Running our business in an environmentally responsible manner is just one way we demonstrate a commitment to sustainability. We have our house in order by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, integrating energy-efficient tools in our facilities and walking the talk on recycling. But the real test of our commitment is how we help our customers create greener workplaces. When we help our customers work smarter, faster and better in ways that are good for their bottom line and good for the environment, everyone wins, including Mother Earth. The following are some “green tech” ways that are fostering sustainability for us and for our customers:

Solid ink technology.
This proprietary Xerox printing technology is known not only for its ease of use and ability to create vibrant color images but also for generating 90% less waste than comparable laser printing. With solid ink, there are no toner cartridges, just ink sticks – like crayons that melt and adhere to paper. While a colour laser printer can produce 157 pounds of waste after 100,000 prints, solid ink printer produces only five. Our latest solid ink printers consume 15% less energy than previous models. And the ink sticks come in boxes –100% recyclable packaging printed on 100% recycled paper that represents a 50%reduction in packaging.

Emulsion Aggregate (EA) Toner
This chemically produced toner – with Xerox patents behind it – uses 60% to 70% less energy per page than conventional toner. It also doubles the number of pages printed per kilogram of toner, thereby reducing waste. In September, Xerox opened a new five-story EA Toner plant in Webster, N.Y., Xerox’s most energy-efficient building to date. It has more than 3,000 sensors that feed information about temperature, humidity, airflow and other variables into a networked system. Depending on what’s happening in the plant, entire zones of the building may be shut off to reduce energy.

E-Agent
Due to a special chemical ingredient known as an embrittling agent, we are reducing by up to 22% the energy needed to make certain Xerox printer toner. As a result, Xerox is well on the way to saving more than 30 million kilowatt hours of electricity by the end of 2008 – enough power to light more than 24,000 households for a year.

8 Energy Star – Seal of Approval
In 2007, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency toughened its standards for ENERGY STAR® compliance. Fortunately, Xerox engineers were already at work integrating energy-reducing technologies into Xerox products. As a result, more than 50%of Xerox’s product line now qualifies for ENERGY STAR designation versus an expected 25% for other office document systems. Just as Xerox helped the E.P.A. develop its first set of ENERGY STAR standards for printing systems, it continues to work with the E.P.A. in helping other companies comply with ENERGY STAR.

Sensible, intuitive power modes
Several Xerox products are embedded with technology that learns how its users work so that they power off when they know they won’t be needed. Over an initial three-week period, a Xerox printing device will monitor usage in 15-minute intervals, effectively learning when to be on and when to power off

Low-cost solar energy systems
Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) has a team of researchers who focus on creating “cleantech” innovation in areas like generating solar energy, keeping the air clean, and distributing and conserving water and energy. Through a partnership with PARC, Sol Focus, Inc. is creating solar energy systems that will reduce the cost of solar power by at least fifty percent.

Self-erasing reusable paper
Xerox scientists have invented a way to make prints whose images are temporary so that the paper can be used repeatedly. The printing technology, a collaboration of the Xerox Research Centre of Canada and PARC, could someday replace printed pages that are used only briefly before being discarded. We estimate that as many as two out of every five pages printed in the office are for daily use. These include e-mails, Web pages and reference materials that have been printed for a single viewing.

High-yield business paper.
High-yield business paper is made through a process that uses half as many trees as paper made by chemical pulping. It is manufactured with less water and fewer chemicals, and it is made in a mill using hydroelectricity, which cuts greenhouse gas emissions by 75%.

With thinking green a long-standing part of our value system; Xerox researchers have sustainability high on the list when they are incubating ideas in the labs.
A “green team” of researchers has identified more than 100 ideas for green tech exploration. Based on customer focus groups to help set priorities, these ideas become the foundation of our research investments that will continue to create breakthroughs in our industry.