Consider empowering all people who will use the finished project to help reduce energy consumption. This can be in the form of training courses, posters, email bulletins or other communications. Furthermore, ask them what outcomes they would like to see from the planned design.

Not only will this foster an inclusive culture but you will gain valuable feedback.

Involve Your Employees & Other Stakeholders

A Carbon Trust survey has found ‘67% of employees want to help their company reduce carbon emissions but do not know how’. Consider empowering all people who will use the finished project to help reduce energy consumption. This can be in the form of training courses, posters, email bulletins or other communications. Furthermore, ask them what outcomes they would like to see from the planned design. Not only will this foster an inclusive culture but you will gain valuable feedback.
 
Keeping users motivated and encouraging them to help implement energy saving measures will help keep energy wastage down. Promote recycling and energy saving through awareness campaigns such as posters, green bulletins, bin labelling and environment competitions.

Carry out a surveys as part of your design process, this will help understand what your stakeholders want from the fit out, gain valuable insight into how they feel about the ‘office space’ that they work in, and it will give you their buy in when implementing energy efficiency programmes.