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Our Office Buildings Are Talking To Us; Time To Start Listening

By Dave Bartlett

At a recent staff meeting, a CFO asked his team why some buildings the company owned were more cost effective, with lower energy bills, than others. His employees started to throw out recommendations of how to address the high-cost buildings, including consolidating their workforce or simply rebuilding. The CFO’s attention was caught, however, by the response of a younger staff member, “If we want to understand the root cause….why don’t we start by asking the buildings?”

http://blogs.forbes.com/ericsavitz/2011/02/25/our-office-buildings-are-talking-to-us-time-to-start-listening/

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