Caring for the environment is no longer just a matter of legal obligations, but above all an awareness that our actions determine the quality of our lives. Even small changes in everyday behavior, can have a significant impact on what kind of planet we will also leave for future generations.
Ecology is about everyday behavior that contributes to reducing harmful human activity in our planet’s ecosystem. Even changing small habits, brings tangible benefits. Sorting waste, saving energy, electronic document circulation or extending the life cycle of the devices that surround us means less pollution in the air, water and our food. Certain habits cost nothing, and in the long run even bring financial benefits.
Modern company
Walking down the corridor in the netart.com office, I felt like I was aboard a Star Trek-like ship. Lights automatically turned on in my path and off moments after I passed. The remote working model has meant that there are few employees in the office, and the sensors with which our office building is saturated are able to adjust their behavior according to the volume of traffic. However, this is not surprising nowadays, as most modern office spaces have a number of artificial intelligence-assisted systems that can adjust the temperature, light intensity and the way the rooms are conditioned based on the information received from the sensors.
It is worth noting at this point that all co-working spaces, conference rooms or individual offices that house employees use energy-efficient light sources. The rooms themselves are, of course, designed to make maximum use of sunlight, at which everyone feels comfortable and pleasant. And when there’s too much of it, though, why not also use automatic sliding sun blinds? Go ahead! This will further reduce the use of electricity used to operate the aforementioned automatic ventilation.
Electronic workflow in the company
However, the savings start with small changes that can be made not only by a large company like netart.com, but by any entrepreneur. It’s about the electronic document circulation system, which NetArt Group implemented more than 7 years ago. Supported by a number of IT tools, it was one of the first steps we took to become more environmentally responsible.
One may ask, how do digitized writings and their electronic archives protect the planet? The answer is very simple. Every printed sheet is a greater demand for paper. So fewer documents produced in physical form translates directly into the protection of trees and entire forests. And they are, after all, the green lungs of our planet, without which neither we nor future generations will simply not manage.
Electronic document circulation has until recently been able to notice and appreciate only large companies, guided by the choice of such a form of operation not so much by ecology, but by the speed of correspondence circulation. At this point it is worth noting that not only national or international giants should do so. Even a small saving of paper on the scale of one company multiplied by thousands or tens of thousands of such companies can show the scale of eco-responsibility, which we can fight for together! Do you actually need to submit documents to your accounting department in printed form all the time? The answer to this question will probably not be too difficult for you from now on.
Netart.com customers also help
Protecting forests and trees, however, is not only about electronic document circulation inside the company. All customers contribute to environmental efforts. At netart.com, proformas or invoices are sent by email by default, all to protect the environment.
Every worker protects the planet
You want to make a difference, start with yourself. It’s a saying that fits well into the pattern of any environmentally responsible company. The casual bicycle parking available at netart.com encourages employees to choose this mode of transportation. Swapping a car or crowded public transportation for an eco-friendly two-wheeler is a win-win. It is worth going to work just by bicycle, since we have parking spaces prepared for them, and traffic jams in the city would force a much longer commute anyway.
Technology in the service of ecology
Being a high-tech hosting provider was, until a few years ago, associated with lots of rumbling equipment in racks. The rumbling was caused not only by fans that cooled racks of servers, but also by thousands of hard drives. And these were the traditional ones, with magnetic motors inside, which got extra hot during operation. The displacement of traditional media by modern SSDs, including those used by netart.com with NVMe interface and Intel Optane technology, represented not only a qualitative leap for customers, but more importantly another breath for the planet. Thanks to the use of drives without moving parts that could potentially fail, the life cycle of the equipment has been extended, and it uses less energy, thus emitting less CO2 into the atmosphere.
The next natural move on netart.com’s part was to build and provide its customers with cloud technology. It allows the power of the servers to be selected as much as the users currently desire. Cloud technology, by giving the ability to attach and detach the individual components that make it up, fits in with energy consciousness and very high environmental savings. Efficient use of resources means less power demand for the devices themselves, but also, and perhaps most importantly, for the surrounding infrastructure. The multitude of services offered by netart.com also allows the equipment replaced as a result of periodic upgrades to be used in subsequent operations.
A small step for the company, a big step for the world
Paraphrasing Neil Armstrong’s famous words, we can illustrate the path to ecological responsibility that all brands belonging to the NetArt Group have been following for many years. We urge and will urge every company, the largest and the smallest, to take it up. Even if you think that your company, by making the changes that netart.com has already decided on, won’t do that much for the environment, remember that if only there are more companies like yours, together we will do a lot! By building awareness, you are building awareness among your employees, as well as your customers. In this way, you can help curb the unfavorable changes that contribute to the irreversible destruction of the world around us. At NetArt Group, we have long been thinking about future generations. They are the most at risk, and it is for them that this one small step is worth taking!