There are 49 local, city and county workforce investment boards operating under the California Workforce Investment Board. All are part of a national system for workforce development funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, and many are looking into green jobs training. If a company needs its workers retrained or a newly trained workforce, a local WIB will help set up a training program and will often pay for it as well. WIBs operate through one-stop training centers, community colleges, Regional Occupational Programs (ROPs), unions and other training venues, and soon they will receive a huge influx of federal stimulus funds.
While the exact amounts of money targeted specifically to green workforce training through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for California are not yet clear, the total amount coming to the state under the overall category of “Labor” is almost $8.5 billion. This category includes things like creating summer employment opportunities for youth, training for dislocated workers, Job Corps centers and many other categories of worker training and retraining. Much of the funding for these projects will flow through local WIBs.
According to Barry Sedlik, chair of the newly-formed Green Collar Jobs Council, which operates under the California Workforce Investment Board, “we don’t have exact numbers yet of exactly who will be getting what ARRA money. We do know that it’s going directly, by formula, through the Workforce Investment Act directly to all the local workforce investment boards. I suspect we’re talking about hundreds of millions going directly for green workforce training. I can say that staff is working feverishly right now to answer this question.” The Green Collar Jobs Council acts as a clearing house, with responsibility to identify prospective providers of training.
The Green Imperative
Green workforce development is at the top of the list of priorities for cities throughout the US. According to the Green Cities report from Living Cities, four in five big cities state that sustainability is among their top five priorities. Nearly all of them want to attract green collar jobs and industries. One in three have partnered with area colleges and created green-focused training programs, and one in six have programs that place trainees in green jobs.
The green jobs focus was apparent at the recent spring conference of the California Workforce Association, a professional association that represents the 49 Workforce Investment Boards, over 200 one-stop career centers and other workforce development partners in California. One-quarter of the workshops and sessions were devoted in part or totally to green workforce issues. For example, the description for the session, “Understanding the Future Needs of the U.S. Welding Industry,” reads in part: “It appears that a significant number of new jobs will be created related to infrastructure and energy independence. How do we help prepare the workforce in our communities to tie into these new opportunities”? Other titles include: “The LA Infrastructure and Sustainable Jobs Collaborative,” “Green Jobs Now: The Green Jobs Pathway through the California Conservation Corps Network,” “Green Businesses-Green Jobs,” and “Green Workforce Development.”
With plenty of funding soon to be available, the educational community will have resources to create programs to train and retrain people for green jobs, but the question is how they can best be utilized. Keeping the cash from burrowing into academic and other sinkholes is a top priority for everyone involved. In the CWA session, “Defining Workforce Needs for WIBs and Community Colleges,” Robert Visdos, president of Workforce Institute, Inc., and attorney John Chamberlin seemed to have a difficult time containing their excitement. They paced back and forth in front of the room delivering a barrage of information on green workforce issues. “Where will the workforce come from?” he asked the audience. “How do we coordinate it? We need strategies for workforce investment boards and community colleges to work with organized labor. And reporting on our progress begins on July 15. In all my cases I’ve never seen things move this fast.”
According to Visdos, community colleges will be training for things like electronic medical records, updating the electric grid. “The broadband provisions [stipulated in the budget for ARRA] are huge, expanding broadband into rural areas. Community colleges are forming non-profits with community organizations as hubs for broadband and they will be able to sell to providers.
“Three hundred billion dollars [an amount he estimates could be released through various channels for labor] is 700,000 pounds of dollar bills,” exclaimed Visdos. “How do you narrow your focus and plan for that?”
Spending Wisely
Much of the ARRA money is being pumped into local workforce investment boards. One such board is the South Bay Workforce Investment Board in Southern California. It is one of seven WIBs in Los Angeles County, and it serves a nine-city jurisdiction. WIB’s oversee one-stop career centers, or WorkSource centers, as they’re often referred to in Los Angeles County. They are usually co-located with California Employment Development Department offices, other operators of federally-funded job training programs, and offer a wide range of workforce services including business services and training for dislocated workers, low-income adults and disadvantaged youth.
Robert Mejia, SBWIB employment services manager, expects several million in ARRA funds for additional employment and training to come to the seven WIBs in Los Angeles County. The SBWIB contracts with and maintains a list of schools that are approved for referrals of job seekers whose training is paid for under the Workforce Investment Act. Over 160 public, private and nonprofit schools and training centers are under contract with SBWIB, collectively offering more than 1,000 separate training programs for WIA-eligible program participants.
