HOW TO ACHIEVE A GREEN ENTERPRISE AND A GREEN IT INFRASTRUCTURE -
An
Action Plan for Corporate Energy Savings and a Green Planet
ISBN 0-940706-71-7
CONTENTS
PREFACE
iii
CONTENTS
v
1.
The Green
1.1
The Worldwide Green Revolution and the
Need to Contribute
1-1
1.2
Purpose of this Book
1-3
1.3 Why Focus on Enterprises to Embrace and Adopt a
Green Posture?
1-3
1.4 What About the Means for Enterprises to Achieve the
Green
1.5
The Green
1.6
Evidence of a Fast Spreading Drive to Aim for the
Green
1.7 Additional Push for Going Green in IT
1-9
1.8
Conclusion
1-11
2. The Broad Green
2.1
The Green
and Multifaceted
2-1
2.2
The Business Proposition for a Green
2.3
Mounting Evidence in Favor of Adopting the
Green
Effort in the IT Domain
2-4
2.4
The Green
2.5
Benefits to the
Green
2.6
A Description of the Macroscopic Benefits
2-10
2.7
The Need for an Overall Action Plan to Achieve
the
Goals of a Green
3.
The
Green IT Infrastructure
3.1 Purpose of This Chapter
3-1
3.2 IT Is a Vital Support Infrastructure
Susceptible to
Becoming
Green and Contributing to the
Greening Goals
3-1
3.3
Virtualization is Not the Same as
3.4 Embarking on
an Green IT Program
3-4
3.5
Laying
Out the Potential Areas for IT Greening
3-7
Figure
3-1. Areas or Domains for IT Greening
3-7
3.6
Additional
Strategies for reducing Energy Costs in the
IT
Domain
3-9
Figure
3-2. Additional IT Strategies for Reducing
Energy
Costs
3-10
3.7 What Is Virtualization?
3-12
3.8 Role of Virtualization in IT
3-12
3.8
Benefits of Going Green IT
3-10
3.9
Benefits of Going Green IT
3-13
3.10 Benefits of Virtualization
3-17
3.11 Recommendations from a Green Enterprise
Symposium
3-19
3.12 Strategies to Consider to Reach Green
and Green Environment Goals 3-22
3.13
3.14 Additional Strategies that Can Contribute to
Reduce
Energy and Fuel Consumption and Improve Operational
Efficiency – Adopting
3.15 Future Opportunities for Greening IT
3-28
4. Approach,
Strategy and Success Factors for a
4.1 The Many Potential Sources that Can Contribute to
the Green
4.2 Purpose of this Chapter
4-2
4.3 Broad Strategies to Consider in Reaching the
Green
Figure
4-1. Strategies for Designing, Deploying and
Operating
Green
Provisions and Practices
4-3
4.4 Adopting a Policy of Including Energy Usage
Considerations in Every New Process Design or
Modification as Part of the Green
Philosophy
4-7
4.5
Other Strategies that Contribute to Reduce Energy
and Fuel Consumption
4-8
1. The
Remote Office and the
- Increase Employee
Mobility
4-8
2. Other Transportation Energy Saving Schemes or
Ideas to Which Companies Are Resorting to Save
Carbon-based Fuels Consumption
4-10
3. The Paperless Society or Rather the Less-Paper-
Society
4-11
4.
Travel, Transportation and Shipping
4-13
5. Better Packaging Approaches and Packaging
Materials
Management
4-14
6. Waste
Disposal and Avoidance and Removal of
Toxic
Materials
4-15
4.7 Adopting a Broad View of Greening the
the Planet
4-16
4.8 Taking Into Account the Entire Set of
Elements
Associated
with a Green
Planet
Before Making Green Decisions that Are in
Synchronization
with the
Articulated by Senior Management.
4-17
4.9 Taking Into Account the Entire Set of
Elements
Associated
with a Greene
Planet Before Making Green decisions that Are in
Synchronization with the
Articulated by Senior Management
4-19
Figure
4-6. A General Framework for Assessing
Broad and
Complex Green
Green
Planet Initiatives
4-22
4.10 Chapter Summary
4-25
5.A
Master Plan of Action for the Green
5.1 A Master or Action Plan Is a Must for Success
5-1
5.2 A Master Plan of Action Offers Many
Benefits and
Provides a
Road Map and an Effective Means to
Track
Progress
5-2
5.3 Structure of a Sound Plan of Action
5-3
5.4 Key Phases in Developing, Deploying and Operating
a Green
5.5 Description of a Detailed Plan of Action
5-5
5.6 Phase 1. Program Conception and
Initiation
5-7
5.7 Phase 2. Organization and Accountability – Appoint a
Key Executive to Guide the Green
5.8 Phase 3. Identify the Business Process-Domains and
Support Infrastructure that Merit the
Most Attention
5-13
5.9 Phase 4. Objectives, Strategy and a
Top-down
Approach
5-18
5.10 Phase 5. Design and Detailed Development
5-26
5.11 Implementation and Training – Time Table
5-30
5.12 Phase 7. Adjust the Green
Needed
5-34
5.13
Key
steps for Executive Management to Set the Tone
for a
Successful Green enterprise Initiative
5-38
5.14 Summary on Greening of the
5.15 A List of Key Elements to Facilitate the Greening
Effort
on an
Ongoing and Sustainable Basis
5-44
Appendix
A. Literature References
i
B. Terminology
iii
C. Vendor Literature and Products
v
Index xiii