A group of technology companies got together to announce the Climate Savers Computing Initiative with the goal of the new broad-based environmental effort is to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by setting aggressive new targets for energy-efficient computers and components, and promoting the adoption of energy-efficient computers and power management tools worldwide. The leading companies supporting this effort are industry leaders like Intel, Google , Dell, EDS, EPA, HP, IBM, Lenovo, Microsoft, PG&E, World Wildlife Fund and others.
This initiative is targeting to reduce global CO2 emissions from the operation of computers by 54 million tons per year, equivalent to the annual output of 11 million cars or 10–20 coal-fired power plants by 2010.This effort will lead to a 50% reduction in power consumption by computers by 2010, and committed participants could collectively save $5.5 billion in energy costs
Going green will come with a cost of $20 for PC and $30 for a server, and with a energy saving of around $10 per year. So with ROI of 2 or 3 years,I think is a great deal.
Individual consumers can also support the Climate Savers Computing Initiative by signing up at www.climatesaverscomputing.org, where they will be able to pledge to purchase an initiative-certified system.
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