Herman Miller Office Chair Sensors Save Hewlett Packard a Bundle; The Pair Win Industry...

Herman Miller Office Chair Sensors Save Hewlett Packard a Bundle; The Pair Win
Industry Award

Space Utilization Project cuts cost-per-employee, netting CoreNet Global
Innovator's Award

ATLANTA, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Big savings from a small device and a big
win. Industry giants Hewlett Packard (HP) and Herman Miller, Inc, combined
talents to slash the cost of housing individual employees of the computer
giant and today walked away with corporate real estate's biggest prize. The
space utilization model, first rolled out in Melbourne, Australia, earned
Herman Miller and HP the H. Bruce Russell Innovator's Award.

The model, which features sensors on desk chairs to detect human presence, was
honored today at the CoreNet Global Summit in Orlando where the award winner
was announced. Each year these awards recognize excellence in sustainable
leadership, economic development leadership and corporate real estate
workplace innovation.

The Herman Miller / HP team won top honors from a group of ten finalists that
presented their cases to a panel of judges at Harvard University on August 7
and 8, 2008.

HP wanted an accurate picture beyond singular "bed checks," to determine how
effectively space at their Melbourne facility was being utilized and if
savings could be achieved by using less. Working with Herman Miller, the
computer maker attached tiny sensors, called motes, to the backs of each desk
chair in the office giving an accurate read of how frequently an office was
being occupied.

The study concluded that dedicated space was being utilized by HP workers only
38% of the time, and less for meeting rooms. Working with Herman Miller, HP
re-configured the facility, used offices and common rooms differently and now
utilization averages around 50%, but at times averages 90%. The company has
been able to reduce its cost per employee by 55%.

"HP and Herman Miller's partnership is proof that big ideas sometime come in
small packages and yield enormous results," said CEO Prentice Knight of
CoreNet Global. "We salute the two companies, and all the nominees, for
continuing to evolve the workplace and save on their companies' bottom line,"
Knight added.

The H. Bruce Russell Innovator's Awards program, now in its ninth consecutive
year, showcases solutions, best practices and innovations in corporate real
estate and workplace management. The program has resulted in powerful, shared
learning that demonstrates the best of what CoreNet Global can offer its
members.

The 2008 Global Innovator's Awards finalists also included:

-- Discovery Communications / Cushman & Wakefield
-- Ford Land
-- Gensler / HP
-- Motorola / Jones Lang LaSalle
-- San Antonio Economic Development Foundation / City of Windcrest, TX
-- Shell Oil Company
-- University of Arizona
-- VFA, Inc.
-- Workstage, LLC

UGL Equis, Gensler and the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce sponsored the
Innovator's Awards.

CoreNet Global members manage US $1.2 trillion in worldwide corporate assets
consisting of owned and leased office, industrial and other space. With 7,000
members representing large corporations around the world, CoreNet Global
(www.corenetglobal.org) operates in five global regions: Asia, Australia,
Europe, Latin America and North America, including Canada. Visit
www.corenetglobal.org for more information.

SOURCE CoreNet Global

Ryan Mitchell of Imre Communications, +1-410-821-8220, or Mobile,
+1-240-298-8472, ryanm@imrecommunications.com, for CoreNet Global