Print Management Blog
Fri, 27 Feb 2009
A comment to one of our previous blog entries mentioned the concept of developments as we 'become greener'..
Being 'green' is the thing to be at the moment isn't it. Driving hybrid cars, using renewable fuel sources, recycling anything and absolutely everything... and feeling good about it as we do it. Because that's what it's all about, right?
I frequently recycle whatever I can, and try to opt for the 'green energy' from my power suppliers, use energy saving lightbulbs, and turn things off at the plug at night.. and it's nice to think I'm doing my part for the planet in the long term. But for the here and now, the all important present, being green makes you feel good. You get to put your hands up when the worlds global warming crisis continues and say, "Hey it wasn't me, I walked to work and used energy efficient lightbulbs".. You get to silently judge people who don't recycle, who leave the light on or drive hundreds of miles in gas gussling 4x4s. Nothing beats washing your hands of responsibility and shouldering the blame on others, it's British, we are of a self-preservation society, afterall.
But before I get carried away, let's get back on topic, this is supposed to be a print management blog afterall...
...Businesses are encouraged to lower their carbon footprint in any way they can, (there's a handy list of ten simple things you can do to make your business more sustainable from the
Ecopreneurist) and you could even do that by upgrading to a web based system!
There's no waste from old computer parts that may need to be upgraded to encorporate a power consuming desktop system (new sticks of RAM, bigger hard drives, faster processors..)
There's less stress on your computer's processor as the machine itself is not running the system, which means less heat (which prolongs your equipments efficency life) and less power consumption.
But the beauty of a web based system is you can work from anywhere with access to the internet, so people can work from home to reduce car journeys and fuel emissions, demo's can be done online over a network to save journeys up and down the country and you can even access it via a PDA or smart phone to save turning a computer off and on!
Reduce that carbon footprint, be green with steam.
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