Herman Miller Keyboard_Mouse Supports - Environmental Product Summary - Manual

Environmental Product Summary
Thrive ™ Portfolio
Keyboard/Mouse Supports
Design Story: Supporting Ergonomic Comfort
Providing better, more effective products to connect
individuals to their work is one of the key goals of the
Thrive Portfolio, whose products include keyboard and
mouse supports.
These keyboard/mouse supports, designed specifi-
cally for Herman Miller, let computer users achieve
the most ergonomic and healthful seated postures.
Such postures let users sit more comfortably with less
shoulder, neck, and wrist strain.
Keyboard/mouse support mechanisms, made from
steel, let users set their keyboard and mouse at the
proper height and angle. The fully adjustable mecha-
nism also includes a position indicator so users can
maintain their preferred height setting and keyboard
angle. The comfort surface tray with mouse tray holds
a detached keyboard, mouse, and “mouse house”—
a container that holds the mouse when the keyboard
support is moved under the work surface.
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?
Cradle to Cradle Certified CM
The fully adjustable keyboard/mouse supports are
Cradle to Cradle Certified
CM Gold. This means that
these keyboard/mouse supports have been evaluated
for their 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
Keyboard/mouse support components are constructed
from steel, aluminum, and plastic.
Keyboard/Mouse Support, Fully Adjustable with
HDPE tray (Y7727.1G)
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® Y and Z are among the registered trademarks of Herman Miller, Inc.
TM Thrive is among the service marks of Herman Miller, Inc.
Cradle to Cradle Certified CM is a certification mark licensed by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute.
® GREENGUARD is a registered trademark of the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute.
© 2012 Herman Miller, Inc., Zeeland, Michigan
STEEL 59%
PLASTIC 40%
POWERCOAT 1%
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