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 | Shut down computers Leaving your computer and monitor on during out of office hours can produce as much greenhouse pollution each year as driving your car from Melbourne to Perth. |  | Switch off unnecessary lights Lights account for up to 60% of energy use in an office tenancy. Leaving lights on for a year in a small office* when they're not needed requires 37 mature trees to offset the greenhouse pollution generated. *office size of 10 x 10 metres |  | Turn off copiers and printers Leaving a photocopier on standby during out of office hours can waste enough energy each year to burn a compact fluorescent light in your kitchen for more than 2.5 years. |  | Unplug unused appliances The combined standby power from a whiteboard, microwave oven, hot water boiler and 20 mobile phone chargers can produce as much greenhouse pollution each year as driving your car 2,800 kilometres. |  |
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