Each application that comprises Bashen’s Green Technology Suite shares one component: case document management. Case documents are sorted electronically, thereby reducing the amount of paper usually required to work a case. So just what are the Green Savings? The Paper Industry Association Counsel states:

• The average office worker prints 10,000 sheets of paper per year
• 1,410 of those sheets are “wasted” at an average cost of 6 cents per sheet
• Only 56 percent of discarded paper was recycled in 2007

Related paper expenses include:

• Cost of the paper
• Ink and toner
• Did you know that printer ink is one of the most expensive fluids on Earth?
• Printers
• Even with disposables, these are still a major investment
• Consider the cost of disposal when printers fail
• Are printers recycled? Most printers are plastic
• Fuel, time and pollution to haul away
• Maintenance cost
• Enhanced security measures for bulk storage or disposal of paper
• Time lost while waiting on print jobs

Cost savings include:

• Less fuel is used to cut, haul and process trees
• Less pollution is generated from manufacturing
• Less paper has to be produced
• Less paper has to be purchased
• Fewer printers have to be bought and maintained
• Paper disposal systems are reduced or eliminated
• File storage space is greatly reduced

You will notice that we use a dark background and color scheme for this site. This was an intentional Green choice. As hard as it may be to believe, it takes a significant amount of electricity for the monitor to create white or brighter colors. By using a dark scheme, we are saving electricity for every visitor to our site.