Green Light Technology Solutions and the Environment

Here at Green Light Technology Solutions we are committed to helping the environment. Below are a few simple measures that we can take to reduce our Carbon Footprint and reduce your energy bills.

All equipment

1. Enable energy saving features
Enable energy saving features on your appliances, and reduce energy consumption by up to 30%.
2. Switch off and save
As well as reducing the power used by the equipment, switching it off also saves on cooling or air conditioning costs.

Computers and monitors

1. Switch off
The monitor can account for a large proportion of the energy used by a computer. Encourage users to turn monitors off if they’re going to be away from their desks for more than ten minutes, and make sure computers are switched off at the end of the day.
2. Power down
Make setting up standard profiles for computer systems official policy, so that standby modes are the default. Screen savers do not save energy – so monitors should switch to standby if not used for a period of time (but users should still switch them off as described above).

Printers and photocopiers

1. Set default features and save paper
Little things can make a big difference… Make it company policy to set double-sided (duplex) printing as the default. Use a lower print quality for internal documents and drafts. And minimise paper use by decreasing print margins, or printing two sides to a page.
2. Choose the right printer/copier for the job
Print internal documents on black and white machines and only use colour printing when absolutely necessary. (If a document has only a few colour illustrations, it’s wasteful to print the whole thing using a colour printer, for instance.)
3. Fit seven-day timers
If printers are left on out of hours, they waste carbon and increase your energy costs. Install plug-in timers to all printers to make sure they’re switched off at weekends and overnight.
4. Print in batches
Try to print in batches, as this lets equipment spend the maximum time in ‘deep sleep’ state, saving energy.
5. Position in cool places
Position photocopiers and printers in ventilated spaces or in cool areas such as the north side of a building, so that machines don’t waste energy working overtime to stay cool, and even reducing air conditioning demand.