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Last year Royal Mail introduced a carbon neutral service for unaddressed door-to-door deliveries that enables customers to measure, reduce and offset emissions associated with this form of direct mail. Now, TNT Post has launched a similar service for business customers’ addressed mail. Like Royal Mail’s initiative, TNT Post’s CarbonNeutral service will combine offsetting with advice on how to minimise the carbon impact of mailings e.g. by printing on recycled paper and cleaning databases to reduce the number of undeliverables. www.tntpost.co.uk

Luxo describes the Ninety as the most energy-effcient task light in the world. Its four 1.5W diodes provide up to 1280 Lux on the work surface and last for 25 years with normal offce use. Both the lamp position and light levels are fully adjustable.

Duraweld has reduced the size of the packaging needed to transport A4 polypropylene binders by supplying them fat-packed rather than pre-assembled. The ring mechanisms are delivered in the same box as the folders and can be put in place by the user when needed. Supplying the binders in this way has enabled Duraweld to reduce the size of the box needed to transport 25 folders by 75%. The latest addition to Duraweld’s Clever Conversions range of sustainable products, the binders are available in off-the-shelf and custom designs and cost from £1.75 each. In October, Duraweld is launching versions made from recycled vinyl.

Arup is using the Luxo Ninety with Kinnarps height adjustable Bench F system, which has some interesting environmental features of its own. The worksurface is made from Dufalite, which consists of a honeycomb layer of recycled cardboard between two outer layers of hardboard. This uses fewer resources and is lighter and easier to transport than conventional chipboard. Surfaces are fnished with Lamine, a durable paint-type fnish that is indistinguishable from real wood. Created by applying fourteen layers of solvent-free lacquer to an untreated chipboard base, Lamine eliminates the use of glues, veneers or melamine, keeping stockholding requirements and manufacturing waste to a minimum.

A solar-powered TV was one of several sustainable products shown in the Zero Emission House at the Hokkaido Toyako (G8) Summit held in Japan from July 7-9. Sharp paired its prototype 26-inch low power LCD TV with a solar power

module of an equal size to demonstrate how it will soon be possible to power TVs with solar energy. Another beneft of this solution – though presumably not an environmental one – is that it will make television available to the 1.6 billion people who live in areas where utility-supplied electricity is currently unavailable. Sharp’s low power consumption LCD TV uses one quarter the power of a 28-inch CRT TV and one third of the power of an existing LCD TV.

PC Power Down Network automatically powers down and restarts PCs and peripherals (monitors, printers, routers etc) at times scheduled by the network administrator. It combines a software application that schedules the computer to power down and a surge protected smart power block that senses when the PC has shut down and automatically cuts power to peripherals such as monitors and routers. The administrator can set different stop and start times by department, group or individual and can schedule ‘open windows’ to perform planned maintenance and other tasks. PC Power Down Network is available for £45 per workstation (including the server software and one year’s licence: licence renewal is £20 per workstation). A Home Edition is available for £29.95.

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