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virtualization, server Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
best practices, 235–236 Directive. See WEEE (Waste Electrical and
cost savings, 252–253 Electronic Equipment) Directive
creating virtual servers, 268–271 waste initiatives, 205, 211–212. See also e-waste
dangers of over consolidation, 236–237 water
implementing, 240–241 controlling water use, 86–88
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, 239–240 technologies used at UWRF building
overview of, 233–234 project, 199, 201
redundancy and, 237–238 UWRF runoff program, 202
VMware, 238–239, 267–268 Wal-Mart water conservation
virtualization, storage initiatives, 210
benefits of, 241–242 water-based on demand cooling, 69
best practices, 245–246 water-side economizers, 68–69
Compellent solution, 249–251 web browsers, 117
cost savings, 253 web pages, 118
host-based, 246–247 web servers, 117
implementation options, 246 website, companion to this book, xxiii
Incipient solutions, 251–252 WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic
network based, 247–248 Equipment) Directive
overview of, 241 Canada using as basis of
risks of, 242–245 environmental legislation, 31–32
storage device based, 247 Policy and Legislation task force and, 21
VMFS (Virtual Machine File System), waste management in EU, 9, 34–35
VMware, 238 Western Digital hard drives, 57
VMware Infrastructure 3 Western Wisconsin Intergovernmental
creating virtual servers, 268–271 Collaborative (WWIC), 204
installing, 268 “What We Need Is Here” forums, UWRF, 204
obtaining, 267–268 WiFi, power consumption an, 61–62
prerequisites, 267 wind turbines, 6
server virtualization and, 238–239 windows, calculating cooling needs, 66
VOCs (volatile organic compounds), 202 Windows OSs, Logical Disk Manager,
246–247
W Windows Server 2003, Microsoft, 271
Wal-Mart, 205–212 wireless devices, 61–62
experimental stores, 209–211 wood products, 104
Live Better Index to aid consumers, 207 work behavior, changing
overview of, 205–206 acting locally, thinking globally, 85–86
partnership programs, 187, 206 cooperative buying and purchasing
products and packaging-related plans, 89
goals, 211 energy use, 90
PSPs (Personal Sustainability Projects) green technologies and, 85
for employees, 207–208 LEED (Leadership in Energy and
supply chain and, 208–209 Environmental Design), 93
waste reduction and, 211–212 outsourcing, 96–100