Print Management and Energy Consumption
Dear The Mercian Trust,
I would be very grateful if you would provide me with answers for the following questions regarding your carbon goals and printer agreements through the organisation:
• What is the current average energy charge within the organisation (kW hour)?
• What Carbon reduction goals are in place within the organisation?
• What is the contact email for the person who deals with sustainability and ESG matters within the organisation?
• Do you lease/rent or Purchase your MFD’s/Photocopiers?
• Who is your current supplier?
• What is the current number of MFD’s/Photocopiers within the organisation
• What make/model are the MFDs/Photocopiers
• What is the total mono print volume for the MFD’s/Photocopiers
• What is the total colour print volume for the MFD’s/Photocopiers
• What is the approximate spend on service over the last 12 months?
• When does the Rental and or service agreement end for the MFDs/photocopiers, and what was the original contract term?
• Do you lease/rent or Purchase your desktop printers?
• Who is the current supplier?
• What is the current number of desktop printers within the organisation?
• What make/model are the desktop printers
• What is the total mono print volume for the desktop printers
• What is the total colour print volume for the desktop printers?
• What is the approximate spend on service over the last 12 months?
• When does the rental and or service agreement end for the desktop printers, and what was the original contract term?
• What is the contact email for the person who deals with the printer and MFD contracts?
Yours faithfully,
Amber Byrne
Dear Amber Byrne
Please find the response to your FOI request below
• What is the current average energy charge within the organisation (kW hour)?
• Elec: HH meter – Day rate 23.5p / Night rate: 19p
• Elec: NHH meter – 24p
• Gas: 23.5p
• What Carbon reduction goals are in place within the organisation?
Trust carbon reduction goals are not definitive, but focus on the following:
A. Energy Procurement Wherever possible, obtaining energy from renewable sources.
B. Energy Consumption Reduction Reducing fuel consumption through the introduction of energy-efficient technologies and measures. This will also include self-generation of energy through installation of on-site renewable technology.
C. Behavioural change Increasing awareness of energy & sustainability issues and encourage all members of the Trust to help reduce energy consumption whenever they can.
D. Sustainable Development Ensuring that the highest energy-efficient design standards are adopted in all new buildings on Trust land.
• What is the contact email for the person who deals with sustainability and ESG matters within the organisation?
Please contact [email address]
• Do you lease/rent or Purchase your MFD’s/Photocopiers?
Yes – we have a mix
• Who is your current supplier?
Multiple
• What is the current number of MFD’s/Photocopiers within the organisation
We have 271 printers across the trust but do not have a break down on if they are MFD
• What make/model are the MFDs/Photocopiers
Multiple
• What is the total mono print volume for the MFD’s/Photocopiers
We do not hold this information
• What is the total colour print volume for the MFD’s/Photocopiers
We do not hold this information
• What is the approximate spend on service over the last 12 months?
With multiple contracts in place and a mixed model of ownership we do not hold this information
• When does the Rental and or service agreement end for the MFDs/photocopiers, and what was the original contract term?
Multiple contracts at multiple times during the year
• Do you lease/rent or Purchase your desktop printers?
Yes – we have a mix
• Who is the current supplier?
Multiple
• What is the current number of desktop printers within the organisation?
We have 271 printers across the trust but do not have a break down on if they are MFD
• What make/model are the desktop printers
Multiple
• What is the total mono print volume for the desktop printers
We do not hold this information
• What is the total colour print volume for the desktop printers?
We do not hold this information
• What is the approximate spend on service over the last 12 months?
With multiple contracts in place and a mixed model of ownership we do not hold this information
• When does the rental and or service agreement end for the desktop printers, and what was the original contract term?
Multiple contracts at multiple times during the year
• What is the contact email for the person who deals with the printer and MFD contracts?
Please contact [email address]
Kind regards
James Fendek
James Fendek
Director of Information Systems
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