Korea Climate and Environment Network Green Printer
a low-carbon, eco-friendly life-practicing software that can be used both in businesses and at home.
Green Office consists of “Green Touch” and “Green Printer.”
Green Printer is freeware that promotes printing black-and-white on both sides of the paper.
By using Green Printer, paper and printing costs can be saved. Moreover, it can realize a low-carbon, eco-friendly life by cutting down the emissions generated when producing paper.
9,600 sheets of paper are consumed per person at firms emitting 28kg of CO2.
Green Printer reduces it by 50%, which has the same effect of planting five trees.
Annual use of Green Printer by one person
five trees
Item | Effect | Note |
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Paper consumption per day for general printing |
Forty sheets of paper forty sheets of paper used in one-side printing |
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Paper consumption per day with Green Printer |
Twenty sheets of paper twenty sheets of paper used in two-side printing |
If printed on both sides for all documents |
Paper savings per day with Green Printer |
Twenty sheets of paper fifty percent savings compared to general printing |
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Carbon reduction per day with Green Printer |
57.6g-CO2 = twenty sheets of paper x 2.88g-CO2 |
Amount of carbon emissions per A4 paper = 2.88g-CO2 |
Annual paper savings with Green Printer | 4,800 papers = 20 sheets of paper x 240 days |
Annual average of days attended = 240 days |
Annual Carbon Savings | 48.53kg = 0.424kg-CO2 x 114.48kWh |
Carbon emissions per kW = 0.424kg-CO2 / kW |
Annual carbon reduction with Green Printer | 13.824kg-CO2 = 4,800 papers x 2.88g-CO2 |
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Annual savings with Green Printer | 163,200won = 4,800 papers x 34won |
Per one A4 paper Paper cost 7won Printing cost 27won Total Price: 34won |