UK commercial property is one of the biggest users of electricity and is estimated to waste as much as 50% of it.
As energy costs rise and ethical and regulatory pressures on business to improve the environmental performance of their properties mount, so too does pressure from tenants to improve the human sustainability of commercial buildings.
Here, lift consultancy SVM Associates and corporate wellness business StepJockey look at a move away from lifts and towards the stairs could help save the pennies and the pounds.
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