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Recognizing the energy footprint of the IT not only in terms of ‘Green IT’, but in terms of your operating costs remains an important issue. Looking at the pc estate might be the first step, simply switching the pc off overnight can reduce your energy bill as well as your support costs, fewer patch update failures, fewer pcs being out of memory or unstable. An interesting read, illustrating come examples of power utilization, do chcek it out:

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Information Technology (IT) was said to account for 2% of global energy demand, and because a single Personal Computer (PC) running continuously could use in excess of 1 000 kWh/y, South African business could cut costs and associated carbon-dioxide emissions by implementing efficiencies.

Of that 2% of global energy used to power IT, 39% was attributed to PCs and monitors, 23% servers – including cooling, 15% fixed-line telecoms, 9% mobile telecoms, 7% land and office telecom, and 6% printers.

While significant time and resources are dedicated to accelerating ‘green computing’, one of the most effective solutions is to switch off a PC when not in use.

Studies have shown that there are many reasons why people don’t do this, ranging from security, to laziness.

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