Discover how a simple switch-off policy can save your organisation thousands of pounds a year and slash your carbon footprint - no capital investment required.
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Most organisations overlook one of their easiest sustainability wins.
An idle desktop PC and monitor draw around 50 watts. Left on overnight and through weekends across a 200-seat office, that adds up to over £10,000 wasted every year - pure electricity cost for machines doing absolutely nothing.
Those same 200 PCs left on unnecessarily generate around 7 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year - the equivalent of several transatlantic flights. For a school with 1,000 computers, the figure is far higher and directly contradicts any sustainability commitment.
A structured switch-off policy, properly communicated and enforced through IT settings, can eliminate up to 95% of this waste within weeks. No new hardware, no capital budget, and no loss of productivity - just a decision and a plan.
8 comprehensive chapters packed with data, practical steps, and ready-to-use templates.
Whether you are running a corporate estate, a school network, or a public sector organisation, this guide is written for you.
Multi-site enterprises with hundreds or thousands of PCs, looking to reduce overheads and meet ESG reporting requirements.
Educational institutions with large computer labs that run all night, and a responsibility to model the environmental values they teach.
Government departments, NHS trusts, and local authorities under pressure to demonstrate genuine Scope 2 emissions reductions.
TaskForceCO2 is dedicated to helping organisations of every size understand, measure, and reduce their carbon footprint through practical, achievable action. We believe that the path to a lower-carbon future is paved with small, consistent decisions made at every level of every organisation.
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