5 easy green office hacks that could make your company more productive

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July 30, 2017 9:02 PM

It may sound crazy to give your employees control of their own thermostats, but it may make them more productive.

Dwight probably could have benefitted from some of these tips.

It may sound crazy to give your employees control of their own thermostats, but it may just make them more productive.

Business Insider spoke with Emma Stewart, chief business development officer at Impact Infrastructure to find out what could be done around an office building to increase productivity. Impact Infrastructure runs simulations to find out how a company can alter its offices in a way that benefits both the environment and worker productivity.

Impact Infrastructure uses Autocase software to customize recommendations for each company, because not every company has the same building size or materials to work with. Some suggestions might work for certain companies, but not other companies, which is why customization is so important.

We asked Stewart to run a few simulations of changes companies can make to yield higher productivity, using an average office building in San Francisco as her example.

Here's what she came up with:

1. "Is it just me or is it cold in here?" says everyone at some point.

2. Let there be light!

3. People like pretty views.

4. Get those wall-to-wall windows installed; it may just be worth it.

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5. Workers want to breathe easy.

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