Savings by changing behaviour



Wasteful practices are costing UK companies about 4.5% of turnover, but there's plenty of low-hanging fruit to pick to save you cash without affecting day to day running.

Energy efficiency is just one example where by changing behaviour by a small amount you can get huge savings back in the long-term - up to 20% on energy bills according to the Carbon Trust - from this low cost or no cost action.

Workgreen's approach will help you get consistent green behaviour from your team with the minimum of fuss so that you get - and hold onto - your savings.



Saving up to £600* per person - Workgreen® Calculator



NGL has calculated that changing green behaviour in a typical office brings immediate benefits. Just changing from poor or moderate to better practices could achieve the following savings per person* over the first year.



NGL has looked at staff behaviour and office running costs and found the following weekly per person* costs from using equipment and paper, building heating, water and light.
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Help on measuring behaviour



Workgreen's programme provides lots of information and guidance to help your team focus on where they can make a difference. The Green Calculator Discussion for example, gets everyone to assess how green their behaviour is and decide on what they can tackle. There's also a Green Survey to help you see how resources are being used and what sort of behaviour you're getting from your team.



* Figures are NGL estimates of the year one opportunity from changing the practices of a shared open plan office of 20 people. Building running costs will be variable. Equipment use is based on a general commercial specification and does not relate to any model or manufacturer. Stationery, computer and printer supplies are excluded. A unit cost of 5p per kWh has been used.