Herman Miller 5000 Series Furniture - 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
5000 Series Desking
Design Story: Precision Modularity, Flexible
Possibilities
Herman Miller’s 5000 Series metal desking products
are designed to be durable, easy to work with, and
completely compatible. These desks, credenzas,
returns, bridges, peninsulas, and desk-mounted
flipper door units and screens can be mixed and
matched to fit the space and task.
Quality and durability assure 5000 Series components
a long and useful life; the predominance of steel and
wood across the product line make them largely
recyclable, as well.
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
The 5000 Series is certified level 1. The level conformance
mark ensures a comprehensive, independent, and
impartial assessment of the environmental and social
impacts of a product.
Material Content
The 5000 Series components are constructed from
steel, wood, aluminum, and other materials.
The 5000 Series is 79 percent recyclable at the end of
its useful life.
The 5000 Series is comprised of 41-percent recycled
materials. This figure breaks down to 20-percent
pre-consumer and 21-percent post-consumer recycled
content.
• Most laminate and veneer 5000 Series
worksurfaces may be ordered as FSC ®
certified products.
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® Y and Z is among the registered trademarks of Herman Miller, Inc.
® 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 72%
WOOD 18%
ALUMINUM 6%
OTHER 4%
POST-CONSUMER
RECYCLED CONTENT 21%
PRE-CONSUMER
RECYCLED CONTENT 20%