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Chapter 11
Green Computing by
Industry Segment
Key Concepts
In this chapter we discuss the public face of green computing:
• What constitutes “greenness”
• How to use the Newsweek Green 500 for green computing
• Green technology, service companies, and IT departments
• Technology equipment suppliers
• Telecommunications suppliers
• Analyzing your department and your company
11.1 Evaluating Greenness
There are a million ways to evaluate how green you are. This book has high-
lighted many of them. We can categorize the major factors you can look at in
relation to how green you are:
• Energy savings. Energy usage is perhaps the single biggest fac