Communications Technology Saving Energy Costs
In purchasing products supplied from recognised world leaders in Communications you will know that you are investing in the latest technologies with Companies such as Avaya, who have selected a third party enterprise carbon management system to monitor emissions and present results quickly and efficiently. Facility management works with reporting Avaya locations to load their utility data on a monthly basis. Locations are asked to provide data regarding water consumption, solid waste, scrap electronics, batteries, and consumer recyclables (i.e. paper, glass, plastic, aluminium, cardboard, and any other materials being recycled) where possible. Employee business air travel is also tracked and Avaya receives regular reports from its travel partner that aggregates travel across the world and provides mileage for these trips.
Carbon reduction commitment
Avaya has a carbon reduction commitment to reduce Scope 1+2+3 GHG emissions by 15% by 2015 from its 2009 baseline. It is ahead of schedule and this brings business advantages. Carbon is used as a marker for energy consumption and Avaya has made significant cost savings, hundreds of thousands of dollars over the last 2 years since the company ramped up its carbon management systems.
Reduction activity has included office efficiency measures, re-vamping equipment, energy audits, standardising temperatures, and consolidating data centres to make them larger and more energy efficient.
Investing in the future
Investing in products that reduce energy demand present an opportunity to increase margin. Developing technologies such as IP phones can reduce 20% of customers’ electricity consumption, and server virtualization saves not only electricity but also physical space. Additionally, purchasing goods from Manufacturers, who as part of their strategic plans, reduce costs and carbon from shipping, by re-designing the packaging used in high volume products to lower the resource required to deliver them to customers around the world.
