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607BREEAM Certified Office Space Yet To Find Tenants Owing to High Acquisition Costs

posted on October 31st, 2009

Green buildings are becoming more popular in the UK, where buildings are notorious for their CO2 emissions. However, the high costs involved are discouraging companies from investing in such buildings for their business operations. However, with government stimulus packages and other incentives, prospects may soon improve.

Among those offering green office spaces, the Icon Business Centre is well known and favoured for its efficient and effective solutions. The building is a landmark in Leeds and has to its credit an unchallenged 87.55% BREEAM rating, which makes it the greenest building in all UK. Icon offers versatile office solutions for businesses of all kinds.

Icon’s buildings offer spaces that can be designed to suit the clients’ specific requirements, and these spaces incorporate features like rainwater harvesting and use of wind/ solar energy to make the buildings viable and sustainable in terms of environmental performance.

Another office space provider that ensures eco friendliness of its premises is the Alliance Network subsidiary called Avanta. It actively promotes environment friendly practices among its tenants by assisting in recycling efforts. Avanta first incorporated the power saving PC buttons in 2008 that were designed to emit lower CO2.

Apart from these two, there are a few other buildings that have actively adopted eco- friendly systems. The long-term cost benefits that are afforded by such practices are yet to be perceived by businesses.

The growing popularity in hotdesking is considered a cost-effective means of securing a place to work on a short-term basis. The growth in spare desk rental is driven by economic conditions, which are making companies take a serious look at cutting costs and at making the most from their existing space, and also by environmental concerns and a desire to reduce wastage. Many companies are now trying to maximise space by providing desk space rental and shared office space, many firms to fill vacant office spaces have welcomed this, click - rent a desk - for a dedicated site offering information on this type of office space letting.

 

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