You’ve Got To Be Kidding Me – Small Businesses Waste £30.8M Per Day

This is unbelievable as well as being totally averse to looking after one’s carbon footprint!

Small businesses are leaving computer equipment on standby overnight and at weekends, wasting energy, as well as increasing their utility bill unnecessarily.

The survey by E-On of 1000 businesses revealed that more than a third of small businesses don’t turn off their computers at the end of the working day, with 10% falsely believing that standby uses the same amount of energy as shutting down.

Furthermore, one in five small business owners admitted to only switching off their computers properly at the weekend.

Read more: http://www.growingbusiness.co.uk/uk-s-small-firms-waste-30-8m-a-day.html

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