| It is hard to ignore, we are all producing too much | | | | consultant at Rackspace regarding our thoughts |
| CO2. It could be from inefficient electrical usage, | | | | and explained what we are trying to achieve here |
| car usage or simply quantity of waste sent to | | | | at EvolvIT. We are glad to report Rackspace |
| landfill. Being a business we have a larger CO2 | | | | take this just as seriously, see this green link for |
| footprint than most - and so we | | | | more info! |
| have implemented as many procedures as | | | | The last major point that became obvious was |
| possible to reduce the impact EvolvIT has on | | | | our responsibility for our customers equipment |
| our environment. | | | | power usage. We could simply set policies in place |
| Our main office is based in Bristol, however as we | | | | that would make every machine use less power - |
| began looking into our carbon footprint a very | | | | but we have to be mindful of our customers |
| simple question was asked "Why do we come to | | | | existing policies and how they use their systems, |
| the office everyday, when 95% of our work is | | | | internally and remotely. It was decided that the |
| done remotely?". Much head scratching ensued | | | | best way forward was education, and so an email |
| and no one could really see why a majority of | | | | shot was sent to all our customers explaining |
| work could not be done from our home offices, | | | | simple - yet effective changes to usage and |
| of which all staff and directors have. A quick | | | | computer settings to make every machine use |
| calculation showed that EvolvIT travelled a | | | | less power and thus have a smaller CO2 footprint. |
| staggering 40,000 miles a year just to get to the | | | | See the points below for other areas we have |
| office and back - that is almost 14 tonnes of CO2 | | | | changed, |
| emissions. A policy with immediate effect was put | | | | - Bulbs replaced with energy efficient variations |
| into place to cut this by 80%, and has proved so | | | | - Scrap cardboard must be recycled, included |
| successful that we now do over 90% fewer | | | | customer boxes when asked to remove |
| miles! | | | | - Paper to be shredded and recycled |
| We then turned to our suppliers, we must be | | | | - Company equipment to be configured for |
| responsible about who we purchase from as that | | | | maximum power savings when not in use |
| has just a big an affect as we do. One supplier | | | | - Replace battery wireless devices with |
| stood out as being particularly energy hungry. | | | | re-chargeable alternatives |
| That is ourhosting supplier, Rackspace. Over the | | | | - Supply only top rated low power screens and |
| years the number of servers we have hosted | | | | devices We hope that with our tips above and |
| with Rackspace has grown to the point that we | | | | push to be greener, other businesses can follow |
| cannot ignore the CO2 footprint those servers | | | | suit in lowering their carbon footprint. |
| emit. We spoke with our business management | | | | |