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Next Week Is National Telework Week
Next week, March 5-9 is Telework Week 2012 in the United States. This is the second annual Telework Week. The idea behind Telework Week is to encourage employees and their organizations to make a pledge to telecommute between March 5-9.
Organizations and employees who telework or work remotely often see an increase in morale and productivity, it encourages flexible work arrangements, improves work life balance, and even increases the rate of retention and ability to hire top talent for organizations.
Other Benefits of Telework
- Reduced Energy Consumption
- Reduced Energy Costs
- Reduced Carbon Emissions
- Reduced Traffic Congestion on Roadways
Telework Solutions
There are a number of reasons to telework for both the employee and an organization. It is also important to have the right solutions in place to be effective and fully reap the benefits of a telework program.
Office Hoteling
Employees who do telework will be in the office from time to time as well, so they will still need space to work. It is expensive to maintain a permanent workspace for employees who won’t be in the office at all times. You can maintain shared workspace for an office hoteling program that employees can book when present.
Workspace Manager- Schedule up to 3 Rooms or Resources for FREE!
SaaS
SaaS or Software as a Service allows employees to access the same programs they do in the office on a daily basis wherever they may be through a web browser. This makes sure employees can be just as effective whether they are in the office or working from their kitchen table.
Workplace BI
If your organization is beginning to telework, there will be a major change in the usage of your rooms and resources with less employees being present on a daily basis. For this reason it is incredibly important to track and understand the utilization of rooms and resources. Real Estate Business Intelligence Software allows you to see and understand different utilization trends. This information will then help you make decisions about your real estate and energy consumption that will allow you to cut costs.
Real Estate Management Needs to Take On Greater Importance In The Public Sector
In a report conducted by Deloitte, “Space Based Budgeting”, the lack of efficient real estate management by the English Government is highlighted.
Recently the public sector has seen cuts, these cuts are changing the shape and trimming down the size of the government leaving nearly 440,000 square meters of workspace vacant, with another 100 square meters expected to become vacant in the near future.
Mike Turley, head of Deloitte’s public sector practice, has even noted that some departments of the government have occupancy rates as low as 40%. Real estate is typically the second largest expense for an organization after personnel but it remains overlooked in many situations. If 60% of government agencies’ real estate is going unused think about the costs that are going into unused assets.
The public sector needs to make real estate management a priority. They can do this by putting real estate management solutions in place to not only measure the usage of assets but also manage resources as well. By making real estate management a priority the English Government will be able to:
- Reduce real estate costs
- Consolidate property and real estate to eliminate unused space
- Reduce energy costs and consumption
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Colleges & Universities Turn To SaaS & The Cloud To Reduce Costs
Recently Gilfus Education Group released an annual listing of top technology trends at universities and colleges. A highlight of the report was that more universities and colleges are beginning to depend on on-demand software and the cloud in an effort to cut costs.
On Demand, The Cloud, & SaaS On Campus
The truth is college campuses are a great place to implement on-demand, cloud, and SaaS solutions. For example, students and faculty could benefit greatly from scheduling software that can be accessed simply through a web browser or mobile device. This allows all members of the educational institution to schedule rooms or resources where ever they may be.
Scheduling software is one of the more obvious solutions for colleges and universities but there are other SaaS and On-Demand applications that can benefit these educational institutions.
On Demand Solutions For Colleges and Universities
Energy Management Solutions
Energy management solutions allow colleges and universities to monitor and control how energy is being consumed across all of their buildings rooms and resources. Learn more
Business Intelligence Solutions
Business intelligence solutions will allow the administration of colleges and universities to view valuable real-time data analysis and trending information through interactive real estate business intelligence visualization dashboards. By leveraging these business intelligence visualizations, educational institutions are able to uncover existing or forthcoming inefficiencies that can help proactively manage current and future real estate costs associated witht he use of resources and buildings across the campus. Learn more.
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Scheduling Software For Colleges & Universities
Energy Management Solutions For Colleges & Universities
Real Estate Business Intelligence For Colleges & Universities
Employing PeopleCube’s energy management solutions, your organization will be eliminating unnecessary energy consumption, resulting in significant cost reductions and reduced carbon emissions.