We know that setting up a home office means that increase in power use that location. Even a small laser printer will consume 300 to 400 watts of electricity. Now think of the other office equipment to install in home office.
Get at first a PC, a monitor, a laser printer, a fax machine, a scanner and a phone. Step one of home office design is assessing power needs. Add up the wattage of office equipment. One must cut down on power needs by combining some of the office equipment needs.
Instead of having a separate printer, fax, copier and scanner, one multifunction machine that performed all these functions is better. Before even passing thought to the aesthetics of home office design, plug in all equipment and try to use it, as a normal working day.
If one experiences electrical danger signs, such as breakers popping or lights are dimming when various pieces of equipment are operating, have an electrician check circuitry and see if any simple rewiring can be completed. When choosing also the lighting for home office, assess the needs first by sitting in proposed workspace and determining how much lighting one need to work efficiently and where the light should be placed.
An office with insufficient lighting is not only useless but can lead to all kinds of health problems from headaches through neck and shoulder pain. Many people overlook the importance of ventilation in office design, but equipment needs it. The more office equipment operating, the more heat will be generated and excessive heat can damage office equipment such as PCs.
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