is 100% recyclable. In 2005, 37,700 SIM prints were sent as alternative samples, conserving more than 9,400 gallons of oil and keeping 56,500 pounds of carpet out of landfill. Unlike previous attempts at sample alternatives, SIM is color-accurate and realistically textured. SIM also cuts down on the need for overburdened sample libraries, which as non-billable space are black holes for a design firm’s overhead. "SIM is part of a larger (r)evolution in today’s digital age," a company spokesperson said. "Today, for the first time in history, we can create something without manufacturing it in the process. Music is data. Images are data. Cars are built as data, driven as data, even crash-tested before a single rivet is popped. If we can make without taking, why accept wasted time, resources, and space created by the design process? Why accept waste at all?"

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