Facilities represent the second highest expense for large businesses and the number one producer of emissions. So why wouldn't you want to maximize your utilization of your available space - or even reduce your space all together.
That's the message in the recent article by GreenBiz.com columnist Dana Sanchez. In her article titled Telecommuting and the Green Office of the Future, she outlines how many companies are moving in the direction of establishing green initiatives at their workplace by supporting flexible work programs such as telecommuting as well as gaining a greater sense of workplace occupancy. As I outlined to Dana in my interview with her, most companies think they're space occupancy rate is running between 80-90% yet it's usually much closer to 50%. So the key to efficient space management is knowing what is being used and implementing office hoteling software to support telecommuters who need to reserve space when they enter the office.
By monitoring and managing space better using resource scheduling software or similar applications, you're not only able to maximize the space you do occupy, you can also find ways to reduce overall costs by converting what used to be individual workspace into flexible workspace.
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