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The Benefits of Green Computing

• The Power of Green

Now that you are working from home, saving more money is a priority. Here is a link to New Yorks Con ed called:

100+ Tips to Help You Go Green and Save Some Green

Have trouble downloading? an archive available Here

• EPEAT

EPEAT is a system to help purchasers in the public and private sectors evaluate, compare and select desktop computers, notebooks and monitors based on their environmental attributes. EPEAT also provides a clear and consistent set of performance criteria for the design of products, and provides an opportunity for manufacturers to secure market recognition for efforts to reduce the environmental impact of its products.

In addition to great information on Green computing they produced the 2007 Environmental Benefits report that details the savings worldwide. Both the Executive summary and the full report can be found here. 

Have trouble downloading? click here for an archive of the executive summary, but check out www.epeat.net for more information.

• Desktop Energy Consumption ; A Comparison of Thin Clients and PCs

Prepared For Wyse Technology Inc.

Overview
Over the past ten years, PCs have become an essential part of business. People need computers to do their jobs, plain and simple. However, computing has evolved since the creation of the personal computer, and businesses now have the option of turning to PC-alternative devices such as thin clients to deliver business-class computing at a fraction of the cost. Thin-client devices provide businesses with cost saving opportunities that are difficult or impossible to measure in the traditional PC environment.

• The Big Picture, from Greenbiz.com

You don’t have to live in a big city to experience the trials of a long commute to work. Gridlocked highways and endless lines of cars at traffic lights are ubiquitous scenes during the morning and evening “rush” hours in any metropolitan area, as commuters make their way through the slow crawl to and from work

PDF download and Archive found here.