With a global focus on the environment, real-estate and construction companies are motivated to provide more environmentally sustainable places to work and live. Environmental development focuses on:

• Identifying responsible practices in site location and materials selection for new construction
• Defining and incorporating intelligent information infrastructure into the building architecture
• Developing simple, flexible, and scalable network systems for buildings
• Incorporating power-management for network systems

By taking advantage of solutions such as the Cisco Connected Workplace and Cisco Connected Real Estate, new and existing commercial buildings can be designed to be:

• Better, more productive places to work
• More economical to operate
• Easier to manage with centralized IT functions
• More environmentally sustainable

Additional Resources

• Cisco Real Estate Solutions
  Identify ways to improve revenue, reduce costs, and enhance efficiencies with a scalable converged network foundation.

• Environmental Sustainability in the Connected Workplace
  Cisco has adapted to the mobile and collaborative work styles of its workforce by increasing shared workspaces.

• Essays from Innovators in Real Estate, Design, and Construction (PDF 2.5 MB)
  Some of the world's most innovative real estate and construction industry organizations share viewpoints and advice.