A report introduced by search engine Google has said that using Gmail for business email rather than a locally hosted email server may be up to 80 times more energy efficient.
Making use of Gmail is able to reduce server energy, like the energy needed to house and cool the servers. The data servers used by Google are amongst the most energy efficient in the world, and it is small and medium sized businesses which will see the largest CO2 reduction if they decide on Gmail.
Google claims over 4 million businesses previously use Gmail with regards to business email, which is a significant decrease in carbon emissions.
Many organisations happen to be setting up energy efficiency equipment in their premises to try and reduce their carbon emissions, but the study from Google shows that there are many different ways for businesses to start being more energy efficient.
Apollo Enviro provide environmental consultancy services to assist businesses minimize their pollutants. From undertaking an environmental audit to highlight areas where energy savings might be made, to planning environmental knowledge courses to show that making small changes could have a big impression.
Apollo Enviro will also help larger businesses with all areas of the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme. This can be a mandatory scheme for companies who use large amounts of energy and requires businesses to register and set of their energy use. Apollo Enviro can manage all this on behalf of businesses and also gives tips on ways to reduce carbon emissions to reduce the amount businesses have to spend under the scheme.
