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New figures from IDC show that the number of pages printed on
home and office printers and MFPs fell by 5% worldwide in 2011
and by 3% inWestern Europe. The fall is due to a combination of
factors including the economic climate; new technology
(e.g. tablet computers); the on-going digitisation of key business
processes (see pages 23 and 24 for examples); and attempts
by organisations to reduce paper use by making it harder for
employees to print (turn to page 28 to see how Autodesk is
doing this in its new UK HQ). Today, there are so many ways to
reduce one’s environmental impact and we would love to know
what your priorities are. Please tell us by filling in the survey on
page 16. Naturally, you can do it online too.
James Goulding
, Editor
03 Green Agenda
10 Energy
Management
Maintaining the right
temperature at St Mary’s
Hospital, Manchester
12 Cover Story
How Toshiba offsets
MFP carbon emissions
14 Print Management
UniPrint streamlines printing
at Carolina Container
16 Survey
Tell us about your printing
habits
18 Communications
Why video conferencing
makes sense
20 What’s New
Our selection
of new green
products
23 Scanning
How AIIM marked
World Paper-Free Day
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The paper used in this magazine is obtained from manufacturers who operate
within internationally recognized standards. The paper is made from Elementary
Chlorine Free (ECF) pulp, which is sourced from sustainable, properly managed
forestation.
AUTUMN 2012
24 Digital
Workflows
Three paper-less
business processes
26 Green
Buildings
Durham
University
gains
BREEAM
excellent
rating for
new student building
28 Office
Design
Morgan Lovell
greens new
Autodesk UK HQ
30 Seating
Why less is
more for
Humanscale
CONTENTS
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03
Verdiem appliance simplifies deployment
of energy management software
IT energy management specialist
Verdiem has introduced a fully
integrated software and hardware
appliance to speed up and simplify the
deployment of energy management
solutions in mid-sized organisations
with limited IT resources.
Launched in conjunction with
the new release of Verdiem Surveyor,
the VerdiemVBOX removes the
complications of purchasing a server
or provisioning a virtual machine. The
pre-packaged, pre-configured appliance
is based on a standard 1u server and
includes Verdiem Surveyor Fall 2012
Edition software.
This includes a number of
enhancements, notably Connect for
Smart Buildings, a new feature that
allows the software to be integrated
with building management systems
(BMS). This extends visibility and control
of energy use to heating, ventilation, air
conditioning and lighting etc., as
well as IT devices.
In addition, new role-based
dashboards deliver key summary
information on energy savings and
the ability to drill down to uncover more
detailed insights.
Verdiem claims its software can
help organisations achieve savings in IT
energy costs of up to 60% with an ROI
of 6-12 months.
TF1 Group, one of France’s leading
integrated media and entertainment
groups and operator of France’s no 1
TV channel for major events, is using
Surveyor software to reduce the energy
consumption of 4,000 PCs by 60-75%,
saving
€
100,000 a year.
M. Thierry Michalak, IT Director for
TF1, said: “We trialled several PC power
management solutions and Verdiem’s
Surveyor solution proved to be superior
on both the functional and the technical
level, generating an extra 15-20%
savings compared to rival solutions. The
Verdiem software is also robust and has
no impact on TF1’s network set-up.”
www.verdiem.com
Carbon Neutral
Meeting the needs of customers
with carbon reduction programmes,
Antalis McNaughton has launched
a service to offset carbon emissions
from the production and delivery of
supported papers.
These include the Image range
of papers, 4CC, Data Copy and
Coloraction. Antalis McNaughton is
buying offsets in two CarbonNeutral
Company projects, the Tieling
Methane Capture and the Uchindile-
Mapanda Forest project in Tanzania.
www.online.antalis-mcnaughton.
co.uk
Wheel
savings
Arjowiggins Graphic
has produced a ‘wheel’ showing the
savings that can be made by printing
on Cocoon and Cyclus recycled papers.
The ‘It feels good’ wheel demonstrates
in a clear, visual manner the positive
effects of using post consumer recycled
paper rather than non-recycled grades
for direct mail, brochures and annual
reports. Businesses can calculate
savings for their own print jobs using
Arjowiggins Graphic’s Environmental
Benefit Statement (EBS) tool.
www.recycled-papers.co.uk
Green humour
Arjowiggins Graphic has launched a new video showcasing the benefits of being
green in the workplace. The video, set in an office environment, uses humour to
highlight the little things a person can do in their everyday life to lead a greener
lifestyle – and some little known facts e.g. that on average ten more jobs are
required to recycle an item of waste than to send it to landfill.
www.recycled-papers.co.uk
Paper News
Sustainable
Editor’s Choice Award
VERDIEM