This document discusses how increasing employee mobility through remote work policies can significantly reduce a company's carbon footprint and office space needs while enhancing productivity. It notes that average office space is dramatically underutilized, with desks sitting empty over 50% of the time on average. Allowing more flexible work arrangements like working from home or shared workspaces would drive lower energy consumption and costs since less physical office space is required. The document provides examples of companies that have cut their carbon emissions and office space footprint by over 60% through mobilizing their workforce. It argues that widespread adoption of these mobile work policies across companies could dramatically reduce carbon emissions on a large scale.
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3. By adjusting our
RE policy to
support the mobile
work style we can:
Dramatically reduce
the carbon footprint
of office work
Enhance organizational
capability
Fund the Greening
of our office buildings
Still come out ahead
on the balance sheet
10. This is a wake up call!
Globalization
Competitive cost pressures
Global Warming
Continuity of operations
Business partnerships
Group work
Mobile technology
Worker mobility
Energy costs
% Heads-down work
2008 Real estate / FTE
Domestic talent pool
11. Something has happened
100%
An Average of 55% Under Utilization!
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 13:00 13:30 14:00 14:30 15:00 15:30 16:00 16:30
Average office space is dramatically under utilized.
13. A majority of organizations & people today
are surprised by the high levels of mobility
they are experiencing.
20. Utilization is the key!
- Drives technology improvements
- Drives policy improvements
- Drives increased awareness
- Reduces Commutes
- Reduces Energy Consumption
- Reduces Office Space per Employee
- Reduces Carbon per Employee
22. Before
> Underutilized dedicated space
> No certainty that the supposed virtue of face-to-
face collaboration actually occurs
> Legacy filing (often hard copy)
> Offices without a pulse
23. After
> Busy, high-energy, highly utilized space with free-address
work spaces
> Employees are enabled to work anywhere
> Better planned, and more flexible interaction
24. After
> Smaller footprint
> More discipline in filing/ sharing information
> A wider range of task settings
32. HP Survey Results
More frequent use of collaborative technologies
correlates with higher levels of engagement
but use of sophisticated collaborative technologies is
very limited
34. HP Survey Results
Hewlett Packard employees, on average,
are highly engaged
(Score of 3.82 out of 5)
Future of Work Survey
June 2007
35. HP Survey Results
The level of densification of the workplace has little
impact on engagement
37. 62%
found home the most
productive workplace
48%
claim to work harder now
that they are mobile
24%
felt that their main office
was the most productive
work location
The Voice of Mobile Workers
Practices, Relationships and Components of Effective Workplaces
Knoll Workforce Research
Global Business Division 2007
38. Mobility drives organizational improvement
> Switch easily between work settings
> Collaborate with many.
Collaboration focused and valued when in office
The Voice of Mobile Workers
Practices, Relationships and Components of Effective Workplaces
Knoll Workforce Research
Global Business Division 2007
39. Mobility drives organizational improvement
> Inspire dedicated-space users to rethink how they best work
> Challenge the evolving purpose and value of the office
The Voice of Mobile Workers
Practices, Relationships and Components of Effective Workplaces
Knoll Workforce Research
Global Business Division 2007
40. HP uses green initiatives to cut
costs and gain market share
The price and
performance of IT are
no longer
compromised by being
green, but are now
enhanced by it.
- Mark Hurd, CEO of HP
41. Net space after data center
additions, new business
$50
acquisitions etc.
Space
$20
Base space reduction
2007
2005 2008
2006
43. Bracknell Area Savings
Previous Thames Valley Consolidated Bracknell
Total Net Usable Area - 451,304 sft Total Net Usable Area - 165,673 sf
$8,900 per person $5,400 per person
Total headcount = 2,845* Total headcount = 2,686*
63% Area Reduction
* NOTE : 50% of ETW headcount
48. State Legislation
Executive Order S-3-05
700
600
Projected Business as Usual
Million Metric Tons Carbon Dioxide Equivalent
+1.2%/yr
Historical
500
-0.9%/yr
To Meet AB 32 Goal
400
300
200
100
0
1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
49. Our Assumptions
Modeled on a 100,000sf building
Starts with 30% of staff going Mobile
An initial reduction of 25,000sf
Energy declining proportional to Bracknell
Commutes declining proportional to Sun
Mobility increasing 5% a year
54. What is the impact?
this or this?
What does your workspace look like?
55. We are just getting started
35% of US companies have a mobility program
26% are developing one
15% have a mobility budget
Nemertes Research 2007
56. If Companies Go Mobile
New metric for Corporate real estate should be
CO2 per person
Calculations show 66% reduction in RE CO2 per person
(over 10 years)
57. If Companies Go Mobile
If new construction in 07 were leveraged by mobility;
This would equate to 523m metric tons of carbon over ten years
All US coal powered plants scheduled to be built over next ten
years would not be necessary
58. If Companies Go Mobile
If only 40% of companies* did this over 10 years we
could save
1.2 billion metric tons of CO2
21 Manhattans worth of carbon emission per year
800 acres of green land per year
* Based on 4.7 billion square of existing office space in the US (Colliers 2007)
60. Workplace
Respondents want to learn more about distributed work activity settings,
measurement practices and social engagement technologies
61. What can you do tomorrow?
Assess readiness
Is the Status Quo acceptable?
Can rethinking RE strategy contribute to future business success?
How might this link to other competitive initiatives?
62. What can you do tomorrow?
Talk to people
Inside your company
In other companies
To practiced consultants
63. What can you do tomorrow?
Tell the story
Use this presentation
Do a Utilization Study
Calculate the benefits of better utilized space