Here’s the way a WIB works: If a company in its jurisdiction needs workers, the WIB and its One-Stop/WorkSource centers can assist with recruitment and screening, and is often able to pay for worker training costs both prior to and during the initial phases of employment. It can assist in the process of matching the company with an appropriate educational institution and developing training curricula according to the employers’ specifications. Most of the employer and job-seeker interface occurs at the One-Stop/WorkSource center. “We are often referred to as one of the best kept secrets in our communities,” says Mejia. “It is frequently the case that job-seekers and employers interact with our system and don't even know it.
“California Employment Development Department (EDD) workforce services staff are actually located in most one-stop centers around the county. They're kind of us and we're kind of them.” But, Mejia says, the secret is out. WIBs are becoming “very popular now and in demand. In our nine-city area alone, we've had 50,000 visits from job-seeking residents in the last nine to ten months.” This is not surprising, of course, with prevailing double-digit unemployment rates in Los Angeles County.
Community colleges also play a vital role in providing worker training in cooperation with WIBs and their One-Stop/WorkSource centers. “ I love to send people to community colleges for training whenever possible,” says Mejia. “I always know that they will get a quality education and that in some cases the instruction provided will yield academic credit that is recognized by employers and hopefully can lead to a transfer program for a four-year degree. Plus, in some cases the instruction is paid for out of a community college’s state apportionment, which makes it more affordable to the system, which enables us to serve a greater number of workers. There are definite strands of compatibility, and with all working together we can get a lot accomplished.”
Forming a Green Coalition
In February of 2008, Jan Vogel, Executive Director of SBWIB and Mejia were inspired to expand the scope of their WIB’s direction to embrace green jobs training. The source of their inspiration was Hilda Solis, who was a California Assemblywoman (now US Secretary of Labor) and author of the Green Jobs Act of 2007 (H.R. 2847).
“This looked like a new area of workforce development that we needed to learn more about,” Mejia recalls. “The vision embodied in the Green Jobs Act authored by Hilda Solis was very compelling. I wanted to work in this area and learn more about it. If this is something that can address climate change, global warming, I'm fully onboard. I think I've always had a latent concern and a propensity to want to do something about it, but not quite knowing how.”
Thus was born California’s Green Workforce Coalition. Under the direction of Vogel, Mejia set up meetings with WIB, EDD and community college partners and the responses were gratifying. The meetings were well attended, and at subsequent ones just about every community college in the county was participating. “We all wanted to be a part, to learn more, to find out what this thing called green jobs is all about,” says Mejia. The Coalition now has 86 members from the public, non-profit and educational sectors and an “industry intelligence group.” There are also 38 other organizations that have attended their regular meetings since early 2008. They include a wide variety of workforce and education stakeholders in the region.
“The notion was that membership should be open to anybody in the state of California who has an interest in developing a green economy and a green workforce,” he continues. “We feel we need to help the California economy transform from a more fossil fuel-based economy to a more green, or sustainable, economy to battle climate change. One out of every ten U.S. residents lives and works in California; so if California can transform its economy, the state can provide leadership to the rest of the country, and the U.S., in turn, will be better able to provide leadership to the rest of the world in making that transformation. The greater L.A. area being a catalyst in that regard. We felt that we could make a real significant impact. I think we already have to some degree.”
The $60 Million Question: What is a Green Job?
A Green Workforce: Two or more engaged in the useful and environmentally sustainable transformation of space, energy, materials, effort, information, ideas, or knowledge, resulting in value.
– Green Workforce Definition by Robert Mejia
The Coalition’s mandate has been to define what green jobs are. What makes a job green and sustainable? Where are the job opportunities? Who's actually providing the training? Who are the employers that are hiring, or could hire, green workers? The task is an onerous one. In an article for federal workforce investment practitioners and policymakers, “What’s Old is New: Green Jobs & What America’s Federal Workforce Investment System Can Do Now to Develop a Green Workforce,” Mejia embarks on an in-depth exploration of green jobs, including attempts to define what they are. The article offers recommendations for what federal, state, and local workforce investment agencies can do to begin formulating systems for green workforce development in the U.S.
