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Green Office

The office burns energy all day. Walk the floor plan with Buffer, find the waste and cut the bill without freezing the team.

Green Office

Buffer runs facilities for a small office with a big energy bill. Over four days, from an empty evening to a heatwave, read the floor plan for clues, inspect the rooms and pick fixes that cut the bill while keeping the team comfortable and safe. The bill and savings are made-up examples.

4 days
Energy

How to play

Read the floor plan. Six rooms show clues: lights with nobody there, open windows, thermostat settings, sleeping or awake machines.
Inspect the rooms. Four rooms need a decision each day. Most hide waste, but one only looks wasteful and must stay as it is.
Pick a fix. The smart fix saves money without hurting anyone. A harsh one saves more but drops team comfort; at 0 the team walks out.
Score. Dollars saved per month plus 10 points per comfort point at the end. All numbers are examples.

Quick tips

Look for nobody. Lights, heating or cooling in a room with nobody in it is the most common waste.
Standby isn't off. Screens and speakers on standby keep drawing power all night. A timer strip stops it.
Fix the cause. Close the window before you touch the heating; lower the blinds before you crank the AC.
Lower, not off. Turning the heating down at nights and weekends beats switching it off and freezing on Monday.
Some things stay on. Exit signs, servers and a hot-water tank at 60 °C are there for safety or work. Leave them.