IT & the change in working practice

Change in working practice is now a major part of cost and carbon reduction for all business sectors.

 

So what is Change in Working Practice and how does it work?

 

Instead of a large number of employees travelling to a number a of offices, you consolidate to a large office with a number people working full time and based at this office. You then review how many people you can have not travelling to the office and work from home. This allows a number of big wins for the public sector as they are generally regionally based, say, in a single city or district. So what and where are the gains and loses?

 

Gain: 

Reduced number of building in the estate
and direct benefit of reduced power and heating

 

Gain: 

Reduced travel, this is secondary cost saving and carbon reduction

 

The other side of the coin is to meet this change in working practice any business will have to invest in different IT practices that will have a huge offset in the gains listed above.

 

Where do we fit in?

 

Scientia is a team of specialist consultants focused on reducing the carbon impact of your IT.  We can help customers design the most energy efficient infrastructure to meet these changes. Once your hotspots have been defined we then work with IT's most green products to deliver the most energy efficient route to your goal. Our skills start at the data centre and follow the carbon trail  to the desktop. This will ensure that any change you make has the lowest carbon footprint for your business.
 
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