A common misconception still prevails that climate protection is expensive to implement and efforts to stem global warming will negatively impact the economy. But if done correctly, quite the opposite is true; a business can become energy-efficient, reduce its carbon footprint, and do so in ways that drive greater profitability.

Worldwide, the carbon footprint from the design, manufacturing, and distribution of IT equipment is equivalent to the carbon footprint of the entire global airline industry! There are already several proven ways to use energy more efficiently and productively (with more being developed all the time), and it's the smart business that will leap to take advantage of them.

This paper shows how applying the principles of energy efficiency to your company's computers and servers can improve your productivity and decrease your carbon emissions in very specific ways.