Recent PostsGreen ICT remains immature in South Africa and the lack of company adoption will contribute to South Africa’s failure to meet its commitments at Copenhagen, namely a 34% emission reduction below business as usual by 2020 and 42% by 2025.
Business remains apathetic to embracing green business and ICT organisations are stuck in an antiquated mind-set [...]
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South Africa ranks low on Green ICT Maturity
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010The bottom line: Power Management software saves plenty
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010PCs and peripherals consume more energy than any other information and communications technology group and by 2012, more than 50% of midsize and large organizations will centrally manage desktop power states, up from less than 10% today.
Does anybody really give a toss?
Thursday, November 19th, 2009As we move towards COP15 in Copenhagen in December, I can’t help but feel that we may all be in for a massive letdown. ‘We’ in this instance are those like minded individuals (probably in the minority) that are increasingly concerned about our climate and the legacy that we will leave our children and grandchildren. ‘We’ are increasingly concerned around government’s, business and societies inaction in the fight against climate change.
Energy waste in IT costs in excess of R20 per pc per month
Friday, October 16th, 2009PC power management technologies conservatively provide savings of around 40% which would result in a R20 saving per PC per month come 1 April 2010. In an organisation running 10 000 workstations, the cost of not running a PC power management solution is R200 000 per month.
Ten reasons to adopt a green IT strategy
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009Our top 10 reasons why business should act within South Africa are spelled out below. Although South African specific, most are appropriate in any economy and all can be positively impacted by adopting a green IT strategy.
Eskom’s rate hike is too low!
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009My hypothesis is simple, raise rates further for the biggest users that can adapt the most. At the same time subsidise the poor, perhaps trading off the corporate increase with a reduction for the poor. Finally, the raise will provide a stimulus for energy efficiency and clean energy investment which will lower barriers to entry and will take many many people out of energy poverty. We adapt or we die.
