Welcome to Week 24 of 50 Ways to Reduce Your Waste Line! Last week we asked you to consider using eco-friendly cleaning and personal hygiene products. This week, we are returning to the topic of meetings.
The first two suggestions under the “Meetings” category (Sep 25 & Dec 4) offered ways to reduce your footprint by limiting paper, handouts, and the like. This week, we move to the Stage 3 (or “deeper shade of green”) suggestion for the “Meetings” category: using video- and tele-conferencing instead of travelling for face-to-face meetings.
Virtual meetings reduce carbon emissions from travelling between campuses and locations. They also save time and other resources. Virtual meetings may also be more efficient. Because people tend to prepare differently for virtual meetings, they are more likely to be able to access electronic files and documents more easily than during an in-person meeting.
At Sheridan, virtual meetings can be accessed on your own devices and computer workstations. Sheridan has the capability for both simple telephone conference calls and multifaceted high-definition conferencing complete with live video, slides and electronic document sharing. You may book video conferences through Outlook using the Add WebEx Meeting add-on button on the WebEx menu ribbon. Most of the meeting rooms are equipped with WebEx access. You may also sign out mobile video carts from each campus, which Sheridan’s IT department can deliver and provide tech support for.
For more information: https://it.sheridanc.on.ca/service-catalogue/voice-video/conferencing.html
Read more about the benefits of virtual meetings:
- Mother Nature Network overview on how green conferencing saves resources and money.
- Comparison of the energy, carbon and time costs of videoconferencing and in-person meetings
