Companies from a variety of fields are aiming for a plastic-free office. Among them is for example the consulting firm Horton International Czech, where they make a point of sorting all their waste: you won’t encounter a single water bottle or plastic cup anywhere in their spaces. Butterflies & Hurricane, a company in Prague’s Karlín district, or Skanska as its neighbour likewise maintain a zero-waste policy focused on fighting the plastic evil. Will you join in too?
Enter the mixed-use development of two 30-storey blocks of offices and two 34-storey blocks of luxury residences on top of a four-storey retail block, and you’ll find a lush tropical biodiversity garden. Enter the Marina One complex in Singapore, which has received the MIPIM 2018 award for Best Innovative Green Building.
No matter whether the coming of spring has awoken your green thumb, or you’ve jumped onto the eco-hipster bandwagon, we’d like to offer you an original way to minimize at least part of the waste you generate. (And we really don’t mean your latest report, or that presentation for the boss, but real waste.)
Take a look at what specific requirements you need to meet in order for your office to join the others out there with this confirmation that it’s a good place not only to work, but also to be. So far no office building in the Czech Republic has gone through the demanding WELL certification process in full. But soon that will no longer be the case.
Green facades of high-rise buildings will have a capacity to absorb few tons of CO2 annually. They are also an answer to the question, how to spread urban biodiversity without the implication of expanding the city upon the territory. Italian architect Stefano Boeri belongs to pioneers of vertical forests.
Millennials want more than just a paycheck. Today’s employees want a work environment that’s healthy, fun, inspiring, comfortable, natural... in short, one where they feel good. Pavel Mrázek, the founder and CEO of the interior design company Hezkey, describes the latest in office trends for the #Morethanoffice portal.
