Chicago Office Commercial
by Joan M. Kaufman, IIDA,FSIA, LEED AP
Summer 2011

Using every avenue to foster your business success, especially in today’s marketplace, is good marketing. Creating a work environment that helps you grow your business is more than planning it to be spatially efficient and functional, more than designing the space to have visual impact and appeal, more than selecting the right carpet, furnishings and paint, more than designing the correct lighting levels and heating/cooling comfort; even more than carefully calibrating the environment to include sustainable materials with energy efficient systems.