Use Case DocuMatrix Measures for energy reduction in the IT sector
For ICT Austria, DocuMatrix has outlined its internal company measures for conserving resources in IT.
The starting point
Sustainability and resource conservation are on everyone’s lips—the same is true in the field of software development. Green IT or green computing are concepts which seek to establish environmentally friendly information technologies. The main underlying idea is the sustainable design of all relevant aspects concerning IT, including the resources, materials and energy used. The goal is to help improve our environment.
Green IT also plays an important role at DocuMatrix, where the focus is on developing environmentally friendly and energy-efficient solutions. With this, DocuMatrix takes on responsibility for people and the preservation of the environment for the long term.
Implementing sustainable solutions takes a lot of time, and businesspeople are often confronted with high costs. At small and medium-sized companies, that is why the implementation process usually takes longer than expected or planned. The DocuMatrix use case is intended to demonstrate how commercial activities can be designed sustainably using innovative solutions in order to save valuable resources for the benefit of the environment and the company itself.
The implementation
For an environmentally friendly, resource-saving business, DocuMatrix set the following 5 goals:
1. Energy self-sufficiency of the company
DocuMatrix’s main office, located in Einsiedl, Lower Austria, meets the requirements for a low-energy building with all of the features listed below. The installed photovoltaic system on the roof has an area of 123 m2 and produces an average of 48 kW of electricity per day. The current produced in this way is used to heat and cool the building, charge electric cars and operate the company’s energy-efficient servers. The current power consumption of the low-energy DocuMatrix building is approx. 108 kWh/day.
DocuMatrix aims to achieve completely sustainable business process management in the long term, acting in accordance with corporate social responsibility.
2. Development of resource-saving software
DocuMatrix has also set the goal of developing in-house solutions that are powerful and also save energy. All products and solutions feature extremely high efficiency, achieved thanks to fast computing power, and the energy consumption is always kept low. Solutions from DocuMatrix enable users to optimize their business processes and save resources with a plan. This all-encompassing approach makes it possible for banks and insurance companies to design paperless, short on-boarding processes that are also responsive. This gives retail companies, for example, the option to manage their logistics processes based on real-time data, which saves tonnes of CO2. There are several opportunities to introduce and maintain paperless operation in retail, such as with electronic price tags which have been developed by DocuMatrix for several years now.
3. Paperless operation of the company
Being on the cutting edge of the future is hugely important at DocuMatrix, and the issue of paperless operation is a part of this. Through sustainable and efficient internal sequences, it has been possible for the company to design almost completely paperless business activities. In the next few years, the owners would also like to optimize the tasks in the back office, with the goal of complete paperless operation.
4. Green hosting for cloud solutions
Since 2021, DocuMatrix has also offered customers the option to use their products and solutions on a cloud basis. Since the company has delegated the cloud solution to a green hosting provider in the DACH region, more valuable resources can be saved and climate- and environmentally friendly operation can be ensured. The DocuMatrix cloud that was created now includes a complete IT landscape and is operated in an environmentally friendly manner.
5. Regionality in IT
Since 2021, DocuMatrix has also offered customers the option to use their products and solutions on a cloud basis. Since the company has delegated the cloud solution to a green hosting provider in the DACH region, more valuable resources can be saved and climate- and environmentally friendly operation can be ensured. The DocuMatrix cloud that was created now includes a complete IT landscape and is operated in an environmentally friendly manner.
The listed measures show that, even in medium-sized companies in Austria, sustainable business in IT is both possible and worthwhile.
For more information about the implementation process for measures at DocuMatrix, simply contact us directly.
Article written by
Markus Gruber und Gerhard Gruber
19.09.2022