It also suggests creation of a Green Employer Certification system. This idea stems from the South Bay WIB’s One-Stop Quality Certification System, which prescribes increasing levels of quality attainment based on a 700 point rating scale. Mejia says in the article: “The rating scale has three tiers--Tier I, Tier II and Tier III. In this tiered system applicants for certification are recognized and rewarded for their initiative in developing and implementing quality systems and practices while receiving support from the WIB in their progress toward higher levels of quality achievement.”
The South Bay WIB is currently populating a Directory of Occupational Education for Sustainability. For placement on the directory, new and existing SBWIB contractors provide qualitative information about programs they are proposing for green job training. They must describe how the program will result in sustainability outcomes. A panel of experts reviews applications from schools, and if satisfactory their programs are placed on the directory. “If they want their program Emerald Rated,” Mejia explains, “they will have to also give quantitative information that can be verified.” This information will indicate in percentage terms the sustainability outcomes that can be achieved.
For example, if the school wants a rating for xeriscaping (environmentally sustainable landscaping that uses native vegetation), the school would need to indicate how much water can be avoided on a weekly, per project, monthly or yearly basis. The minimum threshold is 15 percent. In this example, if they train someone, the techniques they teach would need to result in reduced water use of at least 15 percent.
As it relates to ARRA funding, if the school or educational provider is already a WIB contractor listed on I-TRAIN, (SBWIB’s regional list of approved training and education contractors), and it is also listed on SBWIB’s new Directory of Occupational Education for Sustainability, it will be an indication to other WIBS that it is an approved source of training for green jobs and thus in line for ARRA funding.
The key benefit of workforce investment boards, says Green Collar Jobs Council’s Barry Sedlik, is that in conjunction with businesses, they can identify their specific needs and then match those needs with a provider that can do the training. “It’s a unique circumstance right now, where WIBs can really help fine tune the green training needs with the providers.
“They are the ones charged with understanding, at the local level, what’s going on with the employer base. They’re trying to find how to do this match. It’s a great thing. They are all geared to how they can use their available resources to help their local economies. That’s a great role in this evolving area.”
Kamis, 04 Juni 2009
Senin, 25 Mei 2009
Battery and Energy Storage in New York
GOVERNOR PATERSON ANNOUNCES STATE GRANTS FOR ENERGY FRONTIER RESEARCH CENTERS
State Investment Secures 10-to-1 Matching Funds from Federal Government
Governor’s Clean Energy Agenda Continues to Spur Investment, Create Jobs, and Position New York as Leader in Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Technologies
Governor David A. Paterson today announced that New York will commit $10.5 million in state grants to secure a federal investment of nearly $100 million to finance five energy research centers across the State. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has named five New York institutions Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC), and each has been awarded DOE grants between $2 and $5 million per year for a planned initial five year period. New York’s five centers were the second most awarded to any state, in large part due to Governor Paterson’s commitment of a 10 percent state match in funding and work to position New York as a national leader in clean energy technology research and development.
The EFRCs will bring together groups of leading scientists to address fundamental issues in fields ranging from solar energy and energy storage to materials sciences and superconductors. New York facilities were among 46 chosen nationwide, and include SUNY Stony Brook, Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, Columbia University, Cornell University, and General Electric Global Research in Schenectady.
“We are seizing the opportunity to make New York the global capital of the new energy economy. The five laboratories being designated as Energy Frontier Research Centers clearly show that New York has been recognized as a national leader in alternative energy research,” said Governor Paterson. “We are laying the groundwork for the new economy based on research and technology, which will bring private industry into the State and create thousands of jobs.”
To secure the EFRC federal grants, Governor Paterson and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) provided letters of support and a promise to provide matching state grants to the projects at a ratio of one state dollar for every 10 federal dollars. Additionally, NYSERDA will provide a $250,000 grant to each academic center. This state-level commitment of matching funds provided a significant boost to the competitiveness of the proposals submitted by institutions in New York.
The awards are as follows (with the total five-year commitment):
o Columbia University: $16 million; $1.6 million state match; $250,000 NYSERDA grant
o Cornell University: $25 million; $2.5 million state match ; $250,000 NYSERDA grant
o General Electric Global Research: $15 million; $1.5 million state match
o State University of New York, Stony Brook: $17 million; $1.7 million state match; $250,000 NYSERDA grant
o Brookhaven National Laboratory: $25 million requested; $2.5 million state match; $250,00 NYSERDA grant
Significantly, three of the five awards in New York State are for energy storage technology research, complementing the Governor’s Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium (known as NY BEST). There were only six centers nationally that will focus on energy storage, and New York State is home to half of them.
