
Talent acquisition company Jobilla outfits Berlin offices with biophilic green walls to support employee well-being and productivity
After just one green wall transformed a conference room from barely usable into a pleasant space in its Helsinki office, Jobilla wanted to ensure its employees at the Berlin office get the same benefits.
HELSINKI, Finland (April 26th, 2023) Talent acquisition scaleup Jobilla has equipped its freshly opened offices in Berlin with Nordic smart green wall technology. The walls were designed and installed by Finnish indoor nature technology company Naava.
Jobilla and Naava started working together five years ago after Jobilla’s previous office in Helsinki, Finland, had less than satisfactory air quality in one of its conference rooms. The renovation of the conference room was not designed to have proper air ventilation, which made working conditions unbearable, according to employees.
“Previously, we worked in an office with poor ventilation in some parts. In this conference room, the air quality was particularly bad, so we began looking for solutions. We discovered Naava and their smart green wall was installed in the conference room – suddenly it transformed from a room you couldn’t stay in for more than 30 minutes to a space where a team could easily spend several hours in,” says Tommi Siro, Co-Founder and CGO of Jobilla
As part of its expansion into the German market, Jobilla moved into its new offices in Berlin in January 2022. The offices are located in a renovated brewery that was built in 1899. The office is equipped with five Naava smart green walls, and more will be added. Each Naava wall is strategically placed in common areas where everyone can experience their benefits.
Eeva Niemelä, Head of Project Business & Design at Naava, emphasizes the importance of biophilic design for employee-friendly office spaces.
“Throughout our evolutionary process, humans have spent most of their time outside. Due to urbanization and the move to technological tools in our daily work, we’ve been largely confined to four walls without much access to nature. It causes fatigue and impacts our health negatively. According to research, the diversity of …