0 Comments | Wireless News, Jul 30, 2010
A new study by CompTIA, a non-profit trade association for the IT industry, shows a sizeable reduction in the annual CO2 emissions associated with information technology (IT) equipment is evidence of the IT industry’s commitment to a cleaner and greener world.
The study released by the Climate Savers Computing Initiative (CSCI) shows that the IT sector has reduced CO2 emission associated with IT equipment by more than 32 million metric tons worldwide since 2007.
CompTIA is a sponsor of CSCI, a global industry coalition formed in 2007 to reduce the environmental impact of new IT equipment through energy efficiency.
“The results of this study indicate that the industry is on the right track,” said Todd Thibodeaux, president and CEO, CompTIA. “Members remain committed and dedicated to CSCI’s energy efficiency mission.”
The benchmark study was conducted by Natural Logic to assess progress of the CSCI’s goal of reducing annual CO2 emissions from the IT sector by 54 million metric tons by June 2011. The research shows that annual CO2 emissions from IT equipment have decreased by 32 million to 36 million metric tons worldwide since 2007. This amount is equivalent to taking nine coal-fired power plants offline and is equal to more than $2 billion in annual energy savings.
Additionally, the study indicates that the IT sector is on target to achieve CSCI’s reduction goal by the end of its 2010 fiscal year in June 2011.
As part of this expansion, commercial and residential routers and switches, commercial WLAN, and security and access devices will be incorporated into the organization’s environmental mission, with the goal of reducing annual CO2 emissions by an additional 38 million metric tons by 2015
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