Energy efficiency & climate protection

 

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Carbon Neutral Printing

Konica Minolta offsets unavoidable CO2 emissions for office and production printing. An emissions certificate stating the amount of CO2 emissions saved provides evidence of the carbon offset. This system benefits our customers by enabling them to meet their own environmental targets, reducing their carbon footprint, demonstrating their commitment to climate protection and improving their corporate image. 

Find out more about our Enabling Carbon Neutrality Programme.

 

Features

Konica Minolta's office devices can be programmed to consume energy as efficiently as possible. Customers also benefit from system settings reducing their environmental impact further still.

 

  1. Power control & sleep mode: Three power-saving modes; the most efficient of these, "ErP mode", is compliant with the European Ecodesign Directive. When in this mode, the system can only be reactivated if it has been programmed in the weekly timer or once the Power Save button has been used again.
  2. Time & calendar function: Manual definition when the printing system has to go into low power or sleep mode.
  3. Dynamic ECO timer: Intelligent automatic setting of low power or sleep mode as the office system adapts this from actual usage, based on a four-week analysis.
  4. ECO Scan: Short scan time and no activation of fixing heater.
  5. ECO Print: Control panel is not activated automatically if a print job comes on when the system is in sleep mode; power is only provided to the parts required, thereby minimising unnecessary power consumption.
  6. ECO Settings: Reduces display lighting.
  7. Easy set/Job program: Pre-programming of ECO system settings and functions.
  8. ECO Meter: Visualisation of individual contributions to the environment by displaying toner, paper and CO2 consumption, creating environmental awareness amongst individual staff.
  9. My Tab: Brings together eco-friendly features needed frequently in a single screen.
  10. Remote Care: Device maintenance and user support service identifying technical problems Konica Minolta can resolve remotely without sending service technicians out on the road.

 

Technology

Konica Minolta's office devices use technology that enables our customers to benefit from low energy consumption, reducing their environmental impact further still:
 

  1. Energy efficient toner: Konica Minolta's Simitri HD polymerised toner, used in both Office and Production Printing, has a markedly lower environmental impact during its production, use and recycling than conventional pulverised toner, because the toner fuses at a lower temperature.
  2. Energy-efficient scanner light: The scanner's light source has been changed from conventional fluorescent lighting to LED, which no longer contains mercury. Customers benefit from power savings and low heat performance, while brightness and scanning speed are increased.
  3. Low TEC value: Konica Minolta's office products have especially low TEC values; these represent a product's typical weekly electricity consumption (TEC), based on average office use as defined in the ENERGY STAR programme.
  4. Induction heating fusing technology: Significantly reduces energy consumption, as the temperature needed for fusing is reached much faster, and can be precisely controlled.
  5. Ozone-free roller charging: High-resolution output is possible over long periods, while suppressing ozone generation.

 

Engagement

 

CO2 reduction and green electricity

Our overall target to reduce CO2 emissions by 80% has already reached 49%. This has been achieved by reducing the amount of CO2 produced during product usage by 79% between 2016 and 2005. Green electricity is used at our German offices, creating zero CO2 emissions. 
 

"Bike2Work" employee activity programme to reduce CO2

In Germany and the Czech Republic, Konica Minolta employees can take part in the Bike2Work action project by using their bicycles instead of cars to travel to work in the summer months. This enables them to demonstrate their responsibility to the environment and improve their own health. Since 2014, Konica Minolta employees have cycled more than 110,000 kilometres and helped to save more than 20 tons of CO2 emissions by not driving this distance in their cars. 
 

Internal carbon offsetting

Konica Minolta Europe compensates for unavoidable carbon emissions by supporting certified climate protection projects. This makes us a 'climate neutral' company, and our European headquarters at Langenhagen has been operating climate neutrally since January 2018. Konica Minolta also offsets CO2 produced during its events, and has offset all printing at Langenhagen since 2015. When Konica Minolta customers also use the Enabling Carbon Neutrality programme to print carbon-neutrally, Konica Minolta offsets any emissions produced in manufacturing and transporting its product as well. This is done for all Office and Production Printing devices, ensuring a totally carbon-neutral lifecycle. More than 9 million kg of CO2 have been saved in this way to date (as of August 2018).

 

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