Governor Paterson recently announced the creation of NY BEST to implement the “battery consortium” called for in his State of the State address. The State has committed $25 million to this effort, which will support research to advance the commercialization of battery and energy storage technologies within the State. This month, Governor Paterson stood with General Electric (GE) Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt to announce GE’s plan to establish a new sodium battery manufacturing facility in New York that will create 350 new jobs. These two announcements, along with the State’s ability to attract Federal funding for three EFRCs demonstrates New York is already recognized as a leader in battery and energy storage technology that will support the transition to a clean energy economy.
The state matching grants for the EFRCs come from NYSTAR, through an appropriation of $5 million every year to leverage larger federal grants. NYSTAR’s obligation to these projects is approximately $1.96 million this year. NYSERDA’s grants are in addition to the NYSTAR funding, and amount to $250,000 per project for four of the five projects, totaling $1 million.
Congressman Timothy Bishop said: “These funds will make our communities more energy efficient, create jobs, and reduce energy costs in the future. We are delivering on our promise to invest in green jobs and clean energy technologies that will help turn our economy around while making America energy independent.”
Congressman Maurice Hinchey said: “This new energy research center that's being funded with federal money at Cornell University will provide extraordinary opportunities for academic research and economic growth. I commend Governor Paterson for providing the state resources needed to establish this energy research center and for his commitment to making New York a leader in advanced battery technology. This energy research partnership will leverage the academic resources at Cornell University and combine them with industry partners throughout the region and state, including those in the solar sector. This will enable New York to promote advanced battery research and develop the commercial outlets needed to create jobs and grow the economy.”
Congressman Charles B. Rangel said: “Creating a cleaner, more energy efficient America is not going to happen overnight. We have to invest in the technologies that will help us reduce our dependency on foreign oil and make environmental necessities affordable to the average consumer. These centers, and the commitment of the State and federal government to fund them, will go a long way in ensuring that promise of this green revolution is seized by all.”
Congressman Paul D. Tonko said: “I applaud Governor Paterson for recognizing the importance of research to our energy future in allocating state funds to maximize the outcome of this important federal program. When you add GE Global Research’s designation as an Energy Frontier Research Center to last week’s announcement by GE of a new advanced battery manufacturing plant in the Capital Region, it’s clear that Tech Valley is quickly gaining the reputation as a leading alternative energy corridor.”
Senator Darrel J. Aubertine, Chair of the Senate Committee on Energy and Telecommunications and the Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, said: “This state and federal partnership will advance important new technologies to help support our economy’s energy needs and create jobs throughout the State. With the advance of alternative energy research and development, New York’s agriculture, open space and rural resources will continue to play an increasingly large role in our energy future. This investment shows our State’s commitment to being a leader in clean energy technologies and rebuilding our economy.”
State Investment Secures 10-to-1 Matching Funds from Federal Government
Governor’s Clean Energy Agenda Continues to Spur Investment, Create Jobs, and Position New York as Leader in Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Technologies
Governor David A. Paterson today announced that New York will commit $10.5 million in state grants to secure a federal investment of nearly $100 million to finance five energy research centers across the State. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has named five New York institutions Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC), and each has been awarded DOE grants between $2 and $5 million per year for a planned initial five year period. New York’s five centers were the second most awarded to any state, in large part due to Governor Paterson’s commitment of a 10 percent state match in funding and work to position New York as a national leader in clean energy technology research and development.
The EFRCs will bring together groups of leading scientists to address fundamental issues in fields ranging from solar energy and energy storage to materials sciences and superconductors. New York facilities were among 46 chosen nationwide, and include SUNY Stony Brook, Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, Columbia University, Cornell University, and General Electric Global Research in Schenectady.
“We are seizing the opportunity to make New York the global capital of the new energy economy. The five laboratories being designated as Energy Frontier Research Centers clearly show that New York has been recognized as a national leader in alternative energy research,” said Governor Paterson. “We are laying the groundwork for the new economy based on research and technology, which will bring private industry into the State and create thousands of jobs.”
