Herman Miller Tu Storage - Environmental Product Summary - Manual

Our sustainability goals by the year 2020:
• Zero carbon footprint
• Zero landfill
• Zero hazardous waste generation
• Zero air emissions (VOCs)
• Zero process water use
• 100 percent renewable electrical energy use via renewable
energy credits and a power purchase agreement
• Company buildings constructed to a minimum
LEED Silver certification
• 100 percent of sales from DfE approved products
Environmental Product Summary
Tu ™ Filing and Storage Furniture
Design Story: Expansive Offering
With its large filing and storage offering, Tu does it all,
efficiently, without frills. Practical and down-to-business,
it is a great value, focused on essential function without
sacrificing quality, choice, or refined looks.
Tu components are made of welded steel, so from
an environmental perspective their durability assures
many years of dependable use.
Herman Miller’s Design Protocol
Our commitment to corporate sustainability naturally
includes minimizing the environmental impact of each
of our products. Our Design for Environment team (DfE)
applies environmentally sensitive design standards to
both new and existing Herman Miller products.
The DfE Design Protocol goes beyond regulatory
compliance to thoroughly evaluate new product
designs in four key areas:
• Material Chemistry and Safety of Inputs—
What chemicals are in the materials we specify, and
are they the safest available?
• Disassembly—Can we take products apart at the
end of their useful life, to recycle their materials?
• Recyclability—Do the materials contain recycled
content, and more importantly, can the materials be
recycled at the end of the product’s useful life?
• LCA—Have we optimized the product based on the
entire life cycle?
level ® Certification
Tu filing and storage is certified level 2. The level
conformance mark ensures a comprehensive,
independent, and impartial assessment of the
environmental and social impacts of a product.
Cradle to Cradle Certification
Tu filing and storage is Cradle to Cradle Certified CM
Silver. This means that Tu filing and storage has been
evaluated for its material health, and is designed
for material reuse in a closed loop system, such as
recycling or composting. It is assembled using 100%
renewable energy.
Material Content
Tu filing and storage is constructed from steel and
other materials.
Tu components are up to 98 percent recyclable at the
end of their useful life.
Tu filing and storage is comprised of up to 34-percent
recycled materials. This figure breaks down to 23-percent
to 28-percent post-consumer recycled content and
5-percent to 6-percent pre-consumer recycled content.
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® Y and Z are among the registered trademarks of Herman Miller, Inc.
TM Tu is among the trademarks of Herman Miller, Inc.
Cradle to Cradle Certified CM is a certification mark licensed by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute.
® level is a trademark of BIFMA International.
Only the products that are identified as such on this document are FSC® certified.
® GREENGUARD is a registered trademark of the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute.
© 2012 Herman Miller, Inc., Zeeland, Michigan
STEEL 77-97%
OTHER 3-23%
POST-CONSUMER
RECYCLED CONTENT 23-28%
PRE-CONSUMER
RECYCLED CONTENT 5-6%