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Reduce Travel Costs and CO2

Reduce Travel Costs and CO2Some components of travel cost are easy to measure on the balance sheet: the dollar cost of the tickets purchased, fuel used, and time spent unproductively. For many companies theses costs alone are plenty to see significant savings using HD videoconferencing, but the hidden cost of CO2 emissions is just as significant. Vanguard Truck Centers saved over 135,000 lbs of CO2 in 1 year just by reducing travel for just 3 executives with LifeSize®.

A daily cross-town trip in a vehicle (20 miles each way, 5 days a week) may produce 3.5 to 5 metric tons of CO2 annually, whereas a single round-trip from Los Angeles to Tokyo adds another 6 tons (and costs upwards of $6,000).

Jet exhaust is mostly carbon dioxide (CO2), and jets deliver this greenhouse gas directly into the most sensitive portion of our atmosphere, the delicate upper troposphere and lower stratosphere, five to seven miles up from Earth’s surface. Check how much you can reduce your own carbon footprint by traveling less and meeting more with LifeSize:

From To Round Trip CO2
New York Los Angeles 2.46t
Los Angeles Tokyo 5.90t
London New York 3.69t
Los Angeles Sydney 6.64t
Sydney Tokyo 4.91t
Tokyo Beijing 1.97t
Beijing Hong Kong 1.72t
Singapore Dubai 3.69t
Frankfurt London 0.85t
Paris Rome 1.11t
Miami Rio de Janeiro 4.18t

t = metric ton

By comparison, the average U.S. household has a carbon footprint of about 17 metric tons PER YEAR. Frequent business air travel can greatly increase your carbon footprint and negate any other conservation efforts. Reducing routine air travel delivers immediate and measurable carbon dioxide emissions reductions. Request a demo to learn how much LifeSize HD Video Conferencing could save your business in both CO2 and dollars.