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EWRA (Electronic Waste Recycling Act), 85 hard drives
Excito computers, 54 bigger drives as means of reducing
experimental stores, Wal-Mart, 209–211 power use, 51
“Extended Roll Life” products, Wal-Mart, 211 cleaning data from, 142–143, 146
Extensible Markup Language (XML), 124 data security and, 142
degaussing, 144–145
F deleting data from, 143
facilities managers, 223 green, 57
facility policies, Dell, 181 overview of, 141–142
fans, airflow optimization, 73 overwriting data on, 143–144
faxes, paperless office, 112 Secure Erase, 145
Fibre Channel drives, 51 shredding, 145
filing system, paperless office, 111 hardware, 151–170
filtration, air-side economizers, 68 blade servers, 160–162
floor layout, datacenter design, 219 certifications, 151
fluid-based cooling systems, 74–75. See also cost savings related to green
water-side economizers practices, 14
fluorescent lamps, managing pollutants, 91 costs of switching to green, 169–170
forests datacenter design and, 225
consumption of wood products energy efficiency, 151
and, 104 Energy Star program, 153–159
CSFs (certified sustainable forests), 202 EPEAT certification, 151–153
fossil fuels, 6 information systems and, 275
furniture, alternatives to new, 88 list of issues with, 164
monitors, 155–159
G packaging, 163
GHG Protocol Initiative, 12–13 paperless office and, 109–110
global awareness, (acting locally, thinking planned obsolescence and, 162–163
globally), 85–87 printers, scanners, all-in-ones, 159
global standards and initiatives. See Remote Desktop and, 164–168
standards/initiatives, global RoHS certification, 152
Goodwill Industries, Dell’s recycling servers, 160
program and, 175 thin clients, 159–160
Green Electronics Council, EPEAT, 26–27 toxins, 163
green procurement, 83, 266 hazardous materials, 130. See also Basel
Green Seal, GS-37 standard, 90 Convention on the Control of
Green Shipbreaking, BAN, 24 Transboundary Movements of Hazardous
green sourcing, 82, 83 Wastes and Their Disposal; RoHS
greenhouse gases, 9. See also carbon (Restriction of Hazardous Substances
footprint Directive)
GS-37 standard, for cleaning products, 90 Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA), 142
H heat
HA (High Availability), VMware, 239 power consumption and, 6
sources in datacenters, 225
handheld computers, paperless office and, supplying air directly to heat
113–114
sources, 73