What It Really Means to Be Green

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• What It Really Means to Be Green

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The Caveats of New

• Raw Goods Must Be Harvested
• Harvesting destroys the environment and consumes
  fuel

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The Caveats of New

• Raw Goods Must Be Transported
• Transporting raw goods consumes fuel and worsens
  air quality

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The Caveats of New

• Raw Goods Must Be Refined and Waste Disposed of
• Processing the goods consumes fuel, adds to the
  pollution problem and creates waste

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The Caveats of Used

• Limited Selection and Flexibility
• Limited availability means projects must be
  designed around the product, instead of product
  taylored to the project.

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The Caveats of Used

• Limited Selection and Flexibility
• In many cases, there is no option to expand as
  the company grows.

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The Caveats of Used

• Poor Quality
• Non UL approved or possibly damaged electric
  wiring not only puts the furniture at risk, but
  also property and lives.

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The Caveats of Used

• Poor Quality
• Customers must hassle with quality issues such as
  sagging fabric, uneven wet paint, and dead task
  lights.

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The Caveats of Used

• Poor Quality
• Should something go wrong, the customer is left
  without a warranty or a matching replacement.

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Remanufactured Have It All

• Quality
• Herman Miller quality, backed by 10 year warranty
• UL approved power, powder coat paint and fabric
  stretching machines produce a consistent product

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Remanufactured Have It All

• Selection
• Large selection of fabrics and finishes
• Large selection of options including stackers,
  file storage, and paper trays
• Large inventory of over 80,000 panels

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Remanufactured Have It All

• More
• Low cost
• Low waste and emissions
• Giza and CAP Studio libraries
• Automated status notifications

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Reducing Waste
Out of 60,000 pounds of used furniture received
weekly, only 1,000 pounds are sent to the land
fill.
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Sustainable Options

• Paint
• Metal parts are powder coated, which not only
  produces a higher quality product, but uses
  low-VOC paint and reclaims unused paint

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Sustainable Options

• Fabric
• 78 of our program fabrics are Guilfords
  Terratex, made from 100 recycled materials (such
  as water bottles)
• 51 of our program fabrics are Green-E, with 100
  of the electricity used to make the fabric being
  matched by renewable energy certificates

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Sustainable Options

• Work Surfaces
• A sustainable design particleboard is available
  for use in work surfaces. Encore contains no
  added urea formaldehyde and is made in the USA
  from 100 recycled wood waste

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LEED Commercial Interiors

• 3.3 Resource Reuse 30 Furniture Furnishings
• HMU reuses approximately 85 of each panel,
  connector, overhead unit and tackboard
• Raw materials are extracted once but returned to
  the marketplace multiple times with a
  dramatically minimized manufacturing process

Reminder Furniture and materials are not
certified under the LEED program. Points are
earned through the use of environmentally
friendly or low impact materials and furniture.
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LEED Commercial Interiors

• 3.3 Resource Reuse 20 (post consumer ½
  pre-consumer)
• HMU has a variety of recycled fabrics to choose
  from
• Guilford provides Terratex fabrics which are made
  from 100 recycled or compostable materials

Reminder Furniture and materials are not
certified under the LEED program. Points are
earned through the use of environmentally
friendly or low impact materials and furniture.
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LEED Commercial Interiors

• 5.1 Regional Manufacturer 20 Manufactured
  Regionally
• This point can be added if the HMU facility is
  within a 500 mile radius of the project

Reminder Furniture and materials are not
certified under the LEED program. Points are
earned through the use of environmentally
friendly or low impact materials and furniture.
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LEED Commercial Interiors

• 4.2 Low-Emitting Materials Paints and Coatings
• HMU utilizes a powder coat paint line that meets
  requirements for low VOC paint
• Any parts requiring a wet paint application
  receive water-based paint

Reminder Furniture and materials are not
certified under the LEED program. Points are
earned through the use of environmentally
friendly or low impact materials and furniture.
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LEED Commercial Interiors

• 6.1 Controllability of Systems Lighting
• HMUs task lighting contributes to the ability to
  adjust lighting to suit individual needs
• Workstation task lighting can be repositioned or
  simply by turning off if not needed

Reminder Furniture and materials are not
certified under the LEED program. Points are
earned through the use of environmentally
friendly or low impact materials and furniture.
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Our Impact
As a remanufacturer we already recycle or reuse
99 of all products that come into our facility,
but we take pride in further lessening our impact
even further.
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Our Impact

• Each day we recycle more than
• 500 pounds of fabric scraps are bailed and sent
  to a supplier where they are used in fire
  retardant materials for automobiles
• 800 pounds of cardboard are bailed and sent to be
  recycled
• 1,200 pounds of steel are sent to be recycled
• 250 pounds of aluminum are sent to be recycled

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Summary
You do not have to sacrifice green to save green.
At HMU we make a quality product at the right
price while using sustainable practices