{"id":1572,"date":"2007-10-02T14:20:30","date_gmt":"2007-10-02T14:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/Wordpress\/?p=1572"},"modified":"2007-10-02T14:20:30","modified_gmt":"2007-10-02T14:20:30","slug":"it_departments_do_not_focus_enough_on_green_office_equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/it_departments_do_not_focus_enough_on_green_office_equipment","title":{"rendered":"IT departments &#8216;do not focus enough on green office equipment&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many IT departments at UK businesses are not focusing on energy-efficient <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\" target=\"_self1\">office equipment<\/a>, it has been claimed.<\/p>\n<p>An Economist Intelligence Unit and IBM survey reveals that 42 per cent of UK IT executives do not measure the energy use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/office-machines-supplies\/c-2420\" target=\"_self\">office machines<\/a>, Current Business Review reports.<\/p>\n<p>The report also indicates that fewer than half (45 per cent) had plans in place to cut down on high-energy office equipment.<\/p>\n<p>And, when deciding which office equipment to purchase, most IT managers cited reliability (63 per cent), while only 12 per cent mentioned energy efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>Graham Whitney, IBM&#8217;s leader of climate change and carbon management services for IT in the UK, told the news provider that organisations should think about green <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/office-machines-supplies\/c-2420\" target=\"_self\">office machines<\/a> before it is too late.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;At this early stage of us going green, there&#8217;s a lot of low-hanging fruit, but as time goes on there will be more of a trade-off,&quot; he remarked.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Technology will be the answer to a lot of carbon-related problems, so we need to sort out energy in IT because we&#8217;re going to need more IT not less.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Greenpeace acknowledged Sony and LG Electronics for making the biggest environmental strides with their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/office-machines-supplies\/c-2420\" target=\"_self\">office machines<\/a> over the past year.<\/p>\n<p>At Paperstone we can supply your firm with a wide selection of office equipment.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many IT departments at UK businesses are not focusing on energy-efficient office equipment, it has been claimed. 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