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For most businesses, the five greatest expenses are: staff, physical location, capital equipment, development costs, and Cost of Goods Sold (aka: Inventory). In short, after a business’ staffing, the next largest cost is Facilities.  What we have seen so far are the most drastic cuts in staffing since the Great Depression.  Cuts to Facilities budgets…

A report out earlier this week from the International Energy Agency (IEA) had some encouraging news in the midst of this pandemic and the associated economic fall-out. Global CO2 emissions are down to levels not seen in 10 years (8% below last year) Energy demand globally is down 3.8 percent in the first quarter with…

With the recent events concerning the spread of Covid-19, I am wondering what changes we will see in the office environment?  Both near term and long term.   How will this impact us once we return to working regularly in an office environment.  Also, how will we design new offices, in light of these events?  One…