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Wall Street Journal
March 11, 2008 To Cut Fuel Bills, Try High-Tech Help
"Until recently, businesses seeking to cut energy costs have focused on low-technology steps such as turning down thermostats and switching off lights when they're not needed. Now more high-tech "green software" programs have popped up to help companies cut their energy consumption."
Environmental Leader
February 5, 2008 Top 10 Reasons To Green IT “As business ramps up for 2008, sustainability is top of mind for C-level executives and IT managers. It is now a major focus for organizations, and execs are considering how it pays, how it doesn’t and where it counts to make changes…Where do you begin and what is a logical, easy first step? Reducing PC energy waste. Below are 10 reasons why greening your IT department is an important starting point toward sustainability. The number-one reason is, of course, the bottom line.”
Cnet
January 30, 2008 Closing the tech-waste loop
The other panelists were from IBM working on low power CPUs for servers, and from a company called Verdiem that makes software to centrally manage large installed bases of PCs in corporate environments. Such installations use massive amounts of electricity for prolonged un-necessary periods (such as at night), creating part of the big draw of "phantom" or "vampire" energy. The software allows central control of shutting down un-necessary machines while still allowing maintenance upgrades.
greenhouse gas emission reductions of 37,912 metric tons of carbon dioxide (or, the equivalent of taking 8,206 passenger cars of the road for one year)
Information Week
January 14, 2008 Saving Energy Where It Counts: On The Desktop
Now, however, more of Verdiem's business is coming from Fortune 1000 companies. Its customers average 3,500 PCs, and that number is growing. Klustner estimates that Verdiem's Surveyor software saves between $20 and $60 per PC per year, depending on electricity rates and hardware and software running.
Radio giant Clear Channel Communications became a Verdiem client last year and projects savings of $11,000 over 12 months. That's after spending $6,300 on the software and getting a $2,925 rebate from its utility, Pacific Gas and Electric. "It's pretty awesome," says Valerie Sarver, former green program manager at Clear Channel.
