Comments on: Herman Miller’s GreenHouse Facility: Springing into Full Bloom

By: Winston

Winston — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 08:35:20 +0000

Nice to know the company that manufactures the chair i’m sitting on right now still cares for the environment!

Now if only my Aeron came with a bottle of that honey goodness.

By: Susan Huls

Susan Huls — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:04:04 +0000

Hi Sean,
Thanks for your note. The GreenHouse is located in a rural area about 30 minutes from Grand Rapids, Michigan, (the largest city in the area). The length of the drive varies for employees. Many live near our facilities, while others live 30 minutes to an hour away The Holland area has public transporation by way of small busses or shuttles that belong to the Macatawa Area Express. There is a bus stop near each of our facilities, but we find that many employees car pool or ride their bikes to work (in the summer months, of course!).
Please let me know if there is anything else you’d like to know about this facility.
Best!
Susan Huls
Blog editor

By: Marcia Davis

Marcia Davis — Wed, 19 May 2010 18:49:38 +0000

Hi Daisy,

While Herman Miller had considered putting sedum plants on the GreenHouse roof, we haven’t yet invested in green roof systems. So there is not currently a sedum roof at the GreenHouse facility.

Thanks for checking out our blog post!

Marcia Davis
Discover blog editor

By: San Diego Office Furniture

San Diego Office Furniture — Sun, 16 May 2010 02:27:17 +0000

Glad to hear your bee colonies are still thriving. Letting them stay in one place instead of trucking them all over the country is likely to protect them from the mysterious “hive collapse” phenomenon.

The GreenHouse is the building with all the sedum plants on the roof, right? I’ve always been fascinated with the green roof trend and would like to put one in on my home one day. It just takes extra support in the roof substructure to handle the additional weight – most residential roofs just aren’t built that way to start with.

Thanks for sharing the lovely pictures and for making space for our planet’s other inhabitants at all your locations.

Daisy McCarty
http://www.sandiegocubicles.com/