Using Phone & Video Conferencing to go "Green"

The financial and carbon costs of travelling to a meeting can be significant.

This calculator allows you to see how much it costs to travel to the meeting by car and shows how much can be saved by using video & phone conferencing technologies.

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Assumptions:

• Average fuel cost of 15.04 pence per mile
• 236 working days per year @ 7.5 hours per day
• 60mph road speed - no significant urban driving
• IT equipment energy consumption of 10kWh
• Electrical energy costs of 8 pence per kWh - 01/03/07
• 0.43kg of CO2 emissions per kWh of mains electricity
• 0.225kg CO2 emissions per mile