IT Leaders- More Efficient Gear Could Save $5B in Energy Costs

IT Leaders Say More Efficient Gear Could Save $5B in Energy Costs
	Nov 9, 2010	Reuters
	The Climate Savers Computing Initiative will expand its push for more energy efficiency IT beyond computers with a new workgroup focused on networking equipment. The new group, made up of companies like Cisco, Emerson Network Power, HP, Intel and Sony Electronics, will develop energy efficiency targets and best practices related to routers, switches and related devices. While the current electricity demand from networking equipment is a small portion of total building and computing energy use, its expected to grow by 6 percent per year. Climate Savers thinks it can avoid 38 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions by 2015, which would save $5 million in energy costs, by having more efficient equipment and practices. The new workgroup will also work on how to increase commercial awareness of such technology and standards, and then focus on home and business networking devices. Earlier this year, Climate Savers found that since it was created in 2007, the IT industry has cut its emissions by 32 million metric tons of GHG emissions. At the time, it primarily worked on increasing the number of computers and servers that came with power management software and more efficient power supply units.

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