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Sign upDecember 2, 2024
Coopérative Vaudoise de Transition Écologique et Sociale (Covates)
Lausanne
The Covates was in search for a professional and soundproofed phone booth solution that was within its budget, all of that without sacrificing its core environmental and social beliefs. Lakabi was the perfect solution as our lean company structure and local supply chain allowed our proposed solution to check all the Covates's boxes. The initial discussions quickly lead to the signature of a purchase order and the manufacturing and assembling steps followed rapidly. In the second week of December 2024 the phone booths were delivered at Covates's location and now its coworkers enjoys its acoustic benefits.
From an environmental perspective, choosing a locally manufactured phone booth solution with lower energy consumption resulted in a 57% reduction in CO₂ emissions over a 10-year product lifecycle compared to the mainstream alternative.
Economically, opting for a low-power phone booth solution cuts energy consumption by half and reduces the energy bill by CHF 7 per month. Since the purchase price of this solution is comparable to that of the mainstream alternative, the return on investment is immediate.
Lakabi is an indoor single and double phone booth used by office workers to enjoy phone or video calls without disturbing or being disturbed by the surrounding noisy environment. Our approach has been to make Lakabi a contemporary and customisable piece of office furniture that can blend into a wide variety of office spaces while assuring that it's development, manufacturing and assembling arms as little as possible the environment. To achieve this, we designed Lakabi to be easily reparable (carpentry and electric/electronic circuitry), using local suppliers and materials as well as reducing the dimensions of the phone booth parts to avoid the need of a large truck for it's transportation. Its smart sensor uses very little energy to operate and automatically switch off the light and ventilation once the user step out of it, helping operators save energy and money.
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