Climate-compatible GREEN IT. Transforming information technology.

GREEN IT - Das Systemhaus supports companies in managing their technical infrastructure holistically and developing smart solution concepts for everyday office life. Together with THE CLIMATE CHOICE, the company has conducted the Climate Performance Assessment and is now part of the Climate Intelligence Platform, which enables companies to collect climate-focused supplier data for successful decarbonization along the supply chain.

In an interview with THE CLIMATE CHOICE, Thomas Lesser, managing director, shareholder and co-founder of GREEN IT shares Best Practices in information technology and shows how climate-compatible IT works for every company.

Individual challenges require individual solutions

Every industry and every company operates differently. We analyze specific needs and provide advice on the digitization of processes with the aim of saving CO2 emissions and resources in the IT infrastructure and thus reducing the environmental impact.

With our concepts such as the GREEN IT Cloud and smart flower, we drive the intelligent use of renewable energies to supply IT consumers and provide an important building block on the way to zero emission, climate-compatible IT. During implementation, we pay attention to the use of energy-efficient hardware and focus on sustainable client lifecycle management: from manufacturing processes to recycling and disposal. With our Print GREEN solutions, we help customers reduce waste and minimize their environmental impact by printing more intelligently and less at the same time. In addition, we provide training courses to sensitize users to the sustainable and energy-efficient use of the systems in use.

What are your Best Practices? How can companies save resources quickly and efficiently?

Best Practices in Printing

A tangible example is the technology shift from laser printing to ink systems, such as from the manufacturer Epson. Clear advantages of the systems: 92% less CO2 emissions, 0% ozone emissions and 94% less waste. At the same time, companies can save 96% of system-related electricity costs.

In addition, businesses can use special software solutions in printing. This enables printouts to be managed efficiently and ecologically. This reduces paper and ink consumption, for example, by selecting special print modes. Rule-based printing and follow-me-solutions avoids unnecessary printing while ensuring data security. The gradual reduction of paper consumption is enormously important, because just 500 sheets of A4 office paper less can save up to 7.5 kg of wood, 130 liters of water and 2.6 kg of CO2.

Last but not least: Electronic document management reduces paper and printing costs enormously. Digital invoicing serves as an example. Invoices are simply sent and received via online portals or by e-mail. This can completely eliminate paper-based processes.

Reducing CO2

Another way of operating IT sustainably is reflected in the idea of zero emission IT. Our goal is to offer zero-emission IT for companies throughout Germany. To achieve this, we work with innovative, highly efficient concept solutions whose basis is the use of renewable energy. And this should ideally be used directly at the generation site. This means that the electricity for the IT infrastructure is usable without any detours. Examples are the smart flower, an all-in-one photovoltaic system, or the GREEN IT Cloud Services - which are provided directly from the windCORES, a data center in a wind turbine of our partner WestfalenWIND IT. This is real green power – without transport routes, but with maximum flexibility. With these solutions, we provide IT consumers with an important building block on the road to zero-emission IT. It doesn't get any greener than this.

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