CoreNet Global Presents Award To Herman Miller

The real estate organization presented an Industry Excellence Award to Herman Miller, Inc. earlier this month for the company's Space Utilization Service. This inaugural award highlights corporate real estate industry performance and innovation. It also qualifies Herman Miller for the distinguished H. Bruce Russell Global Innovator's Award, which will be announced by CoreNet Global in November.

The Space Utilization Service is based on a patent pending, wireless technology developed by Herman Miller to measure space occupancy in building environments. Sensors temporarily attach to the underside of chairs or work surfaces and continuously collect movement data to provide results that may be studied to improve workflow and space usage.

"This information typically is collected through manual methods called 'bed checks,'" said Len Pilon, director of Workplace Strategy and Facilities at Herman Miller. "By implementing new technology that monitors workspace usage on a continual basis, we're able to collect reliable data to make informed, strategic decisions about the need to reconfigure or shed real estate."

Space Utilization Service studies are led by the Herman Miller Workplace Services team and typically last three weeks. Study costs are comparable to traditional data collection methods and calculated according to the size and scope of a project.