Paper
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FortisBC Initiatives
100

The material similar to thick paper was employed by ancient Egyptians as a writing surface

What is

Papyrus

100

This person invented the printing press

Who is

Johannes Gutenberg

100

This is the material that makes up the core of a pencil and allows it to mark the paper

Graphite

100

This file format is commonly known by its acronym PDF.

What is 

Portable Document Format

100

This initiative is designed to reduce employee paper usage

What is

Go Paperless

200

This civilization was the first to start producing paper made from wood

Who are 

the Chinese (about 2000 years ago)

200

This company was the first to develop the modern photocopier in 1959

Who is 

Xerox

200

This is the name for the visual art related to writing, such as the design and execution of lettering with a specialized pen or ink brush. 

What is 

Calligraphy

200

The first web-based version of this common method of sending digital attachments was developed at CERN.

What is 

email

200

This initiative's goal is to help lower our customers’ emissions by 30 per cent by the year 2030 relative to 2007 levels.

What is 

30BY30

300

The civilization first developed the use of Amat Paper. 

What is

Mesoamerica (modern day Mexico through Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica)

300

This old method of duplicating paperwork is now represented by the acronyms CC and BCC in emails.

What is

carbon copy

300

Marcel Bich bought the patent for the ballpoint pen from inventor László Bíró resulting in the formation of this well-known company

What is 

BIC

300

This popular messaging service features Chats, Telephone integration, Channels, Group conversations, Meetings and Breakout Rooms

What is 

Microsoft Teams

300

These lunchtime sessions taking place throughout July and August tap into a wide range of topics, such as women in leadership, system reliability and resiliency, business adaption in a changing energy landscape and more.

What is

Sustainability Showcase

400

This is the year when the oldest known document on paper (Missal of Silos) was created in Europe.

When is

1080

400

This method was widely used for the reproduction of technical or industrial specification drawings and was characterized by white lines on a blue background

What is 

blueprint

400

This percentage is the average amount of ink in a given amount of paper (by weight). Ink must be removed from the paper pulp during the recycling process, usually using chemical methods.

What is 

2% 

400

This Microsoft Office product features a virtual notebook that can be integrated with other software and allows for real-time multi-user collaboration including drawing, text, and images

What is 

OneNote

400

This campaign promoted on Connector in August 2021 focused on powering down computer monitors at the end of the day to save energy

What is 

Power Down campaign

500

The worldwide average amount of water used to make one piece of A4 sized paper is approximately this many litres.

What is 

10 litres

(The water is not used up in the process, so some of it is usually recirculated, but it does accumulate contaminants)

500

The PDF was invented by Adobe in this year.

What is 

1992

500

This Adobe PDF tool opens a new toolbar palette allowing one to add text boxes, highlight text, add shapes such as revision clouds, or draw freehand with the pencil tool within the PDF document

What is 

the Comment tool 

(found on the right side ribbon)

500

This web-based document management and storage system allows for collaborative real-time editing and can be configured to be accessed from Windows File Explorer or MS Teams

What is

Sharepoint

500

This initiative charts a path for the company to contribute to achieving the provincial climate action goal of an 80% GHG emissions reduction by 2050.

What is 

Clean Growth Pathway to 2050