Businesses increasingly focused on reducing carbon emissions

Date: 6th May 2011

Small businesses operating in various industries across the UK could be among those interested in the recent comments of one expert regarding carbon reduction.

Ronan Dunne, chief executive of leading communications provider O2, has claimed that businesses are now turning to technology in order to reduce their carbon footprints.

The expert said that in terms of energy use, data centres are fast becoming the biggest user of commercial energy.

As such, Mr Dunne revealed that O2 has invested £750,000 in a pilot programme designed to monitor the power efficiency of its data centre and claimed a number of firms are improving their efforts.

In an interview with FT Connected Business, he commented:"Over 90 per cent of our carbon footprint comes from electricity consumption, so that's where our focus is. And that is facilitated by smart metering so that we can get a handle on what we are using."

Posted by Emily Smith