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Herman Miller Setu Lounge Chair and Ottoman - Environmental Product Summary User Manual

Setu, Chair

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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

Setu

Chair

Design Story: Next Generation
Multipurpose Seating

The Setu family of chairs was created for how we work
and live now. Designed in partnership with Herman
Miller by Studio 7.5 from Berlin, Germany, Setu sets
new standards of simplicity, adaptability, comfort, and
dematerialization for multipurpose seating.

The core of Setu is the Kinematic Spine

, a combination

of two simple polypropylene materials that are
precisely engineered to achieve instant comfort, for
nearly everybody. You are fully supported the moment
you sit down, and the spine bends and flexes to your
every move. With no tilt mechanism and only one
adjustment (height), chair components are minimized.
The chair is dematerialized, lightweight, and easy to 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.

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

Setu is

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

Setu 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

The Setu chair is Cradle to Cradle Certified

CM

Silver.

This means that Setu 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 Setu chair’s components are constructed from
aluminum, plastic, and steel.

The Setu multipurpose chair is up to

96 percent

recyclable at the end of its useful life. The Setu lounge

chair is up to

93 percent recyclable at the end of its

useful life. The Setu ottoman is up to

96 percent

recyclable at the end of its useful life. The Setu 4-star

base is up to

96 percent recyclable at the end of its

useful life. The Setu stool is up to

98 percent recyclable

at the end of its useful life.

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1

Y

® Y and Z are among the registered trademarks of Herman Miller, Inc.

TM

Setu, Kinematic Spine, and Lyris 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.

© 2012 Herman Miller, Inc., Zeeland, Michigan