{"id":76919,"date":"2020-06-01T10:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T09:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=76919"},"modified":"2020-06-01T10:09:03","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T09:09:03","slug":"a-greener-future-for-the-post-covid-19-office-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/a-greener-future-for-the-post-covid-19-office-space\/76919\/","title":{"rendered":"A greener future for the post Covid-19 office space"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Lockdown and a rise in remote working have encouraged debate around the sustainability of the office space as workers start to head back to work<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/en\/gb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instant Offices<\/a>\u00a0collated research on how the current climate is sparking a change in the way businesses and their workers interact with the environment every day.<\/p>\n<h3>Key insights include:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>57% of Businesses are making changes due to high consumers and competitors demand<\/li>\n<li>69% of businesses say they would support their workforce to reduce the impact on the environment<\/li>\n<li>Dangerous\u00a0PM2.5 air pollution\u00a0dropped heavily in some of the world&#8217;s most polluted cities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Air quality<\/h3>\n<p>Research by Instant Offices showed\u00a0air quality dramatically improved\u00a0in some of the world\u2019s biggest cities just two weeks into lockdown. Dangerous PM2.5 air pollution dropped by 60% in Delhi, 71% in Los Angeles, 34% in London and 56% in Madrid, due to reduced activity.<\/p>\n<p>These stats make a compelling case for businesses to maintain more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/eco-friendly-building-materials\/67408\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eco-friendly habits<\/a> once lockdown is lifted, but there are financial benefits too.<\/p>\n<p>For many companies, the pressure to change is coming from all sides. In Europe, 25% of businesses cite government regulations as their least favourable motivator for becoming more environmentally sustainable \u2013 57% are making changes because consumers and competitors are demanding it.<\/p>\n<h3>Working from home<\/h3>\n<p>Even before the Covid-19 crisis, experts were predicting that\u00a0half of the UK workforce\u00a0would be working remotely by 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/construction-work-from-home\/73470\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">working from home<\/a> or co-working\u00a0space for one or two days a week can help businesses reduce their CO2 emissions and achieve a lower carbon footprint.<\/p>\n<h3>Key green habits to adopt in 2020:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Increase remote working and reduce the need to commute<\/li>\n<li>Focus on offering virtual consultations and online shopping options to consumers, reducing overall traffic and encouraging social distancing<\/li>\n<li>Encourage the use of reusable, washable fabric masks in the office, in place of single-use disposable masks<\/li>\n<li>Look for ways to reduce plastic waste and replace with more sustainable materials<\/li>\n<li>Invest in low-consumption and water-saving energy solutions to help reduce operational costs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lockdown and a rise in remote working have encouraged debate around the sustainability of the office space as workers start to head back to work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[307],"tags":[566,693,54592,882,430,673,279,465,934],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-76919","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-energy-news","7":"tag-air-quality","8":"tag-climate-change","9":"tag-coronavirus","10":"tag-employment","11":"tag-energy-efficiency","12":"tag-energy","13":"tag-environment","14":"tag-sustainable-construction","15":"tag-wellbeing"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A greener future for the post Covid-19 office space<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lockdown and a rise in remote working have encouraged debate around the sustainability of the office space as workers start to head back to work\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/a-greener-future-for-the-post-covid-19-office-space\/76919\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A greener future for the post Covid-19 office space\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lockdown and a rise in remote working have encouraged debate around the sustainability of the office space as workers start to head back to work\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/a-greener-future-for-the-post-covid-19-office-space\/76919\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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