Print Management & Energy Consumption

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Dear Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service,

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,

Jake Taylor

Deborah Lowe, Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service

Our ref: FOI 23 159

 

Good Afternoon Jake,

 

Thank you for your request for information in relation to print management
& energy consumption.

 

We received your request on 29^th November 2023 and we are dealing with it
under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We will supply you
with our findings as soon as possible, on or before 29^th December 2023.

 

If you have any queries regarding this request, please contact me
directly, quoting the reference number above.

 

Kind Regards

 

Debbie Lowe

Information Governance Officer

Dorset & Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service

01722 691315

dwfire.org.uk

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Deborah Lowe, Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service

Good Afternoon Jake,

 

Further to your request of 29^th of  November 2023, which we have treated
as a Freedom of Information request, please find below our response to the
information you requested.

 

Query and Response:

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:

1. What is the current average energy charge within the organisation (kW
hour)?

    Our current charges for DWFRS are as follows: Electricity is 36.2p per
KW hour and Gas is 2.4574p per KW hour

2. What Carbon reduction goals are in place within the organisation?

     Our current target is that we are looking for a year-on-year
reduction in our carbon footprint,  although this is soon to be reviewed
with more specific targets

3. What is the contact email for the person who deals with sustainability
and ESG matters within the organisation?

    Ian Hopkins, Head Of Assets  and his email address is
[1][email address]

    Please note these contact details are not to be used for the purposes
of direct marketing, as per the UK GDPR Article 21, which affords
individuals the right to object to such marketing.

4. Do you lease/rent or Purchase your MFD’s/Photocopiers?

    We rent MFD’s.

 

5.  Who is your current supplier?

      KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS (U.K.) LTD

 

6. What is the current number of MFD’s/Photocopiers within the
organisation?

     68 Devices

7. What make/model are the MFDs/Photocopiers?

    KyoceraTASKalfa 3253ci. ECOSYS M6235cidn.TASKalfa 6053ci

8. What is the total mono print volume for the MFD’s/Photocopiers?

     314,710

9. What is the total colour print volume for the MFD’s/Photocopiers?

     132,884

10. What is the approximate spend on service over the last 12 months?

       £134,672.45

11. When does the Rental and or service agreement end for the
MFDs/photocopiers, and what was the original contract term?

       The current contract ends on 31^st July 2024 and the original
contract length was 5 years.  The contract will be reprocured within the
next 6 months ready for the service to commence from Aug 2024

12. Do you lease/rent or Purchase your desktop printers?  N/A

13. Who is the current supplier? N/A

14. What is the current number of desktop printers within the
organisation? N/A

15. What make/model are the desktop printers? N/A

16. What is the total mono print volume for the desktop printers? N/A

17. What is the total colour print volume for the desktop printers? N/A

18. What is the approximate spend on service over the last 12 months? N/A

19. When does the rental and or service agreement end for the desktop
printers, and what was the original contract term? N/A

 

20. What is the contact email for the person who deals with the printer
and MFD contracts? N/A

 

I trust that this answers your queries, however, if you are unhappy with
the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make
a complaint or request a review of the decision, you should write to the
Information Governance Team, Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service,
Five Rivers Health and Wellbeing Centre, Hulse Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire
SP1 3NR within 40 working days of receipt of the original
decision. Alternatively, you can
email [2][email address] .

 

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint or review, you
may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a
decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have
exhausted the complaints procedure at the Fire Authority. The ICO can be
contacted at:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

0303 123 1113

 

[3]www.ico.org.uk

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Debbie Lowe

Information Governance Officer

Dorset & Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service

01722 691315

dwfire.org.uk

@DWFireRescue

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