Enterprise Rent-A-Car this summer will complete the rollout of a transaction system that the company says will increase its energy efficiency and benefit the environment.
The new system, ECARS 2.0, connects the reservations, billing and reporting operations of more than 7,000 Enterprise rental offices around the world. Instead of using personal computers for ECARS 2.0, Enterprise is deploying a network of 45,000 energy-saving thin terminals.
Enterprise said use of the technology will enable Enterprise to cut its annual carbon dioxide emissions by 6.5 million pounds, a reduction of nearly 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide per branch office per year.
Thin terminals use only 13.6 watt-hours and 2.4 watt-hours of electricity in active and passive states, respectively, compared with the 77.1 watt-hours and 1.8 watt-hours consumed by PCs, said Enterprise.