Office equipment plays a significant role in our day-to-day workplace activities. However, office equipment puts a massive load on a company’s space and electricity requirements. Organisations spend much of their time on growing and managing their businesses. In the process, they often fail to take note of equipment that could help save time, space and energy. A small investment in the form of cost-saving equipment could make a huge difference to your bottom line.

Save time, space and energy with office equipment

When selecting any office equipment for your organisation, there are several key elements that have to be considered. Here are the six main office machines and what you need to bear in mind while purchasing them:

• Printers: The newest energy-efficient printers can print up to 22 pages per minute and carry an Energy Saving Recommended logo. Depending on the printer in question, one can save up to 60 percent of the annual energy costs. Opt for printers with double-sided printing capability, which will cut down not only on energy costs but also paper costs. Combining the printer with a fax machine or a copier will help save on valuable space.

• Computers: Due to the large number of computers used in offices, this category of office equipment is one of the largest consumers of energy. Look for an Energy Saving Recommended logo and set systems to turn off the monitor and hard drive when not in use. You can also set them to go into standby mode that saves even more energy. These energy saving systems can reduce your energy costs by up to 50 percent. The latest computers are space saving and extremely fast.

• Fax Machines: Fax machines are usually powered 24 hours a day, and therefore provide immense scope to save energy and, hence, costs. Fax machines that use energy saving technology power down when not in use and power up automatically for receiving faxes.

• Photocopiers: These office machines traditionally take up the maximum space and use the maximum energy. The new style of photocopiers are very compact and space saving, they are also more energy efficient.

• Shredders: There are shredders that shred from about 100 pages a day to about 30,000 pages a day. To save on space and electricity, avoid buying a shredder that has substantially more capacity than you need. The level of security you need would also determine the size of shredder you should purchase. Your purchase would also depend on what you need to shred (only paper or also DVDs, CDs, credit cards, etc).

So, if you are looking to save on costs by saving time, energy and space, you should go through the extensive list of office equipment at www.stonehill.co.uk. Stonehill offer a vast range of office equipment to suit various budgets, and you can be assured of quality and timely delivery.