Office environment

Research from Infogrid, the smart building platform, has revealed that nearly a third of working Brits (32 per cent) want to return to their offices in January because they feel it would improve their mental health, which has been impacted ...

A new survey conducted by Oscar Acoustics suggests employee welfare is falling short when adapting workspaces for returning office workers. It reveals 46 per cent of British architects cite significant challenges when designing social distancing measures for office employees, with ...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, working from home has become common across the UK and offices are downsizing due to the increase in hybrid working and hot-desking. But with working from home comes creating an office on minimal footprint. Students and ...

Office buildings that fail to demonstrate how they support the health and wellbeing of users will swiftly become redundant, according to a group of building services engineers. A webinar hosted by the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) heard that the ...

Data from workplace technology company Freespace shows a sharp dip in UK office occupancy as workers heed the Government’s ‘work from home’ message. UK office occupancy yesterday dipped by 15 per cent compared to last Tuesday as workers return to ...

Nearly three quarters of global office occupiers responding to a survey expect to transform their workplace design in the next two years. This is according to global construction, consultancy and facilities management company, Mace, which has produced a report using ...

The 2N® IP Style, launched in June and the recent winner of a CE Pro BEST Award, to be enhanced with bidirectional video, QR code and ad display functionality The enhancements are a response to changing working patterns caused by COVID-19 ...

Independent multidisciplinary engineering consultancy, HDR, has been commissioned by property business, Grosvenor Britain & Ireland, to provide engineering services on Holbein Gardens, a new office scheme located at 7 Holbein Place in the heart of Belgravia. Without compromising on aesthetics, ...

The latest office occupancy data from workplace technology company Freespace has revealed obvious geographical differences for preferred days of the week to visit the office. Freespace believes these predictable occupancy patterns presents an opportunity to make buildings more responsive which will help ...

Asset owners, operators and managers are now able to assess and improve the energy efficiency of their office buildings via the NABERS UK Energy for Offices scheme. The scheme, which is administered by BRE, rates the performance of the ‘base’ ...