Herman Miller Canvas Office Landscape Filing and Storage Wood User Manual

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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

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

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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 filing and storage wood components are constructed from steel, cement, wood, plastic, and other materials.

level® Certification

Canvas filing and storage wood is certified level 2. The level conformance mark ensures a comprehensive, independent, and impartial assessment of the environmental and social impacts of a product.

Canvas filing and storage wood components are up to 34 percent recyclable at the end of their useful life.

• Lateral—34% recyclable

• Pedestal—29% recyclable

• Tower—9% recyclable

• Credenza—23% recyclable

Canvas filing and storage wood components are comprised of approximately 65-percent to 87-percent recycled materials. This figure breaks down as:

• Lateral—3% post-consumer and 62% pre-consumer

• Pedestal—5% post-consumer and 67% pre-consumer

• Tower—2% post-consumer and 85% pre-consumer

• Credenza—3% post-consumer and 72% pre-consumer

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Environmental Product Summary

Canvas Office Landscape

Materials Recycled Content

Lateral

WOOD 66%

STEEL 10%

PLASTIC 1%

OTHER 1%

Pedestal

WOOD 70%

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Lateral

POST-CONSUMER RECYCLED CONTENT 3%

CEMENT 23%

Pedestal

POST-CONSUMER RECYCLED CONTENT 5%

STEEL 18%

PRE-CONSUMER RECYCLED CONTENT 62%

PRE-CONSUMER RECYCLED CONTENT 67%

Tower

Credenza

CEMENT 10%

PLASTIC 1%

OTHER 1%

WOOD 90%

STEEL 9%

PLASTIC 1%

WOOD 76%

CEMENT 12%

STEEL 11%

PLASTIC 1%

Tower

POST-CONSUMER RECYCLED CONTENT 2%

PRE-CONSUMER RECYCLED CONTENT 85%

Credenza

POST-CONSUMER RECYCLED CONTENT 3%

PRE-CONSUMER RECYCLED CONTENT 72%

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Environmental Product Summary

Canvas Office Landscape

• Steel components contain approximately 35 percent recycled content and are 100 percent recyclable.

• Wood, while not technically recyclable, can be cycled back to the natural environment, such as through composting. The wood content in our work surfaces and storage unit substrates is comprised of 100-percent reclaimed wood, as certified by the Composite Panel Associations EPP. This wood content is made primarily of sawdust generated by other wood process operations. Additionally, wood waste from our operations can be burned in our energy center, which generates steam that we use in our operations facilities.

• All veneers used are purchased from suppliers practicing responsible forestry techniques.

– Approximately 60-80 percent of veneers are derived

from domestically grown woods, notably cherry.

–Responsibly harvested, rapidly renewable

bamboo work surface veneer is also available.

– All veneers are adhered to the substrate with

water-based glues to minimize air emissions.

• Plastic components are identified with an ASTM recycling code whenever possible, to aid in returning these materials to the recycling stream.

• Returnable Packaging—Canvas’ packaging materials include corrugated cardboard and expanded polystyrene foam. These materials are part of a closed-loop recycling system, meaning they can be recycled repeatedly.

– Whenever possible, shipments between

Herman Miller and its suppliers include the use of pallets and other returnable packaging to minimize waste.

–On large North American orders, disposable

packaging can be replaced with reusable shipping blankets.

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Indoor Air Quality

Canvas is GREENGUARD® certified as alow-emitting product that meets current indoor air quality standards.

Corporate Environmental Policy

For more information on Herman Miller’s Corporate Environmental Policy and other environmental efforts, see our Environmental Advocacy brochure, or visit the “Environmental Advocacy” section of HermanMiller. com.

Supplier Support

At Herman Miller, we are committed to working closely with our suppliers to reduce our collective impact on the environment. We not only encourage our suppliers to minimize their operations’ environmental impacts but require they assist us in decreasing our facilities’ negative environmental effects, as well.

LEED

Canvas filing and storage may contribute to LEED credits due to its returnable/reusable packaging, durability, pre-consumer recycled content, and post-consumer content. Depending on location, Canvas filing and storage also may contribute to a LEED Regional Materials credit. Please refer to http://hermanmiller.com/ecoScorecard or contact your Herman Miller representative for detailed LEED information.

It’s important to note that no interior furnishings, individually or collectively, can guarantee a specific number of points for LEED certification.

• Renewable Energy—Canvas is manufactured in West Michigan using 100 percent renewable energy via renewable energy credits and a power purchase agreement.

• ISO—Canvas is manufactured in West Michigan at an ISO 14001-certified site.

• Worker Health and Safety—Herman Miller strives to meet or exceed OSHA standards. Canvas is manufactured at an OHSAS 18001-certified site.

Product Performance

• Designed for minimal material use, reduced energy requirements, easy reconfiguration, and durability.

• Backed by Herman Miller’s 12-year, 24/7 warranty.

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Herman Miller complies with the Federal Trade commission’s Part 260

Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims.

® Y and Z are among the registered trademarks of Herman Miller, Inc. ™ Canvas Office Landscape is among the trademarks of Herman Miller, Inc. ® level is a trademark of BIFMA International. ® GREENGUARD is a registered trademark of the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute. © 2012 Herman Miller, Inc., Zeeland, Michigan