Comments on: Software for the future http://www.papercut.com/blog/chris/2007/11/08/software-for-the-future/ Keep an eye on what the PaperCut developers are up to ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:46:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris http://www.papercut.com/blog/chris/2007/11/08/software-for-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-19482 Chris Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:30:00 +0000 http://www.papercut.com/blog/chris/2007/11/08/software-for-the-future/#comment-19482 Hi Chris, The "size of a tree" and how many trees it takes to make paper is calculated using some statistics done by UCLA Berkeley a few years back. The information is referenced in the footer on the following page: http://www.papercut.com/products/ng/manual/ch-sys-mgmt-environmental-impact.html I'm sure trees sizes vary around the world but this will be a good average. Also the aim to to make users "think before they print" in terms of the environment and not just their hip pocket or their print quota impact. Glad to see your users/students like the feature. Cheers, Chris Hi Chris,

The “size of a tree” and how many trees it takes to make paper is calculated using some statistics done by UCLA Berkeley a few years back. The information is referenced in the footer on the following page:

http://www.papercut.com/products/ng/manual/ch-sys-mgmt-environmental-impact.html

I’m sure trees sizes vary around the world but this will be a good average. Also the aim to to make users “think before they print” in terms of the environment and not just their hip pocket or their print quota impact.

Glad to see your users/students like the feature.

Cheers,

Chris

]]> By: Chris http://www.papercut.com/blog/chris/2007/11/08/software-for-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-19481 Chris Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:13:17 +0000 http://www.papercut.com/blog/chris/2007/11/08/software-for-the-future/#comment-19481 The students at my University love this also. When explaining the new system to them at an all school meeting I received a round of applause when I told them you can track how much CO2 their printing has produced. I was shocked but so happy to know that the future is looking so much brighter. But that has brought up a good question, and one that I got about 100 times since we first started using papercut. How big is the tree? I've told people that it's an average size pine tree, but people really want to know. How big is the tree referenced in the environmental impact? The students at my University love this also. When explaining the new system to them at an all school meeting I received a round of applause when I told them you can track how much CO2 their printing has produced. I was shocked but so happy to know that the future is looking so much brighter.

But that has brought up a good question, and one that I got about 100 times since we first started using papercut. How big is the tree? I’ve told people that it’s an average size pine tree, but people really want to know. How big is the tree referenced in the environmental impact?

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