Herman Miller Flute Personal Light 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

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Thrive

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Flute™ Personal Light

Design Story: Accommodating Small Footprints

Providing better, more effective products to connect
individuals to their work is one of the key goals of the
Thrive Portfolio, whose products include the Flute
personal light.

Designed by Tom Newhouse, the Flute personal light—
with its simple aesthetics and light weight—provides
uncomplicated compatibility within any office footprint.
Flute can be used freestanding or with a surface
mount. Flute’s lightscale design can also help reduce
a user’s carbon footprint by minimizing packaging,
shipping, and storage. And, it incorporates the latest
in LED technology to provide high-quality light output,
while consuming 30-50+% less energy than traditional
task lights. Using only a total of 5.2 watts of energy,
Flute provides a total of 160 lumens and has a lifespan
of more than 60,000 hours (about 23 years with
average 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.

• LCA—Have we optimized the product based on the
entire life cycle?

Material Content

Flute personal light components are constructed from
zinc, steel, electronics, aluminum and plastic.

ZINC 61%

STEEL 16%

ELECTRONICS 15%

ALUMINUM 5%

PLASTIC 3%

Flute is up to 85 percent recyclable at the end of its
useful life.

Flute is comprised of 37 percent recycled materials.
This figure breaks down to 20-percent post-consumer
and 17-percent pre-consumer recycled content.

The DfE Design Protocol goes beyond regulatory
compliance to thoroughly evaluate new product

POST-CONSUMER
RECYCLED CONTENT 20%

designs in four key areas:

• Material Chemistry and Safety of Inputs—
What chemicals are in the materials we specify, and

PRE-CONSUMER
RECYCLED CONTENT 17%

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?

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

• Most metal components have a powder-coat paint
finish that emits negligible volatile organic compounds
(VOCs).

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Environmental Product Summary

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Thrive

Portfolio

Flute™ Personal Light

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

• Every material has been scrutinized down to the
molecular level.

• Returnable/Recyclable Packaging – Packaging
materials include corrugated cardboard and
polyethylene bags. The materials are part of a
closed loop recycling system, meaning they can be
recycled repeatedly.

– Whenever possible, shipments between the

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

Product Performance

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

• Backed by Herman Miller’s 5-year, 24/7 warranty.

Indoor Air Quality

Flute is GREENGUARD® certified as a low-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, visit the “Environmental Advocacy” section of
HermanMiller.com.

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

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

Herman Miller’s Flute personal light may contribute
to LEED credits due to its reduced energy consump­tion, recyclable packaging, durability, pre-consumer
recycled content, and post-consumer recycled content.
Depending on location, the Flute 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.

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.

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Thrive and Flute are among the trademarks of Herman Miller, Inc.

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® GREENGUARD is a registered trademark of the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute.
© 2012 Herman Miller, Inc., Zeeland, Michigan