=====How to Green IT=====

====Consumers====

- Use Power management on your PC
- Switch from CRT to LCD
- Use a laptop instead of a desktop
- Use hibernate/sleepmode instead of the screensaver
- Select an 'Energy star' labeled computer
- Send your redundant computer to a recycling company

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====Business====

- Use natural cooling, allow airflow, [[http://www.sunreign.com/index.php?Etype=Technology&Type=Manufacturer&Country=USA&State=&Unit=Stirling stirling cooling]]
- Use less devices
- Use an efficient power supply
- Virtualize [[http://www.sunreign.com/index.php?Etype=Technology&Type=Manufacturer&Country=&State=&Unit=Server%20virtualization here]]
- Manage your data storage [[http://www.sunreign.com/index.php?Etype=Efficient&Type=Retailer&Country=&State=&Unit=Data%20storage%20deduplication here]]

=====Links=====
[[http://www.gcio.org/ Green Computing Impact organization]]
Formed by a group of Global-minded IT executives, Green Computing Impact Organization (GCIO) was created to be an active participant in transforming the IT community from an environmental liability to an Earth conscious example of responsibility.

[[http://www.climatesaverscomputing.org Climate Savers Computing]]
Started by Google and Intel in 2007, the Climate Savers Computing Initiative is a nonprofit group of eco-conscious consumers, businesses and conservation organizations.

[[http://www.epeat.net/ Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool ]]
EPEAT is a system to help purchasers in the public and private sectors evaluate, compare and select desktop computers, notebooks and monitors based on their environmental attributes.

[[http://www.thegreengrid.org/ The Green Grid]]
The Green Grid is a global consortium dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centers and business computing ecosystems.

[[http://www.spec.org/power_ssj2008/ SPECPower]]
SPECpower is the first industry-standard SPEC benchmark that evaluates the power and performance characteristics of volume server class computers. With SPECpower, SPEC is defining server power measurement standards in the same way we have done for performance.

[[www.greencomputingsummit.com Green Computing Summit]]
Building on the success of the inaugural Green Computing Summit held in December 2007, this two-part series held May 20th and December 2nd will address how public sector IT managers, procurement officials, program managers and public sector professionals can transform their IT and data center operations into more environmentally-conscious yet efficient solutions.

[[http://www.supermicro.com SuperMicro green servers]]
Optimized system architecture created to take advantage of Supermicro’s power saving technology to produce optimal cooling at all application levels

"" <a href="http://sunbird.jrc.it/energyefficiency/html/standby_initiative_data%20centers.htm" >EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres</a>""
[[http://www.greenict.org/ Green IT foundation]]
[[http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/ns340/ns517/ns224/networking_solutions_products_genericcontent0900aecd806e26e3.html Cisco tutorials]]
http://www.us.logicalis.com/green/
[[http://www-935.ibm.com/services/uk/igs/pdf/greenit_pov_final_0107.pdf IBM presentation on Green IT]]
[[http://nl.sun.com/oversun/evenementen/superpowered/Gartner_on_Green_IT.pdf Gartner presentation on green IT]]
[[http://www.carahsoft.com/resources/Verdiem/TopTenReasonstoGoGreenITeBooklet.pdf Top 10 reasons to go Green IT]]
[[http://www.epa.gov/ EPA]]
[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vcJyfHVynY&feature=related Dell]]

====Tools====
[[http://www.flomerics.com/products/flovent/index.php flovent datacenter airflow modelling]]
[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm01Y96GPdo Verdiem]]
[[http://www.apcmedia.com/salestools/WTOL-7DJLN9_R0_EN.swf Datacenter Carbon Calculator]]
====Thin Clients====
[[http://www.ncomputing.com/ Ncomputing]]
[[http://www.wyse.com/ Wyse]]
[[http://www.thinclientlab.nl Thin Client Lab]]
[[http://www.square1.nl/ Server based IT]]
[[http://www.2x.com/ 2X]]

====Consultancy areas====

- Information and advise on how to promote energy conscious behaviour in the workplace
- Adjusting your hardware settings for better efficiency
- Tuning the cooling for your datacenter
- Replacing low efficency hardware with high efficiency hardware