If you’ve been reading any industry press recently, or if you visited CES and CEDIA last year, you know that 2019 was the year of biophilia, and this trend shows no signs of stopping as we venture into the next decade. Bringing nature indoors reached most corners of residential design but most notably in areas like lighting and climate control. But does biophilia play a role in how we build and design Oakland County, MI, offices? We think so!

According to Mikhail Davis, an office designer who worked with Google: “A traditional office environment is a constant temperature, lots of the same colors, same textures, same humidity: If you’re outside, these vary throughout the day, and that’s what’s producing a lot of these benefits.” By contrast, an office that incorporates some elements of “bringing the outside in,” including circadian lighting control, air quality monitors and climate control, might be the employee productivity boost you’re looking for. Keep reading to see how Tech Automation could add nature-inspired perks to your office.

When you think of how to improve your office space, you go through the usual drill. You make sure it’s spotless before clients visit. You replace your outdated decor stylings with more modern furnishings and art. Who knows? You might even implement some flashy video display signage to advertise your services to curious passersby who enter your lobby.

What do all of those updates have in common? They all aim to please the visitor who is physically inhabiting your Birmingham space. While that’s certainly important, what about those who “visit” you through video? Consider your remote team and clients as well as anyone else that might call in and see how your office operates. A smooth-running audio video installation and video conferencing equipment will always make a positive impression.

You might think your building control system does it all. It protects your employees while performing basic automation tasks, right? Maybe it manages your lighting and shades, plays your office audio and video, heats and cools each room and more. Is that enough?

Ask yourself this: Is your system able to keep up with today’s demands? Maybe you previously had a smaller staff that all worked a 9-to-5 shift, and now you have 100+ employees operating around the clock.

Or perhaps you acquired a remote team and had to upgrade your video conferencing to suit them. Owning a growing business means that your technology demands should change fast. Want to future-proof your Birmingham, MI, office with Tech Automation’s help? Learn which features you need now.