Skip to main content

Table 3 Life cycle costs for one million employees with sensitivity analyses

From: Innovative offices for smarter cities, including energy use and energy-related carbon dioxide emissions

In € billion a year

Present office

Mega office

Local office

Home office

Space use

10.3

7.4

7.9

7.2

Material costs

1.2

1.3

0.9

0.9

ICT costs

6.2

6.2

7.7

8.7

Transport costs

1.2

2.5

0.0

0.0

Travel costs

4.5

2.5

1.6

0.0

Total

23.4

19.9

18.2

16.8

Savings

0.0

3.5

5.2

6.5

Sensitivity analysisa

Present office

Mega office

Local office

Home office

Reference life cycle cost

100

86

81

78

50% cheaper space

100

89

78

73

No travel costs

100

93

91

95

150% ICT wages

100

86

81

78

Combinationb

100

100

96

103

  1. aIndex relative to the total life cycle costs
  2. bCombination of cheaper space, no travel costs and high ICT wage