Herman Miller SAYL Chairs - Environmental Product Summary - Manual

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• 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
SAYL
™
Chairs
Design Story: Inspired by Suspension
HMI’s new SAYL family of chairs designed by Yves Béhar
is the winning combination of look, feel and affordability.
The design inspiration for the SAYL chairs was a
suspension bridge. Béhar’s goal was to enable an
unprecedented sense of freedom for the users in a
design that delivers the most comfort with the least
amount of materials. SAYL’s Eco-Dematerialised™
approach sought to remove anything that wasn’t
necessary while still delivering a high level of
performance and aesthetics. By re-thinking every
part of the chair, Béhar and the HMI development
team, created a better, smarter chair that sets a new
reference point in its class for performance, quality
and appearance. SAYL work chairs offer 3D Intelligent
™
technology—a frameless back that promotes freedom
of movement and proper ergonomic, targeted back
support.
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
SAYL work chairs are level 3 certified. The level
conformance mark ensures a comprehensive,
independent, and impartial assessment of the
environmental and social impacts of a product.
Global GreenTag CertTM GreenRate Certified
SAYL is Global GreenTag CertTM GreenRate Level A
certified. Global GreenTag CertTM is an Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
approved National Certification Mark, an ISO compliant
ecolabel and Green Building Councils of Australia
and New Zealand recognized third party certifier.
GreenTag GreenRate certification enables products
to be allocated Level A, B or C in the Green Building
Council of Australia (GBCA) and New Zealand GBC’s
Green Star
TM tools and certify both VOC and
formaldehyde (composite wood) credits.
Cradle to Cradle Certified
CM
SAYL work chairs are Cradle to Cradle Certified CM Silver.
This means that SAYL has been evaluated for its
material health, and is designed for material reuse in
a closed loop system, such as recycling or composting.
It is assembled using 100% renewable energy
Material Content
The SAYL chair’s components are constructed from
plastic, steel, foam, and textile.
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Y
® Y and Z are among the registered trademarks of Herman Miller, Inc.
TM Eco-Dematerialised, SAYL and 3D Intelligent are among the trademarks of Herman Miller, Inc.
Cradle to Cradle Certified CM is a certification mark licensed by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute.
® level is a trademark of BIFMA International.
Global GreenTag CertTM is an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) approved
National Certification Mark.
® GREENGUARD is a registered trademark of the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute.
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