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Chapter 8
Saving Energy
Key Concepts
This chapter describes how to save energy through green computing:
• Reducing costs, risk, and carbon footprint
• Improving your reputation and building your brand
• Analyzing energy usage
• Using solar power as part of the solution
8.1 Saving Energy Serves Many Masters
Saving energy is the sine qua non of green computing—the core element at the
heart of most green computing efforts. That’s because saving energy meets sev-
eral core needs at once. We can briefly summarize them as:
• Saving money
• Reducing risk
• Reducing carbon footprint
• Improving your reputation and brand
In pursu ing energ y-saving ef f ...