Celebrating an Electrifying Year

Convia Inc./A Herman Miller Company Recognized for Innovation and Design

1370 Abbott Court
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
847.876.6925

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Jane Chadesh
847.876.6925

BUFFALO GROVE, IL, January 15, 2008 – Convia was recently honored with two renowned industry distinctions for its remarkable innovation and design. The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design presented Convia with a 2007 GOOD DESIGN® Award, and Architectural Record named Convia’s signature product – Convia Programmable Infrastructure – in its 35th Annual Product Reports for 2007.

“These respectable honors are an incredibly rewarding way to commemorate our inaugural year,” said Randy Storch, president of Convia. “They serve as a confirmation of our dynamic commitment to providing truly innovative, sustainable solutions for today’s building industry.

The GOOD DESIGN Award Program recognizes design innovations for products and graphics designed or manufactured within 2007. For its pioneering flexibility and dynamic design, Convia was selected as a recipient for this prestigious award from among more than 1,000 worthy and competitive applicants from around the world.

An equally coveted honor, Architectural Record’s 35th Annual Product Reports selects building solutions that exceed design expectations within their respective categories. Allowing users to rewire and adjust electrical components on the fly – while viewing energy usage and savings in real time – Convia Programmable Infrastructure was chosen by a panel of industry professionals to be among the top 25 innovative electrical products of 2007.

Convia Programmable Infrastructure replaces the traditional "pipe and wire" approach to delivering electric in a space and allows for the complete virtual rewiring of an entire floor or building in just minutes. Switches, lighting or other electrical devices become nodes on the network and are in constant communication with one another.

About Convia, Inc. Convia/A Herman Miller Company, seeks to change the way people design, build, personalize and manage space. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Buffalo Grove, IL, Convia is dedicated to offering customers agile and programmable environments, which allow for radically flexible spaces. For more information about Convia Programmable Infrastructure, visit www.convia.com.