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However, when it comes to the workplace, officebroker.com believes that more should be done to encourage sustainable working practices. The company, which works with more than 97% of the UK's serviced office space providers and landlords, claims to be in a unique position as it has access to thousands of office workers and businesses across the country. Since many of us spend as much, if not more time in the office than in our own homes, the company has pledged to take a stand in this area to encourage Britain's office workers to adopt a range of environmentally friendly working practices. The company's managing director, Jim Venables, says: "When it comes to going green in the office, there are plenty of small, straightforward ideas that all of us can adopt to improve our working environments. And we have found that businesses whose employees have embraced environmentally friendly working practices have enjoyed considerable benefits including reduced costs and a closer, communicative workforce."

officebroker.com offers the following simple tips to anyone keen to make their office a 'greener' space:

• Turn off all computer equipment, machinery or other mechanical appliances when not in use.
• Recycle, reduce and re-use waste. For example, print or photocopy on both sides of paper, recycle envelopes ana laoeis ana turn scrap paper into notepads.
• Switch off any unnecessary lighting during the day, particularly near windows or in corridors, which do not require bright lighting (80% of the UK's lighting energy is used at work).
• Position desks and workstations to make best use of natural light.
• Ask the last person to leave the office to ensure that they turn everything off including printers, drinks machines, fans, computers and lights - perhaps have a checklist drawn up