My company will be green. It will be paperless. There will not be printers or fax machines. It will use low-power machines like netbooks and green desktops. It will rely on the cloud for computing operations. Less Excel, more
Google Docs whenever possible. It's a carbon-intensive thing, the
cloud, but cloud companies' profits rely on reducing energy
consumption, so my company's consumption will go down with time. It will have well-styled offices that are darker than the usual
fluorescent whitewashed corporate look. For people who need lots of
light, our cube farm will use natural light. It will have smart power strips. It will not have a microwave, but it will have a stove, forcing people
to actually cook food. It will be near a train station. There will be private indoor bike
parking. A cleaning crew will come less frequently, encouraging people to clean
up their own spaces. There will be a video game station. That's not necessarily green, but
I still find it important.
Google Docs whenever possible. It's a carbon-intensive thing, the
cloud, but cloud companies' profits rely on reducing energy
consumption, so my company's consumption will go down with time. It will have well-styled offices that are darker than the usual
fluorescent whitewashed corporate look. For people who need lots of
light, our cube farm will use natural light. It will have smart power strips. It will not have a microwave, but it will have a stove, forcing people
to actually cook food. It will be near a train station. There will be private indoor bike
parking. A cleaning crew will come less frequently, encouraging people to clean
up their own spaces. There will be a video game station. That's not necessarily green, but
I still find it important.