Comments on: The business of going green http://www.katescomment.com/the-business-of-going-green/ Thoughts on British ICT, energy & environment, "Cloud", and security from Memset's MD Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:21:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: anonymoushttp://www.katescomment.com/the-business-of-going-green/comment-page-1/#comment-42 anonymous Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:09:45 +0000 http://www.katescomment.com/wordpress/?p=28#comment-42 Personally I think that as stated earlier in this thread the key solution to reducing global carbon emissions created by the IT industry is by implimenting greater energy efficiency solutions. Carbon offsetting will change things on a global level but if a company does nothing to change it behaviour but purchase carbon credits then it will still be making an impact locally. Not to metntion not reducing its local demands on energy. Carbon offsetting is a quick win for companies, or so they think. But really is it? A good Green IT strategy is the key. The IT industry, and people in general the worl over have been so wasteful of energy and this is why we are in the position we are in today. If we only used what we needed then all may be okay and we could also reduce carbon emissions to a level that would possibly stop us tipping over the edge of no return. Energy efficiency is the key. Also lets not forget about the energy used in the manufacturing and production of the equipment we purchase. Purchasing from companies that have greener product manufacturing processes will also help reduce your companies overall impact. Small changes can make a huge impact. We just need to be less greedy and use only what we need. Kate mentioned a good point earlier that we have only been using around a quarter and sometimes less of the overall capabilities of an average server. Its only now that we are starting to realise and become aware of wasted storage equalling wasted electricity. Energy efficiency also means good business and can help save large amounts of money, which is always handy when running a business. Its a win, win at the end of the day save money and be greener and reduce your environmental impact. but please no green washing. Adam Clamp The Green IT Company Personally I think that as stated earlier in this thread the key solution to reducing global carbon emissions created by the IT industry is by implimenting greater energy efficiency solutions. Carbon offsetting will change things on a global level but if a company does nothing to change it behaviour but purchase carbon credits then it will still be making an impact locally. Not to metntion not reducing its local demands on energy.

Carbon offsetting is a quick win for companies, or so they think. But really is it?

A good Green IT strategy is the key.

The IT industry, and people in general the worl over have been so wasteful of energy and this is why we are in the position we are in today. If we only used what we needed then all may be okay and we could also reduce carbon emissions to a level that would possibly stop us tipping over the edge of no return.

Energy efficiency is the key.

Also lets not forget about the energy used in the manufacturing and production of the equipment we purchase. Purchasing from companies that have greener product manufacturing processes will also help reduce your companies overall impact.

Small changes can make a huge impact. We just need to be less greedy and use only what we need. Kate mentioned a good point earlier that we have only been using around a quarter and sometimes less of the overall capabilities of an average server. Its only now that we are starting to realise and become aware of wasted storage equalling wasted electricity.

Energy efficiency also means good business and can help save large amounts of money, which is always handy when running a business. Its a win, win at the end of the day save money and be greener and reduce your environmental impact. but please no green washing.

Adam Clamp

The Green IT Company

]]> By: anonymoushttp://www.katescomment.com/the-business-of-going-green/comment-page-1/#comment-41 anonymous Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:24:30 +0000 http://www.katescomment.com/wordpress/?p=28#comment-41 I would like to think that carbon offsetting will save the planet, and green hosting (http://www.greenhostingreviews.com) will help (well i think it might slow it down a bit), but the facts of human nature remain. People arn't going to change the way they live until global warming affects them personally (and by then it may be too late), it will also be these same people who are the first to complain that nothing was done to stop global warming! I would like to think that carbon offsetting will save the planet, and green hosting (http://www.greenhostingreviews.com) will help (well i think it might slow it down a bit), but the facts of human nature remain. People arn’t going to change the way they live until global warming affects them personally (and by then it may be too late), it will also be these same people who are the first to complain that nothing was done to stop global warming!

