Saving energy to help the environment Did you know that a single computer monitor left switched on
during the night wastes enough energy to laser print 800 A4 size
pages?
Did you know that a single computer monitor left switched on
during the night wastes enough energy to laser print 800 A4 size
pages?A leading local company has set out its stall to get staff
'switched on to switching off' so that energy can be saved to help protect the
environment. The aim at AstraZeneca R & D Charnwood, Loughborough's
medicines research company, is to reduce the use of electricity this year by
three per cent and a poster campaign is being used at the Loughborough facility
to make staff aware of the project.A spokeswoman for the company's Safety Health and Environment
department said: "What we want is for lights and equipment to be turned off
when not needed. It is easy to waste electric power - for instance, leaving a
photocopier on overnight uses enough energy to make no less than 5,300 copies
and just leaving a window open loses enough to produce 130 milk
bottles!""We are keeping an ongoing watch on the situation but we are
expecting that staff here at AstraZeneca will appreciate the need to save
energy and thereby help the environment and will support the
campaign."Ends
