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Appendix A
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Tools and Information to Help with Green IT

This section lists tools and information available online to help with
your analysis of green IT.

DOE DC Pro Tool
The Department of Energy (DOE) Data Center (DC) Pro (Profile) tool
is an online software tool designed to help organizations worldwide
quickly diagnose how energy is used by their data centers and how they
might save energy and money. The tool is available at no cost from
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/industry/saveenergynow/printable_
versions/partnering_data_centers.html.

Carbon Footprint Tool
This site provides a calculator tool for both your personal and busi-
ness carbon footprint: http://www.carbonfootprint.com.
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ASHRAE Information
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air
Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has a variety of energy-efficiency
information available on its Web site: http://www.ashrae.com.

Server Power Calculator Tools
The various IT vendors provide power calculation tools on their Web
sites. The IBM xSeries power configuration tool—used for basic xSeries
stand-alone and blade server power estimates—can be accessed at
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/powerconfig/.

NYSERDA Clean Power Estimator
NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research and Development
Authority) has made available a Clean Power Estimator, developed by
Clean Power Research. This is an economic evaluation tool that provides
an estimate of the benefits and costs associated with a solar-electric or
photovoltaic (PV) system. A wind power estimator is also being devel-
oped. The estimator can be accessed at http://www.clean-power.
com/nyserda/.