Bristol waste management company Ecosurety has unveiled its new, state-of-the-art city centre base showcasing the latest in sustainable design and technology.
The 7,000 sq ft office, the latest in Bristol to be created by Bath-based workplace design and build company Interaction, features innovative ‘biomes’ that draw inspiration from the natural world. 
These eco zones support different ways of working – depending on mood and job task – and encourage movement between separate wings of the office.
They include a rainforest biome with as an abundance of greenery and plants where Ecosurety’s staff can socialise and collaborate.
There is also a marine-themed area, offering a refreshing space for teamwork with cool blues and sandy timbers, and a savanna zone that features deep-rooted plants and warmer tones and provides a quieter space for more focussed working.
The new workplace also features cutting-edge office technology, including QR codes that can be scanned to enable employees to learn about the sustainable furniture and finishes used in its design.
In addition, there is a central office app controlling the heating, lighting and room bookings that also remembers personal temperature preferences. 
Ecosurety, which employs about 90 people in Bristol, relocated to its new showpiece office in Picture House on Colston Avenue from the Fermentation Buildings at Finzels Reach.
The new office has already achieved a SKA Gold rating, s a prestigious environmental standard for commercial office fitouts awarded by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
Ecosurety head of sustainability and marketing Steph Housty said the new office was a physical demonstration of the firm’s ethos.
“We highly value our employees’ wellbeing and wanted to offer them a great place to work, whilst meeting high sustainability standards aligned with our purpose to accelerate change towards an environmentally and socially sustainable world,” she added.
“Interaction’s team made it happen, thank you.”
Interaction creative lead Sara Pasquall said Ecosurety and Interaction were both proud B Corps, so sustainability and staff wellbeing were at the heart of the design project.
“It fed into every aspect, including the materials we used and the plants we integrated into the design,” she added.
“We used fabric from recycled fishing nets in the marine zone, for example, and the savanna biome includes natural cork acoustic wall panelling.”
As Ecosurety has recently undergone a rebrand to celebrate its unique purpose tying together nature and data, Interaction commissioned Stokes Croft-based artist Rose Vickers to create beautiful art pieces out of old recycled school rules – a symbol, it said, of data, numbers, art and creativity coming together.
Last year the firm sold two of its collection and recycling schemes to a leading international circular economy specialist, allowing it to concentrate on its waste management offering.
Interaction has been designing award-winning offices since 1992 and has been responsible for a raft of state-of-the-art and wellbeing-focused Bristol offices over recent years, including international law firm Osborne Clarke’s HQ, which recently won the Fit Out Workplace title at the prestigious British Council for Offices’ (BCO) annual awards.
It has also created new Bristol workspaces for property consultancy Knight Frank, global engineering consultancy Arup and for fast-growing software development and digital services specialist Amdaris.
