Ten Ways to Help Users Go Green

Ten Ways to Help Users Go Green

Ten Ways to Help Users Go Green
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May 28, 2012
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Ten Ways to Help Users Go Green

Ten Ways to Help Users Go Green

Teach customers to create a corporate energy policy and start to act on it.


Ten Ways to Help Users Go Green – 2. Help Organizations

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Help organizations to monitor and measure true energy usage.


Ten Ways to Help Users Go Green – 3. Get Familiar

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Get familiar with emerging state and federal regulations that encourage reduction of energy use.


Ten Ways to Help Users Go Green – 4. Point Customers

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Point customers toward rebates and money-saving offers from local electrical utility providers.


Ten Ways to Help Users Go Green – 5. Encourage Upgrades

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Encourage upgrades to computers and servers that integrate processors and cut power usage.


Ten Ways to Help Users Go Green – 6. Talk Up

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Talk up the multiple benefits of energy savings: less space, less heat, less energy use, less cost.


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Ten Ways to Help Users Go Green – 7. Leverage

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Leverage software utilities that allow groups of desktops to be shut down or powered up simultaneously for easy maintenance and energy savings.


Ten Ways to Help Users Go Green – 8. Look for…

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Look for the Energy Star designation on hardware products.


Ten Ways to Help Users Go Green – 9. Join the Green Grid

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Join the Green Grid association and work toward industrywide solutions.


Ten Ways to Help Users Go Green – 10. ‘Think global, act local’

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‘Think global, act local’ — it’s more than a bumper sticker.

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