As sustainability becomes a top priority for enterprise organizations, AV technology is playing a surprising but essential role in helping businesses reach their green goals. This issue explores how audiovisual systems contribute to LEED certification through energy efficiency, smart power management, and virtual collaboration tools like Microsoft Teams Rooms and Zoom Rooms.
For enterprise organizations pursuing LEED certification, sustainable design extends beyond architecture and materials—it includes the technology that powers the workplace. Audiovisual (AV) systems play a strategic role in supporting LEED goals through smarter, more energy-efficient communication tools. Here are key ways AV technology contributes:
Reduced Travel through Remote Collaboration
Advanced conferencing tools—like Microsoft Teams Rooms and Zoom Rooms—enable high-quality virtual meetings that reduce the need for business travel. Supporting a remote-first environment not only lowers an organization’s carbon footprint but also contributes toward LEED points in the Sustainable Sites category. These systems empower global teams to connect seamlessly, decreasing emissions associated with commuting and flights.
Smart Power Management
AV power management systems—like those offered by Legrand and others—enable centralized monitoring and control of energy usage across devices. These systems reduce phantom power draw, support scheduled shutdowns, and integrate with building energy dashboards to align with LEED goals around energy performance and demand response.
Smart Building Integration
AV systems can be integrated with building automation platforms to optimize lighting, HVAC, and shading based on occupancy and time of day. This synergy supports LEED credits related to energy optimization and indoor environmental quality.
Daylight and Lighting Control
AV systems contribute to daylight harvesting by controlling motorized shades and lighting levels to maximize natural light while reducing glare. This enhances user comfort and supports LEED goals for visual environment and lighting quality.
Energy-Efficient Systems
Modern AV solutions use LED displays, energy-saving control processors, and occupancy sensors to reduce power consumption in meeting spaces. Automation ensures systems power down when not in use, helping reduce a facility’s overall energy load.
Data-Driven Room Optimization
AV Remote Monitoring & Management tools provide insights into how spaces and equipment are used. By analyzing room behavior, organizations can reduce active AV systems, consolidate underused spaces, and make smarter design changes, resulting in lower energy use and a more sustainable workplace.
Materials and Lifecycle Sustainability
AV manufacturers increasingly offer products with low-VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) materials, modular components for easier recycling, and compliance with environmental certifications like EPEAT and ENERGY STAR—all of which align with LEED’s materials and resources criteria.
By aligning AV strategy with sustainability goals, enterprise organizations can create smarter spaces that not only enhance productivity but also advance their LEED certification efforts.
Supporting Sustainability at Scale: AV’s Role at Indeed
As a global leader in hiring, Indeed prioritizes sustainability in every aspect of its operations, including its workplaces. With multiple LEED-certified offices worldwide, Indeed demonstrates a commitment to reducing environmental impact while creating productive, tech-forward spaces for employees.
AV technology plays a critical role in helping achieve and maintain these sustainability goals. From centralized power management systems that reduce energy use to smart integrations with lighting and HVAC, Ford AV designs solutions that align with LEED standards. Tools like Zoom Rooms and Teams Rooms also support remote collaboration, helping reduce the carbon footprint from travel.
“At Indeed, sustainability is a core responsibility. Our pursuit of LEED certification reflects a commitment to building energy-efficient, environmentally responsible workspaces — thoughtfully integrating collaboration technology to support both our people and our environment.”
— Jeff Joseph, Senior manager Technical Project Management Global Real Estate
By combining thoughtful design with intelligent AV systems, Indeed continues to set the standard for modern, sustainable workspaces.
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