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checklist for green IT, 215-224 The Green Grid agreements, 48-49
Chicago-area utility company case study, of IT vendors, 49, 51-52
150-155 of universities, 47-48
assessment of energy efficiency, 150-151 with utility companies, 43-44
building new data centers, 151 Columbia University case study, 157,
cooling strategies, 153 163-169
power management metrics, 153 collaboration initiatives, 47
reporting, 155 green IT plan, 67
virtualization, 152-153 HPC (high performance computing),
chip-level cooling systems, 144 165-167
chip technology, green IT and, 234 planning stage, 164
Chu, Steven, xxvi testing stage, 167-168
Cisco, 20, 82 commercial building technical assistance
clean energy costs, projections for, to promote energy efficiency, 61
287-288 communication of green IT plans, 10, 207
Clean Energy Project (grid computing), companies, collaboration within, 46
186-187 component efficiency standards, 126-127
Clean Power Estimator, 225 computer manufacturers
client virtualization, 95-97 HP case study, 232-233
cloud collaboration, 238, 240, 243 Sun case study, 233-234
cloud computing, 99. See also grid computer networks, green IT and,
computing 234-236
advantages of, 239, 247 concentrating solar power (CSP) systems,
Amazon and, 240-242 276-277 ptg
business and technology drivers for, 241 conceptual architecture for cloud
conceptual architecture and infrastructure computing, 244-245
for, 244-245 Confucius, 15
defined, 237-238 consolidation, 11, 207. See also
in FCMG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) virtualization
industry, 238 India case study, 199
at Google, 239, 243 server consolidation, 88-89, 217
at IBM, 240 Consortium for Energy Efficient Thermal
impact of, 248 Management, 42
private cloud computing, 240-241 conversion to laptops, India case
resource for information, 248-249 study, 201
types of, 242-243 cooling strategies, 11, 22, 207
cloud services, 238, 240, 243 Chicago-area utility case study, 153
cloud storage, 238-239, 242-243 Lexington, Kentucky case study, 178-179
cluster architecture for server cooling systems
virtualization, 99-101 efficiency strategies, 135-136
collaboration, 39 air flow optimization, 137-138
between IT technology vendors, 40 CRAC unit efficiency, 140-141
of building energy management and IT economizer systems, 139-140
energy management, 42-43 supplemental cooling, 142-143
carbon trading and, 49 vapor sealing, 136-137
cloud collaboration, 238, 240, 243 emerging technologies for, 143-144
within companies, 46 energy saving tips, 131
data center energy efficiency groups, 40-42 energy usage statistics, 129-130
Al Gore’s role in, 52-53 liquid cooling systems, 134-135
government initiatives, 44, 46 stored energy, 132-134