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A to B

Satellite The Green Agency is urging businesses to cut paper use by one third by switching from A to B paper sizes. It argues that this is the least disruptive and most economical way to reduce paper consumption, and is recommending that businesses use it in conjunction with existing waste reduction initiatives. A less radical option suggested by Kyocera’s Tracey Rawling-Church (left) is to fll one tray with B5 size paper and only print on A4 when necessary. She also recommends using lighter paper, such as 70gsm grades, which requires less energy to produce and transport.

WIN A COLOUR LASER PRINTER

Send us your energy saving tips and we will enter you into a draw to win a brand new Konica Minolta bizhub C10P colour laser printer.

ca Minolta is teaming up with stainable Times and giving away a rand new bizhub C10P colour laser rinter to the reader who sends in the est or most inspiring waste or energy-aving tip .

In June Konica Minolta was awarded an ‘Energy Conservation Grand Prize for Excellent Energy Conservation Equipment’ by The Ministry of Economy, Trade and ustry of Japan. The award was given to the Konica Minolta bizhub C550 and bizhub C650, which have signifcantly reduced energy consumption through the use of Induction Heating technology and polymerised Simitri HD Toner. Used by all bizhub devices, including the bizhub C10P, Simitri HD (High Defnition) toner is made of smaller and more uniform particles than conventional pulverised toner. Because the particles are soft on the inside, they melt at lower temperatures, which means that less energy is used in the fusing process. Simitri HD is also more energy-effcient to manufacture.

The bizhub C10P

Konica Minolta’s compact bizhub C10P colour printer was named ‘Pick of the Year’ and described as an “outstanding small workgroup multi-pass colour printer” by Buyers’ Lab (BLI), an independent authority for offce equipment.

The bizhub C10P produces fve colour pages and 20 black-and-white pages per minute and is an ideal output device for individual users or small teams. It integrates seamlessly into any network, including Windows, Mac or Linux environments, and comes with Ethernet and high-speed USB (2.0) connectivity as standard.

How to enter

For your chance to win a bizhub C10P please email your energy and waste saving tips to [email protected] or send in a completed entry form. The printer will be awarded to the person who submits what John Howard, head of marketing at Konica Minolta UK, and James Goulding, editor of Sustainable Times, deem to be the best suggestion. The deadline for entries is October 30, 2008.

ENTRY FORM

Name: _ _____________________________________________________________ Position: _ ___________________________________________________________ Company: ___________________________________________________________ Address:_ ____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________ Postcode: _______________________ Tel: _ ________________________________________________________________ Email: _______________________________________________________________

My energy/waste-saving tip is to:

_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________

Please return completed form to:

Konica Minolta Competition, Kingswood Media Ltd, 4 New Cottages, Green Farm Lane, Shorne, Kent DA12 3HQ

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Save one litre in one day by washing 20 offce coffee mugs collectively in the sink instead of individually under a running tap. [5]

Place a ‘save-a-fush’ in your cistern. [5]

Fit all company taps with effciency devices e.g. Tap Magic (illustrated) reduces water wastage by up to 70% but also enables you to have the normal full fow. [5]

Replace traditional urinals with waterless alternatives and fush toilets with ‘grey water’. [5]

Switch off your monitor every time you are away from your desk for a few minutes. Leaving your monitor or computer on stand-by mode still consumes signifcant amounts of electricity, as much as 30% of normal use. [2]

Remove rubbish bins from beside desks. Removing desk-side bins and having central collection points for both general rubbish and recycling organisations will increase the amount of recycling taking place and reduce the volume of general waste. [3]

Green & Thrifty

At London Remade’s recent Green & Thrifty event, Ben Murray from Carbon Smart suggested the following ‘no cost’ and ‘low cost’ initiatives.

NO COST

Switch off lights Turn off/down heating Stop dripping taps Switch off offce equipment Don’t obstruct radiators Stop draughts

LOW COST

Maintain equipment for peak performance Fit presence detecting light controls Fit time switches and thermostats Use simple heating controls Install door closing mechanisms Fit draught proofng

Eliminate solar gain

Follow the example of the European Commission and cover the inside of windows with Luxasolar Clear View window flm. This sun resistant flm keeps out 99% of UV rays and 93% of infrared heat rays, lowering indoor

temperatures by 6-9 degrees centigrade. This reduces the need for air conditioning, whilst minimising glare on PC screens. Luxasolar claims that organisations with air conditioning will make energy savings of 30% from May to October. The flm has the opposite effect in the winter, helping to keep heat within a building, reducing heating bills by 17-25%.

www.luxasolar.eu