Office Furniture

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The Source forSolutions

New ways to work, new challenges

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Totally mobile computingCloud storage

More mobile workforcePressure to reduce real estatefootprint per employee

cost and carbon

• Increasing collaboration both on projects anddocuments

Major Challenges• Accommodating multi-generational workstyles

– Millennials•••

Are multi-taskers

Prefer e-mail or IM to face-to-face conversationNot easily phased by noise or commotion• Less prone to back problems and other ailments

– Older generations•••••

Tend to be more linear

Prefer phone or in-person conversationNeed more focused concentration work areasMore prone to back problemsRequire more light to see

Ergonomic Challenge #1

• Ergonomically, laptop computers force badposture and should not be used at a desk all day long.

Ergonomic Challenge #2

• Under-desk Storage– LEED-mandated lower heights have led to storagebased systems with low open bookshelves.

are back injuries waiting to happen!These

Ergonomic Challenge #3

• Sound in Open Plan cuts both ways––

Distracting to many people

For newer employees, good way to disseminate collective knowledge through overheardconversations

For managers, good way to catch mistakes being made

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Ergonomic Challenge #4

• Light and energy usage– As we age we require geometrically more light

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– Lighting uses 26% of average office building power

Age 20 Age 60

Laptop Use Response

• Treat the laptop as a CPU or monitor at most– Separate keyboard and mouse: Goldtouch Go is

small, light and protected to fit in laptop bag

– Raise monitor height with thin riser

Continue to provide adjustability

• At the office, even at unassigned desks,provide at least some that have keyboard trays and larger monitors on arms with easy plug-in for laptop without docking.

Sit or Stand

• Give people the opportunity to work standingup as well as sitting down. Even without atreadmill, standing can help users losesubstantial weight over the course of a year,

as well asrelieve back pain.

AE Computer Ergonomic Resources

• We work extensively with both Humanscaleand Workrite, as well as Chief, Innovative, ISE, ESI and othersWe carry our own branded ergonomic product

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as we source directly from CompX, the largestOEM manufacturer

We carry our own lines of electric height adjustable tables, plus SIS, Mayline and others

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Sound Attenuation Resources

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Acoustic workstation panelsSound masking system: Lencore Spectra

Lighting Resources

• LED Ambient lighting:– Waldmann moveable ambient lighting with

occupancy sensor and daylight harvesting sensors

Lighting Resources

• LED Task Lighting– Newest under-bin and swing arm options from

Workrite, Humanscale, Waldmann & Luxo

Panel and other Modular SystemsTayco Cosmopolitan combined with UP

Artopex Air

Fluid Concepts

Collaborative Video Huddles

• SIMO Corp IMT: Interactive Media Technology

Moveable Walls

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Alur GlassStarwall

Challenge: Seating

• If people are moving around and sitting andstanding, what chairs will fit?

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Simple, flexible and supportive