Midwest Environmental Advocates’ Green Office Design Features
551 West Main Street, Suite 200, Madison

Employee Health
Goal: Improve Work Environment to Increase Work Productivity

• Natural daylight
• Air filters to increase indoor air quality
• Alternative transportation
• Plants
• Non-Toxic Cleaning Products

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Goal: Reduce Energy Consumption and Contribution to Global Warming

• Use natural daylighting to illuminate work spaces during the day
• Energy efficient appliances

Salvaged, Recycled, and Sustainable Materials
Goal: Transform Trash into Functional, Cost Effective Office Components, Preserve Functional Older Materials

• Encourage salvage of historic building and its components
• Agricultural production waste turned into desk tops
• Office chairs made from recycled plastic bottles
• Sustainable-harvest wood products
• Salvaged and restored file cabinets
• Sustainable Purchasing Practices