Muhammad Syafiq SYED MOHAMED, Isa HALIM, Akmal Hafiz AZANI, Lai Yan LING
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Stephen T.F. POON¹
School of Media, Arts & Design, Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation, Malaysia
Page 1 – 9 | Vol. 5 No. 2 2020 | Available online on 1 December 2020
Abstract
This paper presents contextual factors that drive integration of sustainable design practices in the workplace. The objective is to study pro-environmental principles in the management of energy, resources, and interior designing to examine the advantages of sustainable workspace designs in enhancing health, productivity, and social engagement. Research scopes the conceptual definitions of sustainability to understand how human behaviours are linked to the problem. Insights on workplace design strategies are discussed in a case study of American networking and tech conglomerate, Cisco Systems, Inc., to evaluate the potential of sustainable design applications in developing connected work cultures. Findings signify that beneficial aspects of environmental and social wellbeing are key motivations to adopt sustainable designs. In doing so, however, architectural and interior designers must surmount stakeholder perceptions in accepting and adopting workplace sustainability and implementation costs. To overcome these barriers, recommendations will focus on changing perceptions, educational and social responsibility initiatives.
Keywords
Commercial Workplace, Environmental, Human-Centred Design (HCD), Office, Sustainability
Acknowledgement
Writing this paper has truly been an experience that I will not soon forget. I am grateful for the selfless guidance that I received from my cluster. Particularly, I offer my sincerest gratitude to Pinky Khoo for her linguistics support and advice, also for suggesting alternative modes of thought when I found myself at a creative impasse. I am thankful to my family and friends have given this work so much support that it would be invidious to list names; with one exception.
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