OKI Offers Environment Information Collection Service, "Web Sensing"
TOKYO, September 1, 2009 -- OKI Electric Industry (TSE: 6703) today announced the offering of "Web Sensing," an environment information collection service, to the Japanese market starting September 17, 2009. The service measures and collects environment information from the office (i.e. temperature, humidity and electric energy usage) with sensor networks, and sorts the data on a server via Internet. By gathering electric energy usage and CO2 emission data and viewing the results in a simple manner, users can easily understand the environmental impact they cause, and can help reduce wasteful energy use and electricity costs. OKI Network Integration (OKINET), an OKI Group company in charge of network integration for triple play (convergence of voice, video and data), will be charged with offering this service to enterprise customers.
"The OKI Group is working to achieve a company-wide network-type environmental management system, to further the creation of environmentally friendly products and businesses. This new service is based on OKINET's 'EcOnestop™' concept to utilize environmental information in the office, and we believe by visualizing the data, it will raise environmental awareness for employees, which can help reduce CO2," said Hisao Suzuki, Senior Vice President at OKI, responsible for OKI's CSR. "We will continue to offer environmentally-friendly solutions and contribute to our customers' environmental strategies."
For this service, several devices are placed in the office to measure electric energy usage, humidity, temperature, etc., and via sensor networks, the data is measured and collected in a minimum of every ten minutes. The collected data is stored on the server, which then can produce graphs and CSVs. By installing this service, users can visualize their environmental information which will help them reduce wasteful energy usage and electricity costs. In addition, employees will become more familiar with such data which will raise awareness and improve CSR.
Diagram of the service
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About Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
Founded in 1881, Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. is Japan's first telecommunications manufacturer, with its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. OKI provides top-quality products, technologies and solutions to its customers through its info-telecom system business and printer business. All businesses function as a collective force to create exciting new products and technologies that satisfy a spectrum of customer needs in various markets. Visit OKI's global web site at http://www.oki.com/.
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