Saving on Ownership Cost

Saving on E-Waste 

Reducing E-Waste by 80% – E-Waste is a growing problem for all business owners. The rapid growth in new technology has shortened lifecycles and led to an explosion in the number of obsolescent electronic systems and components that require disposal each year. Coupled with a rising cost and the realisation that electronic systems require safe disposal is of growing concern. Some 20 to 50 million metric tonnes of e‐waste are generated worldwide every year, comprising more than 5% of all municipal solid waste. When the millions of computers purchased around the world every year (183 million in 2004) become obsolete they leave behind lead, cadmium, mercury and other hazardous wastes. In the US alone, some 14 to 20 million PCs are thrown out every year. In the EU the volume of e‐waste is expected to increase by 3 to 5 per cent a year. Developing countries are expected to triple their output of e‐waste by 2010

Saving on CO₂Output

Saving 83% on CO₂ output – The second way that SoftXpand Ecoware helps the planet is during use. As the SoftXpand Ecoware system consumes only around 16% of the power of a comparable stand-alone system, the amount of greenhouse gases produced are decreased by 83%.With growing concerns over CO₂ discharge, and the increased likelihood of carbon taxation in the immediate future, you can start to do your bit straight away, by either supplementing your existing systems with SoftXpand Ecoware equipped personal computers, or replacing existing systems with a complete SoftXpand Ecoware system.

Saving 50% on Purchase Cost – On like for like comparisons a complete SoftXpand Ecoware system is typically only around 45% of the cost of a standalone personal computer or local area network (LAN) system. Business users need only buy a single PC host along with 6-8 monitors, keyboards, and mice. A SoftXpand Ecoware system can operate in isolation or as a part of an existing LAN system. SoftXpand contains all of the features and independence of a standalone PC, including full remote worker connectivity, for each work station at a fraction of the traditional cost. Typical work station costs are around £225 per seat compared with between £500-800 per seat for a comparable desktop PC.

Saving 83% in Embodied CO₂

Saving 83% in embodied CO₂ – A recent UN study found that computer and screen manufacture takes at least 530 pounds of fossil fuels, 48 pounds of chemicals and 3000 pounds (1.5 tons) of water—“altogether more than the weight of a rhinoceros or a car.” (UN, 2004) For a 50 pound computer /VDT combination, this makes a materials to product ratio of 71:1, not including packing, distribution, delivery, usage, and disposition energy and materials costs. In comparison, a car or a refrigerator requires just one or two times its weight in natural resources. In combination with the short lifecycle of the typical computer, the very high energy intensity of computer manufacturing results in “an annual life cycle energy burden that is surprisingly high…[about] 1.3 times that of a refrigerator”, (Williams, 2004) itself typically a high energy use appliance. Compared to many similarly ubiquitous appliances, life cycle energy use of a computer is much higher during manufacture (81%) than during its operating lifetime (19%)(ibid.)