Asset Disposal’s Role in Sustainability
BEYOND POWER: IT’S ROADMAP TO SUSTAINABLE COMPUTING
What does it mean to take a “green” approach to IT management? So far, it’s mostly meant reducing the energy consumption of power-hungry systems in large data centers.
But what if these steps your company is taking to reduce its environmental impact were actually having the opposite affect?
According to the groundbreaking white paper from International Data Corporation (IDC), Beyond Power: IT’s Roadmap to Sustainable Computing, despite all the focus on “green IT” the single most important thing your company can do to reduce the carbon footprint of its technology has been largely ignored.
Moving beyond power
While IT manufacturers rushed to market more energy-efficient technologies, no one was talking about the impact of technology change on the environment — or your bottom line.
Yet, the most powerful change you can make to reduce the environmental impact of technology just may be to not replace the equipment you have.
According to IDC’s Beyond Power, reducing energy consumption is not only a limited approach to green IT, making decisions strictly on equipment energy consumption can actually increase both environmental impact and IT costs.
The road to sustainability
Green IT practices for environmentally Sustainable Computing must extend beyond power consumption to address other critical factors within IT management that impact your carbon footprint, including equipment lifecycles, inventory management and asset disposition.
Beyond Power will help you create a more comprehensive approach to reducing the environmental impact of IT equipment by outlining strategies for extending equipment lifecycles, refurbishing and upgrading surplus technology and managing zero-impact disposition. It explores the management challenges associated with increasing IT sustainability and reviews the best practices that have emerged.
Here are just some of the issues covered in this IDC white paper:
- The financial and environmental impact of equipment lifecycles
- How IT reuse affects sustainability, social welfare and the bottom line
- Strategies for maximizing the value of idle equipment
- Keeping IT equipment out of the waste stream at end of life
If you’ve been charged with developing programs to reduce the environmental footprint — or increase the efficiency — of your IT organization, this is the resource you’ve been looking for.
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