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Viccarbe renews its SCS Indoor Advantage™ Gold certification
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Viccarbe renews its SCS Indoor Advantage™ Gold certification

2 October, 2026

We spend much of our day indoors: at the office, in hotels and restaurants, in classrooms, at home. The air we breathe in these places also depends on the objects that furnish them. That is why Viccarbe’s indoor seating and table collections have renewed their SCS Indoor Advantage™ Gold certification, which this year extends to a new group of products.

Air, the part of design you cannot see

The influence of design on society reaches beyond form. It extends to the quality of life people find in the interiors they inhabit. At Viccarbe, we see every piece as a balance of design, function, and the well-being of the person who uses it, and the air in a room is part of that well-being.

Some materials release volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into the air of a room. Keeping those emissions below strict limits is a concrete way to support a healthy indoor environment, especially in the places where we spend the most hours.

Private office with a Trestle table, two Noha chairs with cantilever bases and a Noha Executive chair on casters
Noha Executive, Noha and Trestle in a private office, all covered by the SCS Indoor Advantage™ Gold certification.Interior rendering of a private office with wood-paneled walls and large windows. A Noha Executive chair on a five-caster base sits behind a Trestle table, facing two Noha chairs with cantilever bases, an option included in this year's renewed certification.

What the certification guarantees

The certification is granted by SCS Global Services, a certification body accredited by ANAB (ANSI National Accreditation Board). Indoor Advantage™ Gold is the highest level of indoor air quality performance that SCS awards to furniture, and it assures that products meet strict emission limits for VOCs.

The certification is based on testing by independent laboratories against three international references:

  • The ANSI/BIFMA M7.1/X7.1-2011 (R2021) Furniture Emissions Standard.
  • The indoor air quality credits of the ANSI/BIFMA e3-2024 standard.
  • The California Department of Public Health CDPH/EHLB Standard Method (CA 01350) v1.2-2017, which for seating also covers school classroom settings.

Beyond testing, SCS audits the quality management system at our facility in Valencia and reviews the scope of the certification at each annual renewal.

What’s new in 2026

The renewed certification is valid from September 6, 2026, to September 5, 2027, and includes two collections introduced this year:

  • Missiva, by Luca Pevere, in its sofa, lounge chair, bench, and low table versions. The designer’s first collaboration with Viccarbe, it is a system built around the idea of connection. It begins with a sofa that becomes an lounge chair,, pouf, or bench as arms and backrests are added or removed, and is completed by a family of low tables. Its name refers to the seam that runs along the piece, recalling the flap of an envelope.
  • Vetona, by Rubén Mateos Brea, a side table whose height adjusts freely between 50 and 72 cm (19.7 and 28.3 in). Placed beside sofas and lounge chairs, it serves as a surface for different uses, from compact settings to larger areas.
Lounge area with an olive green Missiva sofa in a corner layout and a Vetona height-adjustable side table holding a laptop
Missiva and Vetona, this year's additions to the SCS Indoor Advantage™ Gold certification.Interior rendering of a lounge area with large windows and natural light. A Missiva sofa upholstered in olive green, with a curved side panel in brown, is arranged in a corner layout beside a Vetona side table with a laptop on top and a low table.

The certification also covers the new dimensions of Foro, Burin, and Cambio. It also includes new finishes and options for collections that were already certified: chrome finishes for Noha, Perxa, Quadra, Maarten, and Aleta Executive; the cantilever base for Noha; new colors for Trestle, Trivio, Maarten, Cambio, and Burin; and compact tabletops in white, beige, and carob.

For architects and interior designers

Certified products also meet the low-emitting materials criteria for furniture of USGBC LEED 2009 and v4, as well as CHPS 2009 (EQ2.2.3). Certificates SCS-IAQ-11049 (seating) and SCS-IAQ-11050 (tables) can be downloaded from the Professional Area.

A good interior is also measured by what you cannot see. The air in a room is part of how that room is lived in, and we keep working on it with every collection

SCS Global Services Certified Indoor Air Quality seal, Indoor Advantage Gold Furniture, over a Vetona side table with a teal column beside a beige sofa
SCS Indoor Advantage™ Gold: seating and tables certified for indoor air quality.SCS Indoor Advantage™ Gold seal, granted by SCS Global Services, over an interior with a Vetona side table with a height-adjustable teal column, a glass and a book on top, next to a beige sofa and a plant.

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