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Offices, Leisure Rooms, Retreats, Treehouses

Environmental Policy

environmentalHaving a strong environmental policy is very important to us here at Archipod. One of the major influences in starting up the company was frustration at the commuting lifestyle, with its attendant road congestion, air and noise pollution, road rage, running costs and time loss.

Therefore, we here at Archipod wanted to do something to hopefully encourage more people to work from home by providing a high quality working environment without the need to commute, and reduce environmental impact by its use.

Some of the main points of our philosophy are listed below:

  • The ‘Pod’ is predominantly made from timber, which is the world's most replenishable construction material. All our timber comes from either FSC registered suppliers, or is reused from surplus manufacturing.
  • The design and size is optimised to minimise wastage in production.
  • Heating is by way of an electric panel radiator, which is the most efficient way to heat a small, independent and highly insulated space such as a garden office. One advantage of working in a separate garden office is that it may be unnecessary to heat the main house during the day. We are currently reviewing using air source heat pumps for heating and cooling.
  • Heat loss is minimised by the use of high standards of insulation and air tightness.
  • The rooflight gives a high level of illumination during the day, so there is little need to resort to artificial lighting in use.
  • Fibreglass insulation is made from recycled glass.
  • We are currently developing alternative claddings that can use recycled or reused materials.