Leading projector manufacturer, Epson has long made consideration of the environment and minimising environmental impact part of its business philosophy. For example, in product development, Epson considers environmental performance an essential part of ensuring a product's quality, and aims to develop environmentally conscious products based on its policies of energy-saving design, lowering resource consumption, and the elimination of hazardous substances.
An example of this policy in practice is that all Epson projectors feature its patented E-TORL lamp which ensures clear visibility even in lighter rooms. It gives equal brightness using a lower Wattage lamp, with lower power consumption, making it more energy efficient than a standard lamp, which helps contribute to lower running costs.
The building of new schools or large scale refurbishment of existing premises is the ideal opportunity to plan and integrate IT infrastructures in a way that could not be achieved when equipment was purchased or installed piecemeal as and when budget was available. This means schools and colleges can benefit from network monitoring which is available on a range of Epson projectors.
Any number of Epson network enabled projectors, spread across a number of classrooms or even across a campus can be monitored from one networked PC. Epson's EasyMP network monitoring technology gives advance notice of any potential maintenance required, eliminating the expense, inconvenience and time spent solving any problems after they occur. A web browser generates email alerts and provides essential information including the temperature status or when air filters or projector lamps need to be changed. This ensures the maintenance person is aware of the problem before they visit the projector. The effect of cleaning a filter on one projector, so the projector needs less cooling, may have a very limited impact on power consumption, but multiply this up across a fleet of projectors and the benefits of such maintenance monitoring across the network becomes apparent. The system can even be configured to send a ‘lamp-life warning' message to the person responsible for purchasing so they can ensure they order a new lamp in readiness.
The same EasyMP technology can also be used to remotely power on and off individual projectors or the whole fleet as required or at a pre-programmed time. For example, all projectors across a campus could be set to automatically power off at 1700 each day. This ensures that projectors are not left running over night wasting energy and using up lamp hours. This can help to reduce the cost of ownership as well as being better for the environment.
RM, the leading provider of ICT software, infrastructure and services to UK education is involved with a number of BSF projects. Jonathan Davey, Senior Product Manager at RM explains, "The green aspects of products are an important consideration for RM when choosing partners and technologies to actively promote to customers.
"Epson's EasyMP network admin capability and it's low energy E-TORL lamp made it easy to demonstrate their projector's green credentials. So much so that the Epson range of projectors have been the recommended choice as part of the BSF projects that RM has been involved in.
Several large installs have taken place utilising these features and the products have proven to be of immediate and continued benefit to the customer."
