Approaching the far, so the impact of the development of digital technology today. The world seems no longer limited, the distance hundreds of thousands of miles can be penetrated in one finger.
Likes do not like the advance of civilization is causing disruption in the way of communication between people.
If the first received an envelope containing a letter from someone is a pride, now it may be regarded as ordinary. Maybe, even feel arkais.
The time machine keeps moving after the era of correspondence with paper. Cell phones and the Internet are starting to surface. Means of communicating human beings increasing again with the presence of e-mail technology.
The world may need to thank a man named Ray Tomlinson (1941-2016), the inventor of the e-mail.
Thanks to the presence of e-mail, the world community communication more easily and quickly. Sending news in just a few seconds to relatives on the African Continent? Can.
Or, want to get information on whether your business proposal received the company with different headquarters of the city? Can also.
Through e-mail, people are connected to each other without any territory or time.
In addition to ease of communication, e-mail is also viewed more environmentally friendly because it can reduce the use of paper.
However, did you realize, the use of e-mail is not entirely good for the environment?
As reported by The Washington Post, every email we send adds at least 4 grams of carbon dioxide (C02) to the atmosphere.
For comparison, if we send up to 65 emails, that's the equivalent of motor vehicle pollution driving 1 kilometer away!
Not only that, receiving junk e-mail (spam), even if you do not open it, still contributes about 0.3 grams of carbon dioxide.
According to environmental expert Mike Berners-Lee, the amount of emissions above is contributed by a flaming computer, server, router, or other device.
Wise energy
Sending e-mails is just one of a long list of daily human activities that are often seen as not contributing to environmental destruction.
Apparently, typing is not important in the Google search engine can leave a trace of 0.2 grams of carbon dioxide.
Similarly, sending short messages through the device also contributes at least 0.014 grams of carbon dioxide.
Reflecting on the things above, it's good every individual use technology carefully. Every action we take with technology devices is able to leave traces on the planet's destruction.
It can be imagined also, how big the impact of environmental damage due to the use of e-mail in a massive professional world, such as offices.
If a building in the business district has 20 floors and each floor is inhabited by one company of 100 people each, how much carbon dioxide is generated by electronic mailing or typing activity.
In addition to growing awareness of each individual to utilize technology wisely, there are actually other ways to minimize the negative excesses of technology to environmental damage.
One way that companies or building managers can do is to implement environmentally friendly energy management systems. For example, with EcoStruxure technology from Schneider Electric.
Through such innovation, the management of electronic equipment and the operation of the building can be controlled as needed. Used energy monitoring can be done in real-time through the utilization of digital technology (IoT).
That way, companies and other businesses can save energy use and play an active role in environmental conservation.
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