The client is chartered to serve as investment advisor to the Climate Exchange PLC, involved in greenhouse gas emissions trading, and biofuel and renewable energy ventures.

The architectural design firm is LEED-accredited, responsible for groundbreaking green spaces in Washington DC.

The space is a 3000-square-foot blank canvas in a radically modern new office building in the Central Business District.

How does it turn out?

Open, sun-filled space with a democratic layout that eschews the traditional office hierarchy. Indirect, highly efficient lighting supplemented by copious amounts of natural light diffused by semi-opaque window shades. Low-VOC paints and adhesives, "green-label-plus" certified carpeting and all-natural Forbo linoleum flooring.

The perfect match between design principles and economic and environmental principles.