- Investing in energy-efficient equipment is one of the easiest ways to reduce your carbon footprint. IT equipment, such as hardware and servers, contributes massively to energy consumption and harms the environment — not to mention a small business’s bottom line. On-site equipment is typically overprovisioned, resulting in an abundance of inefficient.
5 Ways Technology Can Reduce The Environmental Impact of Your
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- Purchase ENERGY STAR office equipment. We now have the technology to design energy efficient electronics that use up to 75% less electricity than standard equipment.
- Switch to renewable energy. Green energy was once an inaccessible option for many businesses due to costs and availability, but that’s no longer the case.
- Go paperless. Reducing paper waste is what technology does best. Documents that we once had to print and store in filing cabinets can now be filed online in secure, easily searchable cloud-based data storage systems.
- Buy a smart thermostat. Not everything needs to be connected to the internet but for some every