Recently we were able to read how German luxury car manufacturers have succeeded in reducing the CO2 emissions for their new vehicle fleets in recent years. Using a simple calculation as an example we can demonstrate easily why some environmental gains in efficiency do not kick in because they get eaten up immediately.
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In order to substantiate the importance of the topic of environmental protection at the company, in January 2010, AMPEG adopted it in the employment contracts for all salaried employees in line with the following paragraphs.By doing so the company’s singular attitude to environmentally-friendly behaviour is designed to encourage individual employees to act.
Tuna fish: From Mexico to Malta before it lands on our plates
“Fish is healthy”. We learn this from an early age. But although it may be healthy for us, which company canteen tell us that it is in danger of becoming extinct?
And what do fish and CO2 have in common?
One thing up front: since we started buying more powerful PCs, things have really started to happen with the electricity they consume under load.
When the new PCs are switched off, they really are switched off: they use absolutely no electricity! You can find a detailed description of the results below.
A further example of the lack of attention given to energy is the Starbucks Café in the market square in Bremen (53°04’30.33“N). Last winter, many of the people who came here to enjoy a coffee could be seen sitting with their coats on next to the window. That’s not in front of the café but inside!
So loved throughout Europe, french-fried potatoes are to be found on the menu of every canteen, and nearly every restaurant and bar. How they are prepared though is astounding when it comes to the carbon footprint.
“Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking, welcome to today’s flight from Hamburg to Munich. Please fasten your seat-belts, and get ready for a most uncomfortable trip, where we will be crediting 175 kg of CO2 to your climate account.”
This could well be the voice of the captain on a short-haul flight sometime in the near future.
Lots of employees at large and small companies have told us they don’t print on both sides of the paper, because its too complicated and the settings often don’t work. While it is true that a series of valuable yet highly complex technical options do exist for printing on both sides, it also possible to use the following method that we setup easily on our network printer.
Every year, the greenhouse gases that each and every individual in Germany causes correspond to the impact that 10 to 12 tonnes of CO2 have on the environment. What each individual eats amounts to some 2 tonnes of this, not taking into account the transport chain, deforestation to make way for pasture land and so, as investigated in a study by WorldWatch Institute. For this reason, their figures for the carbon footprint left by food are significantly higher.
A clearly much too cost-conscious building renovation was completed in Bremen’s largest shopping street in 2008: the heat in the fancy building in Obernstraße (53°04’39.68“N) was literally being thrown out of the window.
