The smart choice for sustainability

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wherever, whenever

VDIPOD. The smart choice for sustainability.

AEC firms are under mounting pressure to provide clear evidence of the benefits of their environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies. Legal reporting requirements and ESG stipulations in public tenders are getting more stringent. Carbon offsetting is increasingly frowned upon when bidding for green projects. Exclusion from tenders is on the horizon unless firms can validate their sustainability claims.

Outdated IT infrastructure is a huge generator of CO₂. Enterprise technology accounts for about 1% of worldwide emissions –  equal to half of all emissions from global aviation and shipping. But greener IT is not simply about reviewing infrastructure to drive carbon reduction; it’s also about transforming working practices, operations and solution efficiency. 

That's why those in the know are turning to VDIPOD.

Think sustainable IT. Think VDIPOD.

Unfortunately, many AEC companies aren’t practicing what they preach. It’s all too common for architects, designers and engineers to work on bids for eco-friendly projects on power-hungry CAD workstations that don’t maximise the use of renewable energy sources. It's time for a rethink.

Smart IT teams have the potential to make a tangible difference to their company’s environmental impact. VDIPOD uses 81.7% less energy with an 89% renewable power model at source, and CO₂eq reduction of up to 43% compared to traditional CAD workstations.

Since migrating over 400 employees to VDIPOD, a multi-award-winning international architecture studio has already achieved a three-fold increase in renewable power use and a 90% reduction in kilowatt hours per person. These benefits will grow as the platform is rolled out across the US, Canada and Asia.

The intelligent IT choice to reduce environmental impact.

            IT teams can also make wise environmental choices about where to host their data and services. 

VDIPOD is hosted from data centres operating on 100% clean, renewable energy and optimised to achieve an industry leading power usage effectiveness ratio (total energy used versus energy delivered to IT equipment) of c.1.2 versus an industry average of 1.8. 

Global engineering company SNC-Lavalin is working with Creative ITC to reduce its global data centres from 16 to three.

“One of the biggest benefits we’ve already seen in our carbon footprint is we’ve reduced storage by 69%, electricity by 53% and floorspace by 45%,”    

said Steve Capper, Group CIO SNC-Lavalin.

VDI performance, 

wherever, whenever