IT firms must manage energy

13:06 7th August 2008

IT managers must begin to manage their energy consummation if they are to meet government plans for zero-carbon commercial buildings by 2019, according to vunet.com.

After Chancellor Alistair Darling announced the environmental regulations, industry watchdogs warned that IT firms who are not already managing their energy are introducing unnecessary business risks.

IT-related carbon emissions make up two per cent of the world's total, which current forecasts compare to the level generated from the aviation industry.

Paul Eo, regional manager for Europe at data centre management specialist LS Simple, explained that energy efficient technology can initiate multi-million pound savings for an average data centre.

He said: "We have seen this problem of burgeoning CO2 emissions from IT coming. Our long-term research investment has produced management tools that allow IT managers to be informed, intelligent and proactive about their use of energy."

Yesterday (August 6th), a US technology services company discovered in a survey that the biggest barrier to environmentally friendly IT was cost.

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