Green

ICT 

If you are responsible for your organizations ICT infrastructure then you will have a direct responsibility for reducing energy costs and contributing to reducing your organizations carbon footprint. CNS  will help you achieve this in-line with the global and UAE  focus on energy & environmental  management that is required to sustain an expanding  economy.

 

One of the greatest threats to our future society and economy is global warming. It is estimated that the CO2 emissions of the ICT industry alone exceeds the carbon output of the entire aviation industry. The ICT industry has a collective responsibility to help address this problem. Fortunately we have the tools at hand to reduce energy consumption, reduce our dependence on non sustainable fuel sources and to reduce CO2 output to zero. The UAE is a leader in setting and implementing environmental policies and guidelines at federal and government agency level.

International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) have chosen Abu Dhabi as the agency’s headquarters. The headquarters will be located in Abu Dhabi's Masdar City, a new planned city that aims to produce zero net carbon emissions and zero net waste.

1. It saves money: Power management software can cut energy costs by six and seven figure annual savings for large organizations. This can mean a 5-15 percent reduction in overall, organization-wide energy consumption.
2. The right thing to do: Fifteen PCs can generate as much carbon emissions as a mid-size car each year
3. Sustained growth requires sustainable operations: The average PC consumes 588 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year, and wastes almost 400 kWh of that by running at full-power when not in use. 
4. Reduce waste: Every year, enterprises waste nearly $4 billion powering devices that are not in use. Curb these expenses and the excess carbon emissions through the introduction of power management.  
5. Lower exposure to energy costs: In reducing the amount of power required to operate your business, you’ll mitigate risk from factors well outside of your control.
6. High density usually means high power usage: ICT equipment can account for nine percent of all energy consumed by businesses- the third-largest source of power for the commercial sector.

 

 

 

Power management - Reducing the energy consumption of computers and monitors is simple and it does not always require investing in newer models. Turning computers off at night or putting them into low power mode when they are idle can reduce their annual energy consumption by more than half.

Consolidate your current infrastructure - An approach to more efficient usage of server resources is to reduce the total number of servers or server locations that an organization requires. Under-utilized servers take up more space and consume more power than can be justified.

Refresh your current infrastructure – Many OEM’s offer incentives to replace your old servers with new (often taking back the old ones for recycling). These new servers will have the latest energy efficiencies built in. Look for efficiencies via variable speed fans, lower power consumption CPU’s, greater performance per watt devices, etc.

Re-engineer the Data Center - New developments in cooling solutions mean that it is possible to create ‘Data Centers within Data Centers’ with containment systems that are ideal for high density server solutions.  

Virtualization - The acceleration of server virtualization has started to transform the way organizations deliver applications to end users—enabling organizations to build dynamic pools of compute power that can be allocated on demand as business needs change.