Technology Quarterly | From the home to the office
Companies are taking advantage of their new ability to track their workers
And, increasingly, their customers too
WHEN SIEMENS, a big German industrial conglomerate, rebuilt its offices in the Swiss town of Zug, it did not skimp on the project’s green credentials. Water from nearby Lake Zug is piped in and fed through pumps to heat or cool the offices. None of the materials used in the building came from more than 800km away. Rain that falls on its grass-covered roof is used to flush the toilets.
This article appeared in the Technology Quarterly section of the print edition under the headline “Tracking productivity”
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