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CDFinder Praise:
"I'm running it as our main studio filing system for hundreds of CDs in our archives and I just wanted to say that I am really pleased with it." Jonathan J, Australia
"CDFinder is the best!" John C., USA
"CDFinder is excellent! I run a small business which requires recovering files from Archives Regularly. CDFinder helps me do this effortlessly and quickly. Thanks to the team for making such an excellent, effective and affordable product!" Nathan, New Zealand
"I originally found your software hunting for something to catalog our CDs we used for archiving. That was at the last print shop I worked at. Now I am running a prep department at another shop. Your software was one of my 1st purchases. I came into a shop that has had explosive growth and the system used here was antiquated to say the least. Again CD Finder is tops, I use it all the time." Mike B., USA
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CDFinder and Green IT
02 Dezember 2009 Placed in:
Info
Green IT
and the United
Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen
Next week, politicians from all over the world meet together to talk. And talk. And talk. And talk even more.
The CDFinder team is sick of talking, and started taking action.
Here is what we did so far:
- We changed our electric utility
from a huge, coal burning supplier to a small and completely green
one, only using solar, wind, and other efficient, and renewable
energies. http://www.ews-schoenau.de/
- After work, the entire hardware in our office is taken offline and turned off, really turned off with real power switches, no power consumed at all
- The only active electronic device during off hours is the energy efficient phone and communications device, the FritzBox, which handles phone, Fax, Internet, and even has a WiFi port - replacing seven separate power hungry devices with just one efficient device
- Our office has a large solar heater on the roof, providing warm water during eight months of the year, supporting the heating
- We are using a large rainwater tank to flush the toilets, instead of wasting precious drinking water
- The office windows are so large that we only need artificial lights during some hours in winter time, but usually not much
- All paper used for printing or envelopes is recycled paper, of course, though it is surprisingly difficult to find high quality recycled paper here in Germany
- Most of our staff lives near the office, so we can all actually walk to get to work
- The CDFinder web site you are reading right now is hosted by Strato.de, and they run their entire hardware on green power already, too
While we are already quite proud of our achievements, there are still open issues.
- The heating of the office building still uses a gas burner, which emits carbon dioxide, event though it is already a very efficient device
- Our fluorescent tube lights are emitting a noise that is very unpopular with the staff, but the warmer and quiet other lights we have all use far too much power. We really wish that LED lights would finally be a useful alternative
So, this is our approach to Green IT. What can you do?
Next week, politicians from all over the world meet together to talk. And talk. And talk. And talk even more.
The CDFinder team is sick of talking, and started taking action.
Here is what we did so far:
- After work, the entire hardware in our office is taken offline and turned off, really turned off with real power switches, no power consumed at all
- The only active electronic device during off hours is the energy efficient phone and communications device, the FritzBox, which handles phone, Fax, Internet, and even has a WiFi port - replacing seven separate power hungry devices with just one efficient device
- Our office has a large solar heater on the roof, providing warm water during eight months of the year, supporting the heating
- We are using a large rainwater tank to flush the toilets, instead of wasting precious drinking water
- The office windows are so large that we only need artificial lights during some hours in winter time, but usually not much
- All paper used for printing or envelopes is recycled paper, of course, though it is surprisingly difficult to find high quality recycled paper here in Germany
- Most of our staff lives near the office, so we can all actually walk to get to work
- The CDFinder web site you are reading right now is hosted by Strato.de, and they run their entire hardware on green power already, too
While we are already quite proud of our achievements, there are still open issues.
- The heating of the office building still uses a gas burner, which emits carbon dioxide, event though it is already a very efficient device
- Our fluorescent tube lights are emitting a noise that is very unpopular with the staff, but the warmer and quiet other lights we have all use far too much power. We really wish that LED lights would finally be a useful alternative
So, this is our approach to Green IT. What can you do?