Well-being and hybrid work are at the heart of the massive restructuring of Enel’s offices, carried out even during the pandemic and facilitated by the massive use of remote work. An operation carried out with attention to people and ecology that was able to bring to a historic Milanese building, designed by Giò Ponti in 1952 for Edison, the first Italian Well building standard certification, with Platinum level for the improvement of efficiency and liveability.
Cultural enhancement
The 9,500 square meters of the Enel building in via Carducci in Milan have been renovated taking into account, first of all, the cultural and artistic enhancement of the site. In doing so, however, Enel has integrated high-tech solutions: the quality of both natural and artificial lighting and acoustics have been raised to the highest levels. Furthermore, to improve the lives of the 500 workers, the project has put the ergonomics of spaces and workstations at the center and has favored the reduction to a minimum, if not the cancellation, of the concentration of contaminants in the air, thanks also to reflections and technologies introduced with the pandemic.
Attention to well-being
“Enel confirms its attention to innovation and the well-being of people also in the management of workplaces – explains Enel Italy director Nicola Lanzetta -. The constant commitment that we guarantee to our customers towards the environment is reflected, with concrete actions, also towards all the people who are part of the Enel group ». Given the particularity of the building and the constraints of the renovation, “Enel’s achievement of WELL Platinum for its offices in Via Carducci in Milan is exceptional”, comments Rachel Hodgdon, president and CEO of the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) .
The internal environment
The Well system takes into account the well-being of workers at 360 ° and is based on 10 concepts including the quality of the air breathed and the water supplied for human consumption, nutrition, fitness, thermal, acoustic and visual comfort , the healthiness of building materials, psychological well-being and a sense of community. For each concept, Well provides metrics and reference standards to objectively measure its real performance, also through monitoring and testing in the field. So today life in the building in via Carducci is also marked by policies and initiatives to encourage proper nutrition and the consumption of healthy food in the workplace and, more generally, to ensure the well-being of all employees.