Amey cuts 40,000 kilos of carbon emissions with Tandberg

Keith Sexton, Amey's director of health, safety, environment and quality, explains that, with 11,000 employees formerly required to travel extensively, 80% of its carbon footprint was attributed to travel and transport. "Lots of people were driving long distances for fairly short, routine meetings," he says. "We have worked on a solution that will drive productivity and increase safety, while reducing Amey's carbon footprint." Amey created the VMeetings to enable staff to schedule virtual meetings and register attendees through its intranet. Sexton says this allowed them to capture government data and use it to calculate overall costs and carbon savings. Amey installed Tandberg Edge 95s and 1700 MXPs, as well as Tandberg's Management Suite. "It's a reliable product" says Amey head of IT Steve Banks. "IT liked the look and feel of it from the start, and it has enabled an integrated system to be expeditiously managed for what are now nearly 50 systems around the country."