Acer Sustainability

Education technology that’s easy to use – and easy on the planet.

Academia is committed to working with Partners that have a clear sustainability strategy and are actively working towards their goals. By choosing Acer for Education, you’re choosing education technology that enhances learning and helps you save time and resources—all built with industry-leading sustainable practices.

Find out how Academia, Acer and Google can help reduce your school’s environmental impact.

Acer Chromebook Spin 311

As part of Acer’s commitment to energy conservation, carbon reduction and sustainability, they have always focused on the energy-saving design of their products. Take a look at the below video where Kibla reviews the Spin 311 and how Chromebooks can help your institution move towards your sustainability goals.

Sustainable IT in Education, trends & attitudes among decision makers

The Department of Education has a vision to be the world leading education sector in sustainability and climate change by 2030.

 

Despite this, DFE and the UK Government’s Net Zero commitments, only 38% of the responding organisations had so far committed to Net Zero as a target.

 

Market research carried out on behalf of Acer has examined the current status of IT sustainability in today’s Education sector based on the responses from 100 IT UK decision makers from across universities and multi-academey trusts.

 

To receive a copy of Acer’s Sustainability Customer Research – Education PDF, please complete the form below.

Sustainable IT in Education, trends & attitudes among decision makers

The Department of Education has a vision to be the world leading education sector in sustainability and climate change by 2030.

 

Despite this, DFE and the UK Government’s Net Zero commitments, only 38% of the responding organisations had so far committed to Net Zero as a target.

 

Market research carried out on behalf of Acer has examined the current status of IT sustainability in today’s Education sector based on the responses from 100 IT UK decision makers from across universities and multi-academey trusts.

 

To receive a copy of Acer’s Sustainability Customer Research – Education PDF, please complete the form below.

Acer Sustainability

 Acer makes significant efforts to reduce its environmental impact, from responsible supply chains to carbon-neutral manufacturing.
Acer generates 17,174,784 kWh of energy through both solar and wind to power it’s manufacturing and management facilities.
Responsible design of Acer’s products means they last longer and are easy to repair, helping to prevent waste and reduce resource consumption.

Using recycled plastics in construction to reduce rare earth material usage and ensuring devices do not end up in landfill – 7,522 tonnes of electronic products were recycled by Acer in 2021.

Google Sustainability

Google is committed to minimising their environmental impact in every way possible and to empower the people of the world to do the same.
Google purchases enough renewable energy to match 100% of the electricity used by its global data operations.
Use tools powered by the first carbon-neutral and the most energy efficient cloud worldwide.
Contribute to future commitments and innovations, such as Google becoming carbon-free by 2030.

Since 2011, Google’s carbon intensity per unit of revenue has decreased by 86%.

Smart, Sustainable, Acer Chromebooks

The Acer Chromebook Spin 513 and 713 are Acer’s most energy efficient devices to date.

Acer commissioned Px³, an IT consulting company specialising in sustainability, to conduct thorough, scientific research into the Spin 513 and Spin 713 to prove their energy efficiency against other end user computing devices. The resulting research papers show the cost saving benefits of choosing these Chromebooks and how these devices could have a dramatic, positive impact on your sustainability plan.
Acer Chromebook Spin 513
Acer Chromebook Spin 713
Using a Chromebook Spin 513 would reduce emissions from an average mixed environment of desktops and laptops by around 70%.
The Chromebook Spin 713 is capable of reducing electricity and GHG emissions by 55% in a like for like replacement scenario and as much as 86% when replacing desktop computers.
Complete the form below to explore the detailed reports for these devices and learn just how efficient they are in real-word testing.

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