green initiatives
Here's just some of what the Australian Centre for the Moving Image is doing to become more green:
Paper and printing
Finsbury Green is used for most ACMI printing, including our 40pp bi-monthly What's On booklet. They have world's best practice ISO14001:2004 Environment Management Systems certification
The ACMI What's On is sent in Totally Degradable Plastic Wrap, which biodegrades into carbon dioxide, water and biomass with no harmful residues
ACMI uses FSC (Forestry Stewardship Council) sustainable paper stocks and vegetable based inks for offset printing where possible
All staff printing is automatically double-sided and on recycle paper. Bins at all desks encourage recycling. We use audio/visual equipment in meetings to avoid printing minutes and agendas
Power and water
ACMI purchases 10% green power through its energy supplier AGL
Energy efficient lighting system are being implemented in new ACMI office and programming spaces
Federation Square collects and stores rainwater for use across the site
Bathrooms at ACMI feature water-saving technology, including hand basin flow restrictors and waterless urinals. Cleaning products used in bathrooms are environmentally friendly.
Technology
Screens and other powered technology in our exhibition spaces are programmed for automatic shut down after gallery opening hours
Computers used by ACMI staff are low wattage and feature low toxicity screens. When computers are past their useful life we recycle them through Dell
ACMI reduces road and air couriering of digital assets by using a secure FTP site to transfer large files
We're always working on ways to reduce the footprint of ACMI - if you've got any ideas for us, you can send them through our contact form. Future initiatives will be updated here as they are implemented.
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