To secure the EFRC federal grants, Governor Paterson and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) provided letters of support and a promise to provide matching state grants to the projects at a ratio of one state dollar for every 10 federal dollars. Additionally, NYSERDA will provide a $250,000 grant to each academic center. This state-level commitment of matching funds provided a significant boost to the competitiveness of the proposals submitted by institutions in New York.
The awards are as follows (with the total five-year commitment):
o Columbia University: $16 million; $1.6 million state match; $250,000 NYSERDA grant
o Cornell University: $25 million; $2.5 million state match ; $250,000 NYSERDA grant
o General Electric Global Research: $15 million; $1.5 million state match
o State University of New York, Stony Brook: $17 million; $1.7 million state match; $250,000 NYSERDA grant
o Brookhaven National Laboratory: $25 million requested; $2.5 million state match; $250,00 NYSERDA grant
Significantly, three of the five awards in New York State are for energy storage technology research, complementing the Governor’s Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium (known as NY BEST). There were only six centers nationally that will focus on energy storage, and New York State is home to half of them.
Governor Paterson recently announced the creation of NY BEST to implement the “battery consortium” called for in his State of the State address. The State has committed $25 million to this effort, which will support research to advance the commercialization of battery and energy storage technologies within the State. This month, Governor Paterson stood with General Electric (GE) Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt to announce GE’s plan to establish a new sodium battery manufacturing facility in New York that will create 350 new jobs. These two announcements, along with the State’s ability to attract Federal funding for three EFRCs demonstrates New York is already recognized as a leader in battery and energy storage technology that will support the transition to a clean energy economy.
The state matching grants for the EFRCs come from NYSTAR, through an appropriation of $5 million every year to leverage larger federal grants. NYSTAR’s obligation to these projects is approximately $1.96 million this year. NYSERDA’s grants are in addition to the NYSTAR funding, and amount to $250,000 per project for four of the five projects, totaling $1 million.
Congressman Timothy Bishop said: “These funds will make our communities more energy efficient, create jobs, and reduce energy costs in the future. We are delivering on our promise to invest in green jobs and clean energy technologies that will help turn our economy around while making America energy independent.”
Congressman Maurice Hinchey said: “This new energy research center that's being funded with federal money at Cornell University will provide extraordinary opportunities for academic research and economic growth. I commend Governor Paterson for providing the state resources needed to establish this energy research center and for his commitment to making New York a leader in advanced battery technology. This energy research partnership will leverage the academic resources at Cornell University and combine them with industry partners throughout the region and state, including those in the solar sector. This will enable New York to promote advanced battery research and develop the commercial outlets needed to create jobs and grow the economy.”
Congressman Charles B. Rangel said: “Creating a cleaner, more energy efficient America is not going to happen overnight. We have to invest in the technologies that will help us reduce our dependency on foreign oil and make environmental necessities affordable to the average consumer. These centers, and the commitment of the State and federal government to fund them, will go a long way in ensuring that promise of this green revolution is seized by all.”
Congressman Paul D. Tonko said: “I applaud Governor Paterson for recognizing the importance of research to our energy future in allocating state funds to maximize the outcome of this important federal program. When you add GE Global Research’s designation as an Energy Frontier Research Center to last week’s announcement by GE of a new advanced battery manufacturing plant in the Capital Region, it’s clear that Tech Valley is quickly gaining the reputation as a leading alternative energy corridor.”
Senator Darrel J. Aubertine, Chair of the Senate Committee on Energy and Telecommunications and the Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, said: “This state and federal partnership will advance important new technologies to help support our economy’s energy needs and create jobs throughout the State. With the advance of alternative energy research and development, New York’s agriculture, open space and rural resources will continue to play an increasingly large role in our energy future. This investment shows our State’s commitment to being a leader in clean energy technologies and rebuilding our economy.”
Minggu, 24 Mei 2009
Sanyo Solar HITs High Conversion Efficiency
SANYO Electric reaches high energy conversion, at 23% in research environment, for crystalline silicon-type solar cells. The company has improved the quality of the solar cell junctions, reduced loss in the optical absorption of specific silcon layers, and is printing such that electrical grid resistance loss is lower. ...
