Canon UK has unveiled research that shows the true environmental and cost impact of not completely turning off office equipment over the Christmas period. With many offices closing (or with skeleton staff) for up to 10 days this year, Canon research shows that the amount of energy used by office equipment – PCs, printers, photocopiers and fax machines – left on standby is enough to roast an astonishing 4.4m turkeys, which is also enough power to microwave 268m mince pies or more than 350,000 standard Christmas tree lights for 10 days.
In addition, the research shows that almost 19,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions would also be produced by these machines, enough to fill the same number of standard sized (25m) swimming pools.
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