The goals of green computing are to reduce the use of hazardous materials, maximizing energy efficiency over the lifetime of the product, and promoting the biodegradability of product waste.
According to Computerworld, PricewaterCoopers have chopped the carbon footprint by 20 percent in two years. Its new data center in Georgia has made a significant contribution by reducing the power consumption by 20 million kilowatt-hours and cutting operational costs by $2 Million, a 40 percent savings. The firm realized those savings by virtualizing 2,500 servers, using more-efficient equipment and moving to an …

Increasingly C-level executives are saying that the Green IT movement has gotten their attention and it now ranks high among business priorities. Green IT, or Green Computing, refers to environmentally sustainable computing; it has broad goals of reducing the use of hazardous materials, maximizing energy efficiency, and promoting recyclability.
In a survey of C-level executives, IDC found that Green IT and sustainability was rated second among their priorities for 2011. Phillip Carter of IDC said “What I think is good is that two or three years ago, there was a …