Fareham business helps reduce carbon emissions by a tonne in just one night - Cobweb Solutions, which provides outsourced IT services to fast-growing businesses, has joined together with 58 customers to produce a total energy saving equivalent to a tonne of carbon, in just one night on 14th August. The CO2 saving is equivalent to the emissions generated by ten passengers on a return flight from London to Paris. Cobweb persuaded over 58 customers to turn off approximately 700 PCs as part of their PC Switch Off Evening. If these companies switch of their PCs every evening from now on, that would produce an annual saving of around 438 tonnes of carbon – equivalent to over 21 full flights making the round trip from London to Paris! The PC Switch Off Evening marks the launch of a new national green business community by Cobweb, who recently achieved the ISO 14001 accreditation which recognises that a company is managing its operational impacts on the environment. Now, the green community aims to encourage small and medium-sized businesses across the country to join together to reduce their carbon footprint, with many more initiatives planned for the future.
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Fareham business helps reduce carbon emissions by a tonne in just one night

2008/08/21 07:56

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Cobweb Solutions, which provides outsourced IT services to fast-growing businesses, has joined together with 58 customers to produce a total energy saving equivalent to a tonne of carbon, in just one night on 14th August. The CO2 saving is equivalent to the emissions generated by ten passengers on a return flight from London to Paris.

Cobweb persuaded over 58 customers to turn off approximately 700 PCs as part of their PC Switch Off Evening. If these companies switch of their PCs every evening from now on, that would produce an annual saving of around 438 tonnes of carbon –
Fareham business helps reduce carbon emissions by a tonne in just one night
equivalent to over 21 full flights making the round trip from London to Paris!

The PC Switch Off Evening marks the launch of a new national green business community by Cobweb, who recently achieved the ISO 14001 accreditation which recognises that a company is managing its operational impacts on the environment. Now, the green community aims to encourage small and medium-sized businesses across the country to join together to reduce their carbon footprint, with many more initiatives planned for the future.

Sarah Hildyard from Cobweb Solutions, who organised the PC Switch Off Evening comments: “The manufacture, distribution and use of IT equipment is responsible for around 2% of total global carbon emissions – that’s on a par with the airline industry. However, there are some real opportunities to limit the environmental impact of IT. For example, industry sources show that up to 60% of PCs are left on overnight. If we all turned off our PCs overnight we could slash IT’s carbon emissions in a single stroke.



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