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Posted By John Mac Carthy
Dear all,
The I.T department instead of being supportive are being their usual self and have asked me to put a business case together for the exchange of standard monitors to 17" LCD's at one office premise.
I can slightly understand their point but like any other safety bod, I don't agree.
Has anyone else completed a business case of this nature that they could kindly forard to me please.
Email johnmaccarthy25@yahoo.com
Thank you
John
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Posted By Linda Crossland-Clarke
Hi
What size are the current monitors? Small monitors can mean that people lean forward to read the text, so adopting bad posture leading to health problems.
Have you collated info on posture pains in this office? You could go this route to demonstrate improving health would reduce sickness cost, claims etc.
Regards
Linda
SHE Knows.
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Posted By TBC
You can also sometimes add on the heat generated - too hot in summer for the employees. Desk space - more room for docs and working. Higher fire risk - more plastic and bits to go wrong on the old monitors and of course Linda's one of clarity on the screen. Less reflective - less eye (vision) problems. No need for light reflectors or anti-glare screens. Less chance of spilling coffee down the back into the workings. Possibly more that others can think of. All this and I've only had two glasses of red.
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Posted By Jem
LCD's will also save on electricity, and as mentioned before there is less heat gain which will require less office cooling etc.
These can definitely be used to quantify financial savings
Jem
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Posted By Robin Young
I'd say that the financial case is weak based on electricity saving compared to the cost of new monitors when replacing working ones. Your case must be based on the positive attributes listed by the other messages, low glare, space saving, more adjustable, etc. Reduced heat can be a strong argument depending on office conditions. If there is no statistical data of DSE problems then perhaps a survey of personnel to see if there are lower-level DSE concerns for staff.
Robin
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Posted By Jay Joshi
It is not a simple matter to quantify the financial benefits that arise from some clear health & desk space utilisation advantages of TFT displays over traditional CRT monitors:-
Insignificant/no glare from a TFT monitor. It is possible to keep blinds open and still read the screen, something impossible with CRT displays (depending upon the layout of workstations). With Open plan offices being the norm, it becomes more difficult to control the opening/closing of blinds. Most of us would prefer to have blinds open whenever possible-this is a net health benefit. Also significantly less effect from overhead lighting glare/reflection --hence less eye strain. Even with better designed lighting, it may not be possible to eliminate all glare
Occupies less desk space, a vital factor in locations/offices where space is a constraint--smaller (depth-wise) desks can be used--as long as it meets the requirements of 11 cubic metres per occupant
Environmentally friendly : uses roughly 1/3 the power of a CRT. Production materials used are more recyclable.
Near perfect picture quality : TFTs are free from many causes of distortion often seen on CRT monitors
Produce less heat and radiation that CRT monitors-albeit CRT radiation is within "limits".
So, it is almost impossible to justify the TFT's purely on energy saving basis. It is equally difficult to convince financial departments or manangement--unless they can be influenced by some means on the net "health benefits" by a qualitative comparision!
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