{"id":90340,"date":"2018-02-05T11:53:31","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T11:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/?page_id=90340"},"modified":"2020-02-24T12:11:35","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T12:11:35","slug":"about-the-office-environment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/about\/about-elexon\/working-at-elexon\/about-the-office-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"About the office environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Elexon offices are located on Euston Road and is a short walk from Warren Street Tube or from Great Portland Street tube stations.<\/p>\n<p>It is surrounded by a number of other offices, local restaurants, cafes and other services. It has views across to the BT tower and is just around the corner from Regent&#x2019;s Park and a stones through from The British Library.<\/p>\n\n        <figure id=\"attachment_101755\" aria-describedby=\"figcaption_attachment_101755\" class=\"figure-caption alignnone\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" style=\"width: 680px\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UpperstairsKitchenArea.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"contentURL\" class=\"wp-image-101755 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UpperstairsKitchenArea.jpg\" alt=\"View of the upstarirs area of the Elexon offices\" width=\"680\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elexon-bsc-production-cdn.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/28160502\/UpperstairsKitchenArea.jpg 680w, https:\/\/elexon-bsc-production-cdn.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/28160502\/UpperstairsKitchenArea-600x294.jpg 600w, https:\/\/elexon-bsc-production-cdn.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/28160502\/UpperstairsKitchenArea-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\"><\/a>\n            <figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_101755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\" itemprop=\"description\">\n                View of the upstarirs area of the Elexon offices\n            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"about-the-building\"><strong>About the building<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The building is a modern, glass lined structure with a large reception area managed by the building owners and four lifts to the various floors.<\/p>\n<p>Elexon use an Environmental Management System to record and monitor our monthly electricity consumption and have recently replaced all of the lights so that they use less electricity.<\/p>\n<p>We have an open plan office environment across two floors with plenty of space for accessing each of the team work areas. We have also recently replaced all of the carpets.<\/p>\n<p>The building achieved a 98.9% monthly average recycling rate for recent years and Elexon is keen to support that attitude.<\/p>\n<p>For the financial year 2019\/2020, the <a href=\"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/documents\/about-elexon\/renewable-electricity-commitment-certificate-2019-2020\/\">building will be supplied with 100% renewable electricity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are also regular book events on the ground floor once a month where you can purchase a range of books.<\/p>\n<p>The Gift Aid from all sales at 350 Euston Road is donated to the following charities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Third Age Project<\/li>\n<li>Samuel Lithgow Youth Centre<\/li>\n<li>St Mary&#x2019;s Magdalene Church<\/li>\n<li>Bengali Workers&#x2019; Association<\/li>\n<li>UCLH<\/li>\n<li>Fitzrovia Youth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"staff-lunch-area\"><strong>Staff lunch area<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>We have a staff area with a collection of tables and comfy chairs, a kitchen, two microwaves, two vending machines, water dispensers and a coffee\/tea machine. Staff are able to bring in and heat up their own food or something purchased from the local shops.<\/p>\n<p>Twice a week we also have a range of fruit brought in which is available free to all staff.<\/p>\n<p>We have a range of recycling facilities for food waste, paper and cans. There are also a collection of foodbank and toy recycling boxes for staff to contribute to.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"quality-of-office-equipment\"><strong>Quality of office equipment<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Our IT team supply us with laptops and docking stations and the wi-fi enables us to move between the various meeting rooms and floors without interruption. We have a number of meetings rooms and each of these has a projector and network connection.<\/p>\n<p>Desks have plenty of space with screens fully adjustable and pedestals to help maintain our clear desk policy.<\/p>\n<p>There are obviously important IT rules which apply to access and permissions but our policy is to ensure that our technology supports the working expectations of our staff.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Elexon offices are located on Euston Road and is a short walk from Warren Street Tube or from Great Portland Street tube stations. 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It has views across to the BT tower and is just around the corner from Regent&#x2019;s Park and a stones through from The British Library.<\/p>\n\n        <figure id=\"attachment_101755\" aria-describedby=\"figcaption_attachment_101755\" class=\"figure-caption alignnone\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" style=\"width: 680px\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UpperstairsKitchenArea.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"contentURL\" class=\"wp-image-101755 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UpperstairsKitchenArea.jpg\" alt=\"View of the upstarirs area of the Elexon offices\" width=\"680\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elexon-bsc-production-cdn.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/28160502\/UpperstairsKitchenArea.jpg 680w, https:\/\/elexon-bsc-production-cdn.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/28160502\/UpperstairsKitchenArea-600x294.jpg 600w, https:\/\/elexon-bsc-production-cdn.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/28160502\/UpperstairsKitchenArea-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\"><\/a>\n            <figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_101755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\" itemprop=\"description\">\n                View of the upstarirs area of the Elexon offices\n            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"about-the-building\"><strong>About the building<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The building is a modern, glass lined structure with a large reception area managed by the building owners and four lifts to the various floors.<\/p>\n<p>Elexon use an Environmental Management System to record and monitor our monthly electricity consumption and have recently replaced all of the lights so that they use less electricity.<\/p>\n<p>We have an open plan office environment across two floors with plenty of space for accessing each of the team work areas. We have also recently replaced all of the carpets.<\/p>\n<p>The building achieved a 98.9% monthly average recycling rate for recent years and Elexon is keen to support that attitude.<\/p>\n<p>For the financial year 2019\/2020, the <a href=\"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/documents\/about-elexon\/renewable-electricity-commitment-certificate-2019-2020\/\">building will be supplied with 100% renewable electricity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are also regular book events on the ground floor once a month where you can purchase a range of books.<\/p>\n<p>The Gift Aid from all sales at 350 Euston Road is donated to the following charities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Third Age Project<\/li>\n<li>Samuel Lithgow Youth Centre<\/li>\n<li>St Mary&#x2019;s Magdalene Church<\/li>\n<li>Bengali Workers&#x2019; Association<\/li>\n<li>UCLH<\/li>\n<li>Fitzrovia Youth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"staff-lunch-area\"><strong>Staff lunch area<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>We have a staff area with a collection of tables and comfy chairs, a kitchen, two microwaves, two vending machines, water dispensers and a coffee\/tea machine. Staff are able to bring in and heat up their own food or something purchased from the local shops.<\/p>\n<p>Twice a week we also have a range of fruit brought in which is available free to all staff.<\/p>\n<p>We have a range of recycling facilities for food waste, paper and cans. There are also a collection of foodbank and toy recycling boxes for staff to contribute to.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"quality-of-office-equipment\"><strong>Quality of office equipment<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Our IT team supply us with laptops and docking stations and the wi-fi enables us to move between the various meeting rooms and floors without interruption. We have a number of meetings rooms and each of these has a projector and network connection.<\/p>\n<p>Desks have plenty of space with screens fully adjustable and pedestals to help maintain our clear desk policy.<\/p>\n<p>There are obviously important IT rules which apply to access and permissions but our policy is to ensure that our technology supports the working expectations of our staff.<\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n","s3_url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90340\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}