New research from Oki has revealed that UAE businesses are spending millions of Dhirams per year on avoidable energy costs. Oki holds that these costs could be saved if local firms and organisations were to utilise energy-efficient technology when considering office equipment.
“What firms are failing to realise is that while printing is an essential function of any business, they have the option of utilizing energy-compliant office products,” stated John Ross, General Manger, Middle East, India and Africa for Oki.
“In doing so, they would be significantly reducing their energy consumption and as a result, would cut significant costs without having to change a single workplace practice.”
IDC predicts approximately a quarter of a million units in sales of printers in FY 2011. If just 10% of the predicted sales of such products were LED technology printers, the UAE alone would save AED 1.3 million in energy costs per year.
A study conducted by CEBR, an independent economic research consultancy, found that the UAE spends approximately AED 1,136 million per year on outsourced printing and AED 5,102 million on printing materials, with the most spending coming from the public administration and defence sector, the educational sector and the telecommunications sector.
Firms and other organisations could be saving between AED 238 million and AED 540 million per year on printing costs. From these, it is estimated that AED 98 million could come from bringing currently outsourced printing functions inhouse, and between AED 140 million and AED 442 million could come from more efficiently managing internal printing functions. This includes the employment of advanced technology such as LED printing.
