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A Green IT Action Plan for Printing & Imaging

Green IT Staff — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:41:25 +0000

According to an April 2008 survey conducted by Forrester Research, 20% of enterprise IT professionals do not have an overall plan for implementing green IT practices, while an additional 35% do not have a plan but are considering one.

Carbon Usage Effectiveness (CUE) Green Grid

Green IT Staff — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 02:46:02 +0000

Complimenting the existing PUE and DCiE standards from the Green Grid comes the Carbon Usage Effectiveness (CUE) measurement.

Carbon and Computers in Australia

Green IT Staff — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:34:10 +0000

Produced through Connection Research – provides definitive analysis of the Australian ICT industry's energy consumption and carbon footprint from 2009-2010.

ICT for Eco-Sustainability in Australia

Green IT Staff — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:32:21 +0000

The School of Business Information Technology and Logistics, RMIT University in collaboration with the Australian Information Industries Association (AIIA) surveyed all members and affiliates of the AIIA at the beginning of 2010 to understand Australian ICT firms‟ capability to enhance the eco-sustainability of other industries. Based on data collected from 133 ICT firms, this report constitutes the first comprehensive study that exclusively focuses on the Australian ICT industry.

State of Green Business 2010

Green IT Staff — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:34:32 +0000

GreenBiz.com's annual State of Green Business Report is the landmark study measuring the environmental impacts of the growing green economy.

Forrester: Calculate baseline for energy, costs & carbon

Green IT Staff — Sat, 22 May 2010 18:19:35 +0000

Forrester have developed a calculator to help organisations create a baseline for annual energy, CO₂and operating costs:

View Forrester Green IT Cost, Carbon & Energy Calculator

The Evolution of Green IT - Forrester

Bianca Wirth — Sat, 22 May 2010 16:45:29 +0000

Part 1 of a series from Doug Washburn @ Forrester on Green IT. Recommended for IT Managers & CIOs to watch.

Allocating data centre costs and carbon to IT users

Green IT Staff — Thu, 20 May 2010 03:04:56 +0000

Are complicated software and instrumentation needed to measure and allocate energy costs and carbon to IT users? Or can we get by with simple, low cost methods for energy cost and carbon allocation? How precise do we need to be? This paper provides an overview of energy cost and carbon allocation strategies and their precision. We show that it is both easy and inexpensive for any data center, large or small, new or old, to get started allocating costs and carbon, but the expense and complexity escalate and ROI declines when excessive precision is specified.

Microsoft & Google: Plans for Green Technology

Green IT Staff — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:40:59 +0000

At Green.NET (2010) Microsoft and Google outline their plans to integrate green information technology with the broader green technology agenda:

IT Energy and Carbon Footprint Tool for Universities

Green IT Staff — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:16:21 +0000

SusteIT (Sustainable Information Technology in Tertiary Education) have developed an Excel-based carbon footprinting tool for university technology energy use.