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Environmental Office Design

Environmental sustainability is becoming an even more persistent issue in all facets of life, especially in architecture and design. Majority of modern designers want to come up with products with as little environmental impact as possible, involving those made from recycled materials and products that are highly energy efficient.

With the enthusiasm architects and engineers possess when it comes to coming up multiple solutions for critical problems, looking through the myriads of green products available for your office design can be a tad too overwhelming. Identifying which green practices are the most efficient, which will spare you moolah instead of create additional costs and which you can incorporate seamlessly into your current work practices can be a challenging task, especially when you come to working a number of different sustainability measures into one method for your office design.

The office design is the most ideal place to start in terms of building a comprehensive environmentally friendly strategy for your company. Old office buildings with old office designs often consume a disproportionate amount of energy and acknowledging this issue can be the most significant step in making your workplace more sustainable. Here are some further basic tips on improving the green status of your office design.

Recycled materials can be used to great effect throughout your office design. Many highly polished pieces of office furniture made from recycled metals, plastic and wood are available to suit the style of any office design. When you reuse materials in your office design, you prevent old products from going to waste in landfill and you get to dodge damaging the environment further for producing of new materials.

By coming up with a clever office design, one that particularly serves your company's needs, you are also bound to developing a green workplace. Custom-made office design that conserve space where deemed necessary and place resources appropriately are remarkably more environmentally friendly as compared to office designs that take a "one size fits all" approach to workstations and layouts.

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Posted by Bob Lewis - July 8, 2013 at 2:38 pm

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The Good Office: Green Design on the Cutting Edge Reviews

The Good Office: Green Design on the Cutting Edge

In The Good Office, the bridge is gapped between the working world and the environment, offering innovative ideas for sustainable office buildings, with examples from around the world. This book shows how by being respectful to the environment, offices can benefit from increased sunlight, better air quality, and eco-friendly building materials, creating a more positive space for both the environment and the worker.

With beautiful full-color photographs and detailed drawings and plans throughout, The Good Office is a thorough exploration of the innovative work being done by the world's most visionary architects, and reveals that good design and green design are one and the same.

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Posted by OfficeInteriors - September 29, 2011 at 11:59 am

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Green Office Design

Did you know that in the United States alone, buildings account for almost 39% of Total energy use, 68% of Total electricity consumption and 38% of Total carbon dioxide emissions? The video you are about to see, is how our expert will talk about their perspective regarding this issue.

You will be provided with the proper information that will help you be guided with our main topic. Also you will understand why building green can have a greater upfront expenses, costs are generally overestimated around 300 percent.

After watching this video, it will help you enhance your ideas that can result to a sustainable design. Learn how both inside and out can help lower their energy consumption with buildings going green.

So enjoy and learn more about Green Office design.

Learn how to use file cabinets in a home office with expert organizing and decorating tips in this free video clip. Expert: Melissa Schenk Bio: Shopping for gifts doesnt have to lead to financial stress. Melissa Schenk will teach you how to budget your holiday gift spending and make this the year that you finally come in or under budget! Filmmaker: Melissa Schenk

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Posted by OfficeInteriors - August 10, 2011 at 8:45 am

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