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Top Green Computing story
Datacentres get Energy Star rating
The US Environmental Protection Agency is wrapping up work on an Energy Star programme for datacentres that it hopes to launch in June.
The goals of the programme are to give organisations more incentive to improve the energy efficiency of their data centres, and also give them a way to track the results of efficiency projects over time, said the EPA's Alexandra Sullivan, who described the programme at the Green Grid datacentre conference.
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White paper library
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Global Action Plan
Global Action Plan is a practical charity that is driving environmental awareness among the corporate IT community. It has created an Environmental IT Leadership Team, involving IT chiefs from the British Medical Association (BMA), Sony UK, John Lewis, E.ON UK, CQS, the University of Cumbria and Lloyds TSB, together with sponsor IT services company Logicalis, that will highlight best practices for sustainable corporate IT.
Green Computing Toolbox
These tools and websites will help you devise the strategies your organisation needs.
- Carbon Footprint
Measure your share of UK carbon dioxide emissions!
http://www.carboncalculator.com
http://www.footprinter.com - Understanding the Jargon
The Dictionary of Sustainable Management, created by the San Francisco-based Presidio School of Management defines more than 250 must-know terms of sustainable business.
http://www.sustainabilitydictionary.com - Waste and Recycling
Get the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory reform’s full advice on the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations and what you have to do.
http://www.dti.gov.uk - For an alternative government take on the same regulations from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
http://www.defra.gov.uk - For a highly contested look at the environmental credentials of your suppliers, see the Greenpeace guide to electronics.
http://www.greenpeace.org
Pressure groups and charities
Environmental awareness among business owes much to long running awareness campaigns by non-governmental organisations and charities.
- Global Action Plan
The UK charity that is driving environmental awareness among the corporate IT community.
http://www.globalactionplan.org.uk - Green technology initiative
Announced with a fanfare earlier this summer, this organisation has yet to flourish, but could be an important player going forward
http://www.greentechnologyinitiative.org - Computer Air International
Want to recycle your PCs to help the Third World? This charity will help you do it.
http://www.computeraid.org - Friends of the Earth
The UK’s original environmental pressure group.
http://www.foe.co.uk - Greenpeace
For controversial research and comment
http://www.greenpeace.org.uk












