Green Buildings

Herman Miller's commitment to building facilities that celebrate the surrounding environment can be traced back to our company founder, D.J. De Pree. Among his many visionary environmental (and humanistic) directives, he stated that all employees should be able to look out from a window from no more than 75 feet. Today, more than 50 years later, this is known as harvesting natural daylight to cut energy bills and eliminate the pollution caused by the production of the electricity.

Mr. De Pree also declared that any new properties the company developed would dedicate 50 percent or more to green space to promote a healthy environment. Both of these mandates are still followed by the company today.  It makes sense, then, that a company dedicated to creating people-centered architecture was also a founding member of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), and helped formulate LEED Certification guidelines.