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See the true cost of every desk in your office, how much energy empty desks waste, and what you could save with real-time occupancy data.

200
55%
15,000
0.30€/kWh

Cost Per Desk

Where Your Money Goes

Every desk in your office costs an estimated 15,000/year. Here's how that breaks down.

That's €1,250 per desk, per month, whether someone sits there or not.

Rent / Lease

Base rent for office space

6,750
45% of total

Rates + Service Charge

Commercial rates and building service charges

2,250
15% of total

Energy + Utilities

Electricity, heating, water

1,800
12% of total

Facilities + Cleaning

Cleaning, maintenance, waste management

1,500
10% of total

IT Infrastructure

Network, hardware, support, licences

1,200
8% of total

Insurance + Security

Building insurance, access control, miscellaneous

1,500
10% of total

Total Annual Building Cost

200 desks × €15,000/desk

3,000,000

Energy Waste

The Hidden Cost of Empty Desks

With 55% occupancy, 90 desks sit empty every day, still drawing power from monitors, chargers, and peripherals.

Wasted Energy Cost
€4,860

Per year on phantom power at empty desks

Energy Wasted
16,200 kWh

Per year, electricity powering nobody

CO₂ Emissions
4.8 tonnes

Equivalent to 217 trees needed to offset

Occupancy ROI

What Occupancy Data Unlocks

You're spending 5,400/day on 90 empty desks. That's 1,350,000/year in occupancy waste. Here's how real data turns that into savings.

Pathway A

Space Optimisation

If occupancy data enables even a 5% desk reduction, that's 10 desks you can consolidate, sublet, or eliminate from your next lease.

€150,000
annual savings
Pathway B

Lease Negotiation Power

Hard utilisation data strengthens your position at renewal. Even a 2% improvement on rent, backed by evidence of actual usage, adds up fast.

€27,000
annual savings
Pathway C

Avoid Premature Expansion

Before signing for a new floor, know if you actually need one. Delaying unnecessary expansion by even one year avoids significant capital expenditure.

€31,000
avoided financing cost
Pathway D

ESG Compliance & Reporting

Automated energy and occupancy reporting for ESG disclosure. Replace manual data collection with real-time, auditable metrics.

€5,000
direct cost avoidance

Combined Strategic Value

Even recovering a fraction of occupancy waste pays for itself many times over

213,000
per year

These are conservative estimates. The total annual occupancy waste for your office is 1,350,000. The pathways above represent a small fraction of what's recoverable once you have real utilisation data to act on.

Turn these estimates into real savings

Syncra gives you real-time desk-level occupancy data so you can stop guessing and start optimising. No cameras, no surveys, just plug-and-play sensors.