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Chapter 2
Green Computing
and Saving Money
Key Concepts
This chapter shows how money-saving and green-computing efforts comple-
ment each other:
• The green Zen of saving money
• The advantages of energy efficiency
• Getting the most out of the cloud
• Greening your energy-saving moves
2.1 Why Saving Money Is Green
Saving money seems like such an obvious win in business. Profit is revenues
minus costs. So cutting costs is just as important to a company as making
sales, but it doesn’t seem to have the same glamour or get the same attention
and focus.
People who think up new ways to make money—marketers, engineers, pro-
duct managers—are heroes. P ...