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)
30
European countries ranked by what your office actually pays — worst: Ireland at €0.267/kWh
100%
of our figures cite a source. No source, no claim. That’s the whole editorial policy.
Where the money leaks
Bespaar op afdrukken
Printers eat an estimated €150/employee/year. Our math says 40–60% is recoverable.
Verlaag de energiekosten
Standby mode is a second bill: 5–10% of office electricity, by our estimate.
Ga papierloos
A 30-day roadmap to paperless — measured in hours saved, not trees hugged.
Groene IT & Apparaten
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A weekend waste audit that pays for itself in one bin-collection less.
Beleid & Rapportage
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