IT systems can help reduce energy use
Mon, 16 Nov 2009
IT can play a key role in businesses as they prepare to reduce energy usage in their buildings, it has been claimed.
According to Nick Robinson, technical operation lead at the networking and communications giant Cisco, adopting green IT can help companies limit their electricity consumption.
He claimed that while it is "pretty difficult" for companies to monitor and control energy use, IT can provide the facility for them to do so.
Mr Robinson said that integrating technology with building management systems can have "a massive impact" on how buildings consume energy.
With the government planning to introduce a mandatory emissions trading scheme next April, this could be crucial, he added.
"Organisations are going to be stack ranked against how they are performing against the various metrics the government is recruiting," Mr Robinson explained.
"Obviously, if you are advertising yourself as being a green business or organisation, you don't want to be appearing at the bottom of that list."
The Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme is central to the UK's strategy for reducing carbon dioxide emissions, as set out in the Climate Change Act 2008.
Posted by Jenny Arthur
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