I drive a diesel car.  I get a kick out of looking at people's faces when they see me pump diesel fuel into my ride.. some are shocked, some disgruntled.  My car pumps about close to a 1000kms a tank, except when Mike our Engineering segment manager takes a ride with me as he claims he feels I'll stall the car when I'm driving low revs. 

I've never really thought of myself as an environmentalist - my purchasing my diesel ride was more out of my intent to save on costs of travelling to our Surrey office.  My wife's thankful for the monthly fuel bills I turn in though.. she spends more on her car travelling 10kms to her office than I do on my 30km trips. 

Research indicates that IT computing accounts for 2% of worldwide carbon emissions. A small but growing percentage considering that almost all industries are automating systems and workflows by leaps and bounds (enter BIM in construction).  

As most of you know, customers on maintenance are sent packages every year.  Every customer receives a nice Tekla cardboard box with the year's upgrade in a CD/DVD, a thank you note, installation guides and recently, keyboard shortcuts and 'what's new' documents.  This year, Tekla is helping reduce its own carbon footprint by encouraging users to download the new versions through the extranet. 

Quite honestly, I still like the idea of getting boxes.  However, I do realize that once many have installed the software, the nice, cool looking boxes just end up in the recycle bin.  What a 'waste' (no pun intended). 

You can save time and join us in saving the environment by downloading Tekla structures 16.0 online when it's released next week on the Tekla Extranet. 

Did I mention I traded in my 3.6 liter Chevy SUV All-wheel for my Diesel car?