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Sustainable Workplace: Why Wood Is the Perfect Green Material?

Wood is universally beautiful to the man. It is the most humanly intimate of all materials. Frank Lloyd Wright UAE Architecture & Design from the Spectacular to the Sustainable The UAE landscape sometimes seems like a stunning dreamlike utopian expanse, with some of the most breath-taking examples of modern architecture to be seen anywhere in […].

Nicola Trivett 13 min read

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Sustainable Office Fit Out: Using Technology to Go Greener

I. Introduction to Technology in Sustainable Office Fit Out According to a recent study undertaken by Harvard based researchers, the benefits of green buildings far exceed than just that of reduced energy usage. Buildings consume nearly 40% of primary energy production around the world. Any cuts in energy consumption can have a tremendous impact on […].

Nicola Trivett 15 min read

Sustainability In Action - Office Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

Summertown Interiors installs electric car charging station at Dubai headquarters The UAE is committed to creating a sustainable future as demonstrated by its sustainable economic policies – the UAE Vision 2021, the 2030 Green Agenda, UAE Centennial 2071 and the UAE Energy Strategy 2050. Adoption level of sustainable initiatives by UAE organisations is increasing as […].

Nicola Trivett 3 min read

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Health, Well-being and Productivity in Commercial - The Impact of Green Buildings on People and Profit

1. The Environment Is Not Something “Out There”; it’s Where We Live & Work Can a company be environmentally conscious and still make money? That might seem like a strange question, given that many of the most vigorous opponents of environmental regulations seem to come from the business world. But the experience of the UAE, […].

Nicola Trivett 8 min read

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Workplace Technology

Creating activity based spaces that encourage employee engagement and collaboration via seamless technological integration continues to shape the workplace However, in the 2016 Dell and Intel Future Workforce Study, 44% of employees are of the view that their workplace is not “smart” enough. Additionally, more than 50% of employees expect to be engaged in “smart” […].

Nicola Trivett 2 min read

Collaboration with External Partners is Key to Success

What is collaboration in business? The definition of collaboration from the Oxford Dictionary is “The action of working with someone to produce something.” But in business, it is more likely to be working with someone outside your team, and potentially with different expertise to achieve a common goal or product. Organisations are now reaching beyond […].

Nicola Trivett 2 min read

Diversity in the workplace

By Marcos Bish, Managing Director, Summertown Interiors As we quickly reach the end of the first month of 2017, we look forward to yet another year of delivering high end interior projects for our clients – helping them achieve their environmental goals whilst delivering operational savings and a better workspace for employees. At Summertown, we […].

Nicola Trivett 2 min read

Dubai welcomes new green building regulations

By Marcos Bish, Managing Director, Summertown Interiors The Dubai Municipality’s decision to introduce Al Safat, a green building rating system for new buildings in Dubai is set to improve corporate sustainability in the UAE. The rating system has been designed to achieve high sustainable performance of buildings by strengthening their planning, design, implementation and operational […].

Nicola Trivett 2 min read

Summertown Interiors Achieves LEED EBOM Gold Certification

By Marcos Bish, Managing Director We are very proud to announce that we have been awarded the Gold LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance (LEED EBOM) certification for the ongoing operations and maintenance of our headquarters. The LEED EBOM certification identifies and rewards current best practices and provides a framework for buildings to use […].

Nicola Trivett 3 min read

Green is not a trend, it’s a business strategy

By Marcos Bish, Managing Director, Summertown Interiors Our green credentials take us back well before it became ‘fashionable’ to call yourself sustainable. We were the first contractor in the UAE with an office to receive LEED Gold rating (in 2009), and have successfully executed more sustainable interior projects with 100% success rate in the UAE […].

Nicola Trivett 4 min read

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Category: Insights

Sustainable Workplace: Why Wood Is the Perfect Green Material?

Sustainable Office Fit Out: Using Technology to Go Greener

Sustainability In Action - Office Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

Health, Well-being and Productivity in Commercial - The Impact of Green Buildings on People and Profit

Workplace Technology

Collaboration with External Partners is Key to Success

Diversity in the workplace

Dubai welcomes new green building regulations

Summertown Interiors Achieves LEED EBOM Gold Certification

Green is not a trend, it’s a business strategy