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July 29, 2010 | V2 02.11.2009

 


We Use The Greenest Paper There Is: None

We are proud to be a green online alternative to wasteful paper based workflows. Unfortunately these processes are still the standard in industries like AEC and Manufacturing but green awareness in CAD continues to gain momentum - you can help! By sharing and collaborating your CAD projects with us, you are saving countless physical resources, not just by saving a few sheets of paper at your office but all of the resources of the people you have included in your workgroup as well.


Print or Online - You Choose and So Do Your Clients.

What do we do that is different that makes it so green? - We directly tackle the environmental weak point of the entire CAD workflow - physical proofing. If you think about it, pretty much all CAD work winds up on a printer or plotter, only then to be hand delivered, burning up gas, to the client who then makes some notes and changes and that piece of paper goes... Most CAD projects are planned this way and frankly, it's not necessary - We live in the 21st Century and it's time we acted like it. By offering a vendor neutral publishing system that clients can use as easily as paper, we can encourage CAD users to keep it digital which then also brings in the savings of online collaboration all of which saves countless quantities of paper, toner, ink, energy and waste.


Online Collaboration - Working Together To Save Resources

As CAD professionals, we all know the story here - with endless revisions, piles of change orders and notes, printed emails, voice mails and faxes - and still there are mistakes that slip through. It makes more sense to have a centralized area to house everything. By doing this, at the very least, you create the opportunity to catch errors, save on costs and prevent waste. More and more, businesses are starting to realize that online collaboration and cloud computing saves time and money - and in the CAD world this means less impact on the environment directly.


Our 3 Green Points:

  • Resources: We save on paper, toner, ink, plastics and the resources it takes to create them.
  • Energy: By eliminating the need for physical transport of information, energy is conserved.
  • Waste Reduction: By using centralized collaboration, error is reduced thus less waste is created in the first place.

Other Green Efforts You Can Participate In:

US Green Building Council & LEED
http://www.usgbc.org/

American Institute of Architects
http://www.aia.org/

North American Product Eco Logo
http://www.ecologo.org/en/

European Product Eco Label
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ecolabel/whats_eco/index_en.htm