We are all increasingly aware of the need to protect the environment to curb the effects of global warming. When it comes to reducing the carbon footprint of daily private vehicle trips to our workplaces, one of the most effective measures would be to strengthen teleworking. SPC offers some technological guidelines that can help ensure its effectiveness.
The European Commission created the European Mobility Week as an awareness campaign promoting the use of public transport, reclaiming spaces for pedestrians and cyclists, and, in general, advocating for urban mobility that reduces the levels of pollution generated daily in cities. This would be much easier to support if teleworking were encouraged. According to a study conducted by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, if teleworking were generalized two, three, or four days a week, nitrogen dioxide levels in the air would be reduced by 4%, 8%, and 10%, respectively.
To ensure that teleworking can be carried out smoothly and with full technical guarantees, SPC, the Spanish technology company specializing in consumer electronics products, offers some guidelines through its business division SPC for Business, specialized in unified communication and collaboration solutions.
- At home, an adaptable videoconferencing setup
Although we have gotten used to using mobile phones for teleworking, they are uncomfortable for work video calls, especially long ones. A good alternative is to use a tablet, which, on a stand, allows you to comfortably see colleagues, bosses, or clients, as well as hear them perfectly with the built-in speakers, which increasingly offer higher sound quality.
- In the office, meeting rooms for hybrid work
The push for teleworking can lead to situations where, when the team needs to meet to plan or review work, some members are at home. To address this, it is important to have a meeting room in the office equipped with a professional videoconferencing system with high-performance features like the YEALINK MEETINGBOARD 65. With a large touchscreen that includes a 4K camera, speakers, and microphone, this model is compatible with a widely used communication app like Microsoft Teams.
- Noise-cancelling headphones for important calls
Whether working from the office or home, it is often difficult to understand phone conversations with clients or supervisors due to background noise or poor sound quality. The best way to avoid this is to use Bluetooth headphones that include some type of noise reduction technology: many models have this feature and can effectively reduce ambient noise.
- Everyone’s work monitored in real time
The dispersion of workplaces makes relying on hardware to store work data less useful, which is why cloud solutions that facilitate collaboration and file sharing are favored. But this also means that both computers and networks are much more exposed to all kinds of cyber threats, so it is advisable to implement solutions like YEALINK REMOTE MANAGEMENT. This allows managing all devices in a company. Permissions for each worker are centralized, and if necessary, real-time analyses or diagnostic tools can be run to prevent infections or data leaks.
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