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Green IT Checklist and

Recommendations

“…you can’t make a product greener, whether it’s a
car, a refrigerator, or a traffic system, without mak-
ing it smarter—smarter materials, smarter software,
or smarter design.”

—Thomas L. Friedman, author of Hot, Flat, and
Crowded

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This appendix includes a green IT checklist and information on vari-
ous green IT areas.

A Green IT Checklist

The green IT checklist in this section was developed by Dave
Anderson, who is a green architect for IBM’s Energy-Efficiency
Initiative. One of Dave’s passions has been to travel around to different
companies, schools, and other organizations, giving talks on green IT.
Dave’s background as an engineer, which includes Professional Engineer
(PE) certification, gives him the background to address all aspects of
green IT. This checklist was developed as a result of Dave’s speaking
engagements.

Tips on Creating Sustainable Data Centers (Dave Anderson)
Everywhere I go, from the grocery store to the carpool parking place
outside IBM’s mega data centers, I am now reminded to be green.

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