Going Green - What it really means to your IT Enterprises and Citizens Seminar
In the second part of our Going Green Series, we covered topics including Critical Steps in Going Green, Energy Efficiency Leadership for Data Centers and IT Challenges Facing State Governement.
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Green Solutions
Conserving natural resources in data centers and desktop environments encompasses a range of activities, including:
- Virtualization
- Server Consolidation/Optimization
- Storage Consolidation/Optimization
- Data Center Optimization
- Energy Management Applications
- Retired Equipment Recycling
- Packaging Recycline
- And More
Green solutions focus on lowering energy consumption and costs, while reducing the size and quality of equipment. We typically begin with a baseline assessment that shows current energy use for all equipment connected to the network, including printers, desktops, servers, monitors, and other peripheral devices. As customers institute the solutions listed above, we perform additional assessments that show energy savings realized through those efforts and calculate return on investment.
Additional Resources
Find out more about how you can save energy, save money, and help save the planet, too.
The Cold, Green Facts
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201803326
The Real Story about HP Energy Efficient Solutions for the Enterprise 
(Download PDF)
Energy Efficient Performance for the Data Center (by Intel):
Profile for reducing data center total cost of ownership (Download PDF)
HP Sustainability Overview link to video
HP Materials Recycling link to video
HP Energy Efficiency link to video
HP Computer Recycling link to video
HP Climate Change link to video
Find out how you can take full advantage of the latest green technology advances to reduce energy use, space demands, and staffing costs. Talk to your Western Blue representative or contact us at 800.660.0430 or by email: sales@westernblue.com.
- Office equipment accounts for 26% of the electricity consumed in office buildings. Data centers account for more than 50% of the average company's power costs. The average PC and monitor releases up to1330 lbs of CO2 emissions into the environment.