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An evaluation and certification system for environmentally-preferable and socially-responsible office furniture.

How far does LEVEL go in measuring sustainability?

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When buying “sustainable” furniture, there’s often a question of how far the label goes in measuring the environmental attributes of the product. What about attributes beyond materials; elements like chemicals and the processes involved in making those materials? What about the well-being of the people in the manufacturing process? For commercial furniture there’s a lot to consider, and at the same time there are a lot of environmental claims. So how can you make a responsible choice that meets a project’s aesthetic and environmental needs?

Fortunately, there’s LEVEL by BIFMA.

LEVEL was created to deliver the most open and transparent means of evaluating and communicating the environmental and social impacts of furniture products in the built environment.

Product selection is hard, especially when it comes to environmental considerations. But LEVEL makes it easier to make informed specifying decisions and recommend the right products to your clients.

LEVEL provides manufacturers, both big and small, with a consistent structure to communicate environmental and social characteristics to the marketplace in a clear, easily understood manner.

Understanding standards can be a complex undertaking. Understanding a multi-attribute sustainability standard for furniture is no different. That’s why we developed a continuing education program for the A&D community, facility managers, commercial building owners, end users, dealers, and manufacturers to understand the specifics of the ANSI/BIFMA e3 Furniture Sustainability Standard and LEVEL third-party certification program for furniture.

These are some of the different types of levels you can use to establish true vertical and true horizontal.

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In making or repairing small rectangular objects, a square is invaluable in helping ensure the joints are tight and the overall shape is true and square. But for a fixed structure, the scale of a mere square, even a framing square, doesn’t permit it to provide all the answers.

Enter the level and its partner, the plumb. These tools are used to establish true vertical and true horizontal.

The key element in a level is the sealed glass or plastic tube containing water, alcohol, chloroform, or some other clear liquid. The tube or vial is slightly curved and has two parallel lines drawn at its center. The vial is nearly filled, leaving an all-important air bubble. The vial is then precisely mounted in the body of the level.

No matter what size the level, its function depends upon that tiny air pocket in the vial. Since the specific gravity of the fluid is greater than that of air, the bubble always rises to the highest point in the vial. When the frame of the tool is precisely level, the bubble will be aligned between the two hairlines at the center of the vial.

The bubble tube or vial can be mounted in a variety of instruments. Some are fixed permanently in place at the time of manufacture, others are adjustable or replaceable. the most common kinds of levels are described below:

Carpenter’s Level
These levels come in many sizes, as two-, four-, six-, and eight-foot models are commonly available. For the tasks most of us address, one each of the two-foot and four-foot varieties will be sufficient.

Two-foot levels consisting of a wooden body and one or more bubble tubes are generally called carpenter’s level. Typically, such levels are about three inches high and an inch or so deep.

Two-foot and four-foot models alike usually have three bubble vials, one at each end mounted transversely for establishing true vertical, and one mounted at the center along the length of level for horizontal leveling. For generations, carpenter’s levels have been made of handsome (and very stable) woods like rosewood, ebony, and mahogany.

Mason’s Level
Mason’s levels are usually four feet or longer. Two things to keep in mind: the longer the level, the greater the accuracy — and that when working in cramped quarters, an overlong level is useless. So having a nine-inch torpedo level in your kit is probably a good idea. There are smaller one, too, as short as an inch in length.

For odd jobs around the house, the two-foot length is easily stored, and used. The four-foot level is handiest for cabinet installation.

Vials are replaceable in many new models. Some levels also have a vial set at a 45-degree angle to the length of the tool. This allows you to determine proper position for braces and other angled pieces.

Torpedo Level
Typically nine inches long and tapered at the ends, the torpedo level is sometimes also known as a canoe or boat-shaped level. The body of the level contains two or three spirit tubes. The torpedo level is handiest when working in tight quarters. It’s small enough to be put to use in spaces that are too cramped for longer levels. The torpedo level will also fit comfortably into a pants pocket.

Line Level
Not much larger than the vial it contains, the line level is designed to be hung from a taut string stretched between two points. Hooks at either end of the line level’s body attach to the line at roughly the midpoint of the reach. As with other levels, when the bubble is centered between the vertical markings on the vial, the line to which the level is attached is true.

Line levels are used by masons, but carpenters, too, often find them handy when framing a new floor or ceiling, or in squaring off an old ceiling. Lining up concrete piers or fence posts, or checking the pitch of a driveway or gutter are other tasks that can be done conveniently with the line level.

Note that a sagging string will almost guarantee a misleading reading, so be sure to keep the string taut. Despite this precaution, however, you should keep in mind that even the tightest of strings sags perceptibly, which means a line level has limited accuracy. The line level should not be used where precision is all-important, but in foundation work and rough carpentry, it’s a handy tool indeed.

Water Level
The water level consists of a length of flexible plastic tubing or hose (typically, three-eighth-inch outside diameter, a quarter inch inside). At the ends of the tubing are rigid plastic cylinders set on bases that hold the cylinders upright. Water is contained within the device, usually with a few drops of food coloring added to make the water levels easier to read. On commercially available models, calibrations are printed on the cylinders.

Rather than relying on a single bubble, the water level relies on Pascal’s law which, in its simplest terms, states that water always seeks its own level. In practice, then, you set the two cylinders atop the two surfaces you want leveled with one another; the connecting tube can assume any position as long as it is below the level of the water-filled cylinders. If the surfaces are the same height, the water level in the two cylinders will be level; when the cylinders are not level with one another, the water in the device will be in the high zone at one end

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