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2008-02-07 19:03:00
IT vendors can play a major role in reducing the world's energy consumption, after a report revealed that IT equipment accounts for 6 percent of US electricity consumption.While IT consumption of energy in the US has grown in the last decade, technology also displaces more than its share of energy-consuming activities in other sectors, members of the Technology CEO Council said.The advocacy group highlighted a report, released Wednesday, saying that every kilowatt hour of energy used by IT replaces 10 kilowatt hours of energy that would have been used elsewhere.IT currently uses about 6 percent of US electricity, up from 2 percent to 3 percent in 2000, said John "Skip" Laitner, co-author of the report and director of economic policy analysis at the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). But through a wide variety of IT products, including technology that enables video conferencing, telecommuting and email, technology results in a net decrease in energy consumptio...
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