Green office guidelines and checklists for fax

The Australian Government publishes guidelines for purchasing office equipment, fax machines included. Since our business is online fax and fax broadcast services, the fax machine guidelines are the ones we care about for a green office.

Every product and service has some impact on the environment across its life cycle, but well designed, efficient technology reduces the potential carbon footprint. The guidelines exist to help organisations make that choice — see the environmental purchasing list.

The key criteria

• A suitable energy star rating
• Low energy consumption
• The ability to reduce waste and use fewer resources
• Low environmental impact packaging
• Low operating noise levels
• Companies that provide additional environmental benefits

You can also read the fax purchasing checklist, which covers fax machine considerations, the relevant government policies and the suggested purchasing criteria.

How the service measures up

With fax to email or email to fax, every box on that checklist can be ticked. The service uses fewer on-site resources, makes no noise on site beyond your keyboard, and has no packaging other than the website.

You can safely say you have met the government’s green office guidelines for fax machines when you use UTBox. Talk to us about a free trial.