]]> By: Katehttp://www.katescomment.com/the-business-of-going-green/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Kate Thu, 31 May 2007 13:16:55 +0000 http://www.katescomment.com/wordpress/?p=28#comment-40 Practical measures are good, yes, but frankly even those I propose above are rather feeble in the grander scheme. Personally, I still think we should be focussing more on nuclear power as a long-term solution. At least some of the above measures can gain support and will help in the short term, but we still need to fight the deep-rooted and not very valid prejudice against nuclear power since it probably is going to be the real environmental saviour. Practical measures are good, yes, but frankly even those I propose above are rather feeble in the grander scheme. Personally, I still think we should be focussing more on nuclear power as a long-term solution.

At least some of the above measures can gain support and will help in the short term, but we still need to fight the deep-rooted and not very valid prejudice against nuclear power since it probably is going to be the real environmental saviour.

]]> By: Katehttp://www.katescomment.com/the-business-of-going-green/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Kate Thu, 31 May 2007 12:20:54 +0000 http://www.katescomment.com/wordpress/?p=28#comment-38 Actually I do remember being intrigued by a diagram of your new site mentioning something about geothermal power... your blog looks good too - I will definitely have to keep an eye on what you are doing. You do, admittedly, have the advantage of huge amounts of space and arguably less planning restrictions (being on an overpopulated island can be a pain sometimes!), but I am sure there are some good lessons to be learnt from what you Canadians are up to! ;) Actually I do remember being intrigued by a diagram of your new site mentioning something about geothermal power… your blog looks good too – I will definitely have to keep an eye on what you are doing.

You do, admittedly, have the advantage of huge amounts of space and arguably less planning restrictions (being on an overpopulated island can be a pain sometimes!), but I am sure there are some good lessons to be learnt from what you Canadians are up to! ;)

]]> By: uberseehandelhttp://www.katescomment.com/the-business-of-going-green/comment-page-1/#comment-39 uberseehandel Thu, 31 May 2007 11:19:00 +0000 http://www.katescomment.com/wordpress/?p=28#comment-39 Now lets hope lots of people read this and do something about it. In the last 24 hours I have heard advocates for mass adoption of veganism to counter the green house gas emissions from livestock raised on farms, and the unilateral capping of airport expansion and punative taxation of cheap flights because of the damage done by cheap airlines. This loony fringe is commanding attention far beyond that which it deserves on its merits. What you are advocating is far more prqactical and logical, is not devisave nor do we have to sign up for a bunch or elitist or feelgood beliefs. Its good to see practical measures being advocated. Robin Now lets hope lots of people read this and do something about it.

In the last 24 hours I have heard advocates for mass adoption of veganism to counter the green house gas emissions from livestock raised on farms, and the unilateral capping of airport expansion and punative taxation of cheap flights because of the damage done by cheap airlines. This loony fringe is commanding attention far beyond that which it deserves on its merits.

What you are advocating is far more prqactical and logical, is not devisave nor do we have to sign up for a bunch or elitist or feelgood beliefs. Its good to see practical measures being advocated.

Robin

]]> By: anonymoushttp://www.katescomment.com/the-business-of-going-green/comment-page-1/#comment-37 anonymous Thu, 31 May 2007 02:54:45 +0000 http://www.katescomment.com/wordpress/?p=28#comment-37 We run some of the greenest data centers on the planet at RF and we are working closely with some providers on new technology that will blow you away on how green a data center can get. The ability for a company to say that their data is hosted on low energy usage servers (relatively speaking of course) in data centers that use green energy and green methodologies will be big pr factors in the future and will affect their attractiveness to investors. Keep an eye on us Kate there are some really big things coming in the not too distant future but I am not free to discuss then publicly at this point. Check out the two blog posts I did on the RF company site regarding green data centers Regards Doug Alder We run some of the greenest data centers on the planet at RF and we are working closely with some providers on new technology that will blow you away on how green a data center can get. The ability for a company to say that their data is hosted on low energy usage servers (relatively speaking of course) in data centers that use green energy and green methodologies will be big pr factors in the future and will affect their attractiveness to investors. Keep an eye on us Kate there are some really big things coming in the not too distant future but I am not free to discuss then publicly at this point. Check out the two blog posts I did on the RF company site regarding green data centers

Regards
Doug Alder

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