Herman Miller Canvas Office Landscape Group-Based - 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
Canvas Office Landscape ™ Group-Based
Design Story: Simple, Responsive, Comprehensive
At Herman Miller, we invented systems furniture. So
it’s not surprising we are leading the way to a simpler,
more responsive, and more comprehensive way to
create interiors. Canvas Office Landscape, conceived
with designers Jeffrey Bernett and Nicholas Dodziuk
and built upon the designs of Doug Ball and Joey
Ruiter, creates a broad range of work environments
for individuals, groups, and entire organizations.
Canvas has a simple set of elements that combine to
vary the features of the office topography. No matter
which elements are chosen, they link in a holistic way,
so there is balance among the elements that enliven
spaces. Thus, Canvas can be used to express an
organization’s perspective. In doing so, Canvas always
keeps people in the foreground, giving them choices
about where and how to work, variety in the types of
spaces available, and ways to further the human
connections that lead to new ideas.
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?
Material Content
Canvas group-based components are constructed from
steel, cement, wood, plastic, and other materials.
Standing Screens–Markerboard or Tackboard
Team Wall
Team Wall, Technology Module
Team Wall, Technology Module with Peninsula
Canvas group-based components are up to 85 percent
recyclable at the end of their useful life.
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Only the products that are identified as such on this document are FSC® certified.
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WOOD 74-79%
STEEL 13-15%
LAMINATE 4-12%
FABRIC 0-1%
OTHER 1%
WOOD 77-86%
STEEL 6-14%
PLASTIC 3-5%
OTHER 3-5%