The Distributed Workplace: Sustainable Work Environments

by Harrison, Andrew; Wheeler, Paul; Whitehead, Carolyn

• ISBN13: 9780203616574
• ISBN10: 020361657X
• Copyright: 2003-11-27
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

The Distributed Workplaceprovides essential information on sustainable work environments.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Sustainability

The new economy and new ways of working

Alternative workplaces

The evolution of the workplace Changing demands

New environments for working

The intelligent city

Workplace evaluation From efficiency to effectiveness

Limitations of existing approaches

Sustainability-grounded measures

Space environment models Initial distributed workplace model

The SANE space environment model

Matching work activities and workscapes

Creating a methodology

A methodology of place

ICT issues

Human interaction and communications issues

Implementation strategy Organizational culture

Workplace change management

Towards the sustainable workplace

Costing strategies

Constructing the business case

Preparation of space and cost models

Prototype model results

Design and the distributed workplace

Requirements of the knowledge economy

The shared workplace

Sustainability metrics for the distributed workplace

List of figures

Notes

Bibliography

Glossary

Case studies

An outline of corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, guidelines and principles

Sustainability indicators, systems and standards

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