Green-IT as part of your strategy
The green challenge...
In a world where climate change is becoming a key concern, private and public companies are increasingly aware that they have to take up their responsibility.This also applies to IT departments. Up till now, IT has been perceived as being 'clean'. With the increased attention for ecological concerns however, management has come to realize that IT is not so environmentally friendly after all. The pressure to become more and more environmentally friendly will have a major impact on IT departments, forcing them to re-think the way ICT is managed and governed.
Figure: Green-IT optimization stages
The green answer...
Most Green-IT initiatives are taken at the operational level only. They often have no clear objectives, are individual in nature and are not aligned with the overall environmental plan of the organization. For many people, Green-IT still only means data center optimization; but even though greening the data centers is an urgent need for many organizations, Green-IT is more encompassing. It also concerns areas like office automation optimization, end-user practices, IT procurement, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the use of ICT as a boost to reduce the CO2 footprint (low carbon economy).IT departments have started to realize that a dramatic decrease of energy usage and hence, the associated cost, can be achieved by restructuring the ICT infrastructure via virtualization or centralization. Implementing technical measures is however just part of the solution. It also needs to be managed and governed. Hence, we need to take into consideration the impact of Green-IT at a higher i.e. tactic and strategic level.
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A cut in energy costs represents the same bottom line benefit as a 5% increase in sales in many businesses. 
