Technology to help reduce

The project was rolled out in Wellington in October 2007 and in the South Island offices in May-August 2008. It has made a large contribution to reduction of our annual resource consumption figures.

The technology project:

• replaced all PCs with more energy efficient laptops. Docking stations are now at each desk with a LCD monitor;
• established a wireless network enabling laptops to be taken into meeting rooms to allow for easy collaboration and avoiding unnecessary printing;
• enabled telephone calls to be received electronically via ‘soft phones’, significantly reducing the number of IP phones consuming electricity, and enabled faxes to be distributed electronically to reduce paper use;
• created more video conferencing facilitates in the Queen’s wharf office, and added additional units at the Twizel office and both Christchurch locations; and
• introduced the new ‘follow me’ print system on low power print/copy/scan devices.