UN COP16: How 10,000+ Pages Were Printed Sustainably for Thousands of Conference Participants

The Solution

SCC selected ezeep as the cloud printing platform for COP16. The setup consisted of 40 printers from various manufacturers connected through 12 ezeep Hubs, deployed across up to three VLANs throughout the venue. The Hubs were pre-configured with their MAC addresses in the ezeep portal, enabling quick on-site deployment without complex infrastructure.

Participants printed directly from their Android and iOS devices to the nearest print station. No drivers, no apps to install, no local servers. Print jobs were sent through the cloud and routed to the correct printer on site.

The Outcome

Over 10,000 pages were printed across the 12 Hub-supported print stations during the conference, many of them double-sided. Numerous print jobs were initiated from mobile devices. The CO2 emissions from all print jobs processed through ezeep were offset through contributions to Justdiggit, an environmental organization dedicated to sustainable reforestation of degraded areas, directly aligned with COP16's mission to combat desertification.

Why It Matters

COP16 is a proof point for ezeep at a scale and profile that few other case studies can match. A UN conference with thousands of international participants, organized by the same IT partner that ran the Paris Olympics, running on ezeep Hubs and cloud printing. For any event organizer, conference venue, or IT services company planning large-scale temporary printing infrastructure, this demonstrates that ezeep can handle the complexity without the infrastructure overhead.