Same office. Two cities. €13,560 apart.
Waste has a price. We hand you the invoice.
Two identical 50-person offices. Helsinki pays €13,560 a year less than Berlin for the same electricity. We run that math on your printers, power bills and paper stacks: what you waste, what you save this quarter.
€13,560
/year — the electricity gap between identical 50-person offices in Helsinki and Berlin (Eurostat H1 2026)
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European countries ranked by what your office actually pays — worst: Ireland at €0.267/kWh
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of our figures cite a source. No source, no claim. That’s the whole editorial policy.
Where the money leaks
Save on Printing
Printers eat an estimated €150/employee/year. Our math says 40–60% is recoverable.
Cut Energy Costs
Standby mode is a second bill: 5–10% of office electricity, by our estimate.
Green IT & Devices
Keep laptops 4 years, not 3: one more year of use, one fewer laptop to buy.
Waste & Circularity
A weekend waste audit that pays for itself in one bin-collection less.
Policy & Reporting
CSRD-lite reporting for companies that aren’t listed — no consultant invoice.
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Written by Carla Lavigne, Green Ops Editor. I run the audits, I do the math, and if a green move doesn’t save money too, I say so. More about us →