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Criteria used:

The main part of the framework agreement was for the Click & Save service. The service covers external
management of printing and copying activities in a centralised way. It covers the installation of certain
office equipment, supplies of materials (except paper), and provides services such as support and
maintenance, management, and monitoring and cost rationalisation. The cost of the service is calculated
as the cost of the printed/copied page or “click”, in which the total number of clicks are defined as the
number of users working at pre-defined levels of productivity. A threshold of 3,000 clicks per user (the
European average is around 10,000 pages/clicks per year) was allocated. The level of productivity and the
total number of users are assessed by a third party. The framework also included an optional service to
manage leased office equipment (printers, photocopiers and fax) that is property of the public
administration.

Results:

The new print and copy management services are expected to save approximately 6,887,979 kWh per year
and 34,439,895 kWh during the lifetime of the service. This translates to CO2 savings of 4,417 tonnes of
CO2 equivalents per year and 22,085 tonnes of CO2 equivalents during the lifetime.

Environmental impacts

- The Click & Save mechanism helps to reduce energy consumption and paper consumption due to the
control of the printed output.

- Moving away from single user machines creates printing areas which emit less ozone, dust and noise.
- The Green Printing Policy allows continuous monitoring of the environmental impacts and resource
consumption.