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A defect, missed update or dead sensor can hide one or more nodes on a network that waste energy, create cyber vulnerabilities and rack up costs.
In today’s IT environment, an unimaginable amount of effort in building a sustainable tech solution can be tossed out the window in an environment where items from data servers to IoT devices needlessly waste energy.
Think about it: A defect, missed update or dead sensor can hide one or more nodes on a network that waste energy, create cyber vulnerabilities and rack up lost efficiency that translates into hard cost. Lifecycle management is about so much more than tracking warranties: It’s the lifeblood of many businesses.
And it’s not just device performance in life that can impact sustainability, but at the end of life, too. The landfilling of IT products can offset a lot of other good work if those products are not built with sustainability in mind.
“In addition to their operational energy use and emissions, data centers and data transmission networks are also responsible for “embodied” lifecycle emissions, including from raw material extraction, manufacturing, transport and end-of-life disposal or recycling,” the International Energy Agency said in a recent report. Companies should ramp up efforts to reduce embodied emissions across their supply chains, including devices and buildings.
IEA added, “Data centers … also pose other environmental impacts beyond energy use and greenhouse gas emissions,” pointing specifically to materials that make up IT products.
Solution providers with a sustainability practice should look for technology companies that understand both lifecycle and end-of-life, and that’s where a partner like Schneider Electric comes in.
The Ecostruxure solution from Schneider Electric continues to evolve, with a focus on sustainability that includes lifecycle management. Solution providers have found its lineup to be particularly strong in that regard, including in deployments that can pair edge solutions with Ecostruxure to reach all the way to the ends of the network for monitoring and management.
Additionally, Schneider Electric provides a unique service membership, Ecocare, which will help manage single-phase UPS systems – with the sustainability benefit of providing proper disposal and recycling of old equipment. You can find more details here.
The longtime channel partner also provides a strong product mix built with 50 percent green materials and product packaging with recycled cardboard that’s 100 percent free from single-use plastic.
With government regulations in many jurisdictions mandating sustainability, lifecycle management is now an essential consideration in delivering solutions—and the changes will continue for the foreseeable future.
