The best office design and furniture companies will not just sell you a product, but offer you tons of options in terms of price, style and environmentally friendly choices. Some businesses even have designers on staff who can re-imagine an office setup for the space you have according to your budget and needs. They will then help you select everything to make your office just right and install it all for you! This is the kind of customer service and satisfaction that will make your office unique and inviting for both customers and employees.
- Refurbished Office Furniture: It's inevitable that offices need a facelift every few years to keep a modern and fresh look. However, purchasing new office furniture can not only be costly, but can also pose a huge toll on the environment. The more new furniture we buy, the more old furniture we eventually have to dispose of. Although recycling programs and thrift centers will certainly take old furniture, offices can lessen their waste by refurbishing, and therefore reusing, this furniture. Refurbished furniture can give the office a new look that fits the latest trends and styles.
- Green Design Agencies: If going green in the workplace feels a bit overwhelming, take a deep breath and relax. Certainly, there is a lot to know when it comes to green interior design, but there are also professionals who make this subject their career. For a number of reasons, offices should leave remodeling or new design projects to the professionals. And, in today's contemporary office, professional design agencies should have some green experience on their resumes. The very first planning meeting that an office has with its green interior design agency should establish the overall environmental principles that a company wants to implement. To accomplish these goals, a design company will help determine just how a company needs to change its existing behavior to conform to its contemporary image.
( The failure to go green in today's business world can be compared to the inability to begin using email in the office years ago. In only a few short years, those companies that neglect to critically examine their environmental impact will be left in the dust as green businesses quickly jump into the lead of the business world.)
Energy Efficiency: Critically examining an office's energy use is a smart way to not only cut its carbon footprint, but to simultaneously save money. Small changes such as switching to energy-efficient light bulbs will decrease office energy bills over time. But, of course, there's more that offices can do than just changing light bulbs. When it's time to shop for a new break room refrigerator, consider going with an energy-efficient model. Similarly, talk to all employees about the often overuse of common office appliances such as the printer (does that email really have to be printed?).