... "This achievement by SANYO represents the first time that a photovoltaic manufacturer has broken through the 23% mark in conversion efficiency at the research-level for practical-sized solar cells, and further cements the leadership of SANYO’s HIT solar cell which is renowned for its high conversion efficiency. For now on SANYO will continue to advance its efforts into applying this research-level achievement into mass production, and promote further research into energy efficiency, as well as reductions in cost and materials. " ...
Rabu, 20 Mei 2009
The Importance of Water
"Water can be without the company of humans but
we as humans can only be without water for a few days."
This quotation shows the whole truth about the importance and meaning of water as the main source of nourishment. Its value cannot be overestimated. It is essential for all life on this planet.
The human body consists of about 75% water and the brain about 85%. Each cell in the body depends upon water in order to function. Numerous disorders are caused by insufficient and unhealthy water. In order to maintain the various bodily functions, we need to drink up to 2-3 litres of water each day. We need our daily supply of water since we cannot maintain reserves of it in our body as we can with food. We would die within three to seven days without water.
For thousands of years, humanity has been aware of the importance of water. In Rome, a couple of thousand years ago, it was considered to be one of the biggest crimes to pollute the water.
WaterfallToday in our advanced and modern society we believe we have to sacrifice everything including the water of this planet we inhabit (for the time being) in order to continue the "progress" and our so-called "welfare." We are rapidly destroying water's life-giving capacities. Increased population, industrial wastes and agricultural chemicals are contaminating our water sources. The citizens of our "consumer/waste" society have unfortunately lost all respect and deference for water and Mother Nature.
In our civilization, we as individuals use water as if we had limitless amounts of it. In Canada, it might seem to be true for the time being, but in Europe and other densely populated areas of our planet, drinking water has become a scarcity for which we pay dearly. Only 2-3% of the planet's water is fresh water. The majority of this tiny fraction exists as ice at the planet's poles or is inaccessible for other reasons. Only 0.2% of the planet's water is potable.
Senin, 18 Mei 2009
Penn State Solar and Sustainability
Penn State sustainability efforts span education, application, research and technology. The University participates in events such as the Solar Decathlon and uses outreach to shares its experience beyond Pennsylvania. ... [Penn State students take solar to Honduras]
... "This year the center piloted a new service-learning course that helped to install a solar array on a school in Honduras and created an opportunity for Honduran electricians to learn about solar energy systems. " ...
Via Penn State: Sustainability Programs
Penn State solar system in Honduras: "With electricity rates three times higher than in the U.S., the school was spending an outrageous share of their budget on their electrical bills. The solar electrical system will help them save $50,000 over the next thirty years. "
Jumat, 15 Mei 2009
GREEN suply chain
Green Supply Chain helps business get greener by working on their supply chain ... the process of getting raw materials / making goods and delivering to the customer
" ... address how being green in the corporate world can translate to reduced waste, increased efficiency and a positive impact on the bottom line–how supply chain operations can be automated to help reduce carbon footprints ..."Go Green
" ... our own commitment to reduce our carbon footprint. ...team also plans and implements programs in the following areas: Waste Reduction and Recycling, Energy Conservation, Environmentally Preferable Purchasing, Water Conservation, Sustainable Building, Alternative Transportation, and Corporate Social Responsibility. ..."
Rabu, 13 Mei 2009
Green Printing Default Enable Sustainability Strategy
Sustainability is expected to become pervasive in the information technology industry. UK IT leaders are preparing to embrace specific green technology objectives that are under development. A variety of the green IT tactics and measures are shared in the reference article. We can expect strategies and objectives built around simple tactics, such as positioning default settings to align with green performance. Default parameters are seldom changed and will rapidly become the norm. Think about printing in an enterprise and the mindset in your organization. Can you change it? ... You can reduce the number of printers. Transition to energy-efficient print devices as the standard or default when purchasing decisions are made. Turn off printers during off-hours. Recycle the printer ink cartridges. Ensure that the default printer settings enable duplex printing (print on both sides of paper). Use 100% recycled paper as the default supplier choice. And, don't print unless it is absolutely necessary in the first place. Simple tactics, like printing defaults, can have a big impact across the enterprise and the IT industry. ...
... "Reduce the overall number of printers used by the organization and replace with multi-function devices with green printing defaults wherever possible and where security issues allow. " ...
... "Reduce the overall number of printers used by the organization and replace with multi-function devices with green printing defaults wherever possible and where security issues allow. " ...
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