Experts have warned that the IT industry has received a wake up call after
Chancellor Alistair Darling announced plans that could lead to the compulsory
building of 'zero carbon' commercial buildings by 2019.
Industry watchers believe that IT managers who are not already managing their
energy consumption are introducing unnecessary business risk and condoning
waste.
While there is still debate about how 'zero carbon' will be defined and
measured, there is very little evidence that IT managers are planning any
action.
The IT sector has recently been exposed as generating the same tonnage of CO2
emissions as the aviation industry.
Paul Eo, regional manager for Europe at data centre management specialist LS
Simple, 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.
"
Eo added that energy management technologies can initiate a continuing
process of multi-million pound savings for an average data centre.
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