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11 workplace design
Sustainable
For decades now, companies have embraced the opportunity to furnish their offices to reflect corporate culture and facilitate more productive working practices. Regular furniture replacement has had numerous drivers – design trends; opportunities to maximise
space utilisation; new ‘ways of working’; corporate re-structuring. This appetite for change does, however, have a significantly negative impact on the environment.
In the business world, sustainability has become a key component in corporate development, with more and more companies becoming willing to work with commercial interior designers to create greener, more sustainable environments. Creating a workspace that is multi- functional and efficient, but also applying innovative methods to save energy, cut waste and increasing the wellbeing of employees, making them feel comfortable in the workspace and improving the quality of their lives.
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