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There are some obvious and easy wins; reduced flush toilets, aerated showers and A-grade energy appliances, are a few that come to mind. There is also the wonderful fact that the space itself is West facing, making it unlikely that we will ever need air conditioning or any other energy guzzling cooling systems. The Ultraspeed team is used to having vests-at-the-ready for the hottest summer days in the current space, and is undoubtedly looking forward to this being a thing of the past. There are some trickier issues and decisions; no one seems to actively sell desks made out of recycled or sustainable materials, choosing low energy yet good-to-work-under office lighting is also hard, as is having a ‘hard wearing yet no nasty chemical components’ floor.

Now, if you’re a large firm like the building specialist and consultancy Arup (who built a splendid building a few years back to incredible sustainable standards over in the West End), you can afford to spend many millions on this kind of thing. However, for us at Ultraspeed, spending our money carefully on R&D and the service we provide to customers is the main priority, and simultaneously doing a sustainable office refurbishment within a small budget is no mean feat. But it can be done with some creativity, effort and careful consideration, which any small firm will have in spades.

We’ll keep you updated on our progress via the blog, and look forward to welcoming you to our new space in a few months time. In the meantime feel free to drop us a note should you feel the eco-interior-designer in you stirring, I would happily welcome any ideas or suggestions!

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