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July 30, 2008
'Green' Calculator Generates Savings
Northrop Grumman Corp., the international defense and technology contractor, cut its energy usage by 27 percent, reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 26 percent, and saw a 33 percent drop in solid waste production with the aid of a new “sustainability calculator” from Xerox.
The calculator analyzes the environmental impact of printers, multifunction products (MFPs), and copiers to help users find ways to save power and reduce waste.
Solution providers can use the tool as part of their green sales strategies to evaluate Xerox hardware as well as devices from other OEMs.
Prior to working with Xerox, Northrop Grumman maintained more than 2,000 printers and the hundreds of MFPs and stand-alone copiers. Xerox Office Services helped the firm “right size” to fewer than 1,100 devices.
Users enter such metrics as equipment specifications and usage patterns present in the existing printing infrastructure. From this baseline, it then estimates the potential savings of new configurations. The calculator uses proprietary algorithms and document-assessment research to deliver its fleet-data findings. It can also show the impact of related conservation measures, such as duplex printing, Xerox says.
"Xerox's Sustainability Calculator has been helping us measure how far we've come, where we are today, and where we need to focus our efforts in the future," said Northrop Grumman’s Kraig Scheyer, vice president of administrative services, in a statement.
Posted by ajoch at July 30, 2008 01:23 PM
