Wednesday, January 20, 2010

The Benefits Of Green Office Furniture

By Tammy Harris

With more pollution in the atmosphere and fast deforestation, people have woken up to the critical situation and are gearing up towards conserving nature. The latest development in the global go-green movement is the use of green office furniture, and this has great potential to make organizations eco-friendly.

An excellent way to sustain earth's fragile ecology is to go for modular offices. Such an office requires a lot less material and thus helps protect trees. Modular offices save not only the trees but also the funds that a company has to invest for a new set up. Modular offices are much inexpensive than the conventional offices and as the space they occupy is smaller, the rent comes out to be lower too.

An office that uses reusable or used furniture makes a great contribution towards environmental preservation. This kind of furniture doesn't need many changes, and is good enough to fulfil the requirements of most offices. Because of the present economic slump, a lot of organizations are out of business and are auctioning their furniture at very low prices, which presents a great opportunity to save office costs. The mineral and forest resources of the earth are preserved by the use of used furniture, without having to make any sacrifices in terms of quality.

Even brand new furniture can be green furniture if certain considerations are kept in mind. The new furniture must be made of reusable materials and must be of local make so that the freight does not produce serious emissions from carriers.

Never buy furniture with foams whose production has released lethal chemicals like CFCs into the air, which are notorious for depleting the ozone layer. The wood for the furniture that you purchase must not have come from delicate forest ecosystems. Finally, you must remember that you must not use more furniture than you need, as being lavish is one of the nastiest things that you can do to the environment.

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