The Distributed Workplace: Sustainable Work Environments

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Summary

The Distributed Workplaceprovides essential information on sustainable work environments.

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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