Document Management in High Tech and Communications

We all have a corporate commitment to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.  We are all looking at our operations in a quantifiable way, for the low hanging fruit, easy wins with significant cost savings. So the popular vote goes to IT and the back office for these savings.  Reducing energy consumption in the data centers, the global infrastructure from desktop PC’s to peripherals. Consolidating systems and optimizing utilization, deploying energy efficient technology and evaluating the way IT systems and output devices are purchased, implemented and deployed are all part of the process to achieve these quick wins.

Demonstrating green leadership means our company operations should be role model for reducing energy consumption, recycling, and managing pollutants. We need to quantify the carbon footprint current state, establish goals, measure the progress and reduce consumption.  Using environmental calculators is a great way to start the quantification of your current state. Some examples include:

In the Data Centers (Servers) -  Sun’s Power Calculator

On the desktop (PC’s)  - Lenovo’s Calculator

And Patty Calkins, at Xerox in her WSJ recent article mentions a recently released  “Print calculator”.

These calculators are a great step toward quantifying the carbon footprint and potential energy cost savings.  In addition, many companies are engaging IT and Document service providers that have the expertise to assist in ”operationalizating” the reduction of the carbon footprint and deliver measurable savings to the bottom line.