Here at Big Switch Projects, we’ve been wondering how we can better explain what an energy-efficient office would really feel like, and how would it really perform. So we’ve come up with this. If your office were a car, what sort of car would it be?

You probably think our answer is: if your high-efficiency office were a car, it would be a Toyota Prius, a model famous for its fuel-efficiency and low carbon emissions. Wrong. We’ve decided that if your office were a car, it wouldn’t be a hybrid-powered car. It wouldn’t be a diesel. We’re interested in your view too, let us know what you think and we’ll collate your replies and put them on our website.

We’ve had quite a bit of discussion of this around the office, because, strange as it may seem, while we’re a bunch of energy efficiency experts, we actually do have a surprising number of serious petrol-heads on staff, who take more than passing interest in cars and their performance. They watch Top Gear. They read Wheels magazine. While you’re checking Facebook, a few too many Big Switchers are reading new car reviews on line. 

As an energy efficiency and carbon solutions group, of course our choice of car has to be very fuel-efficient. It must have low carbon emissions out of the exhaust pipe. It must be cost-effective. It must be practical. And it must really perform. It has to go like a little rocket, as that’s how you want your office to run.

Click here to find out what we think your office would be.