Green intentions must become fact, not fiction

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Plans need to be turned into practice when it comes to green IT, according to a senior HP executive.

There are many drivers of green IT, but talking is no longer enough, claimed Ian Brooks, head of HP’s innovation and sustainable computing division, in an interview with IT PRO yesterday.

“We need to move quickly from good intentions to good results,” he said. “With legislation, the Kyoto treaty and the responsibilities of both private and public sector, we need to turn this into results.”

Government legislation created in 2007, called the Carbon Reduction Commitment, called on the top 10,000 companies to reduce their carbon emissions and promised to fine companies who did not adhere to the rules.

With this legislation coming into force at the start of next year and further guidelines coming from the EU commission, Brooks said we have to act now and start achieving the targets.

“Both the legislative point of view and EU recommendations are drivers for green IT,” he said.

HP is working on its own research to cut emissions such as making display screens that use less power and looking at reducing data centre power by 75 per cent. However as keen as Brooks is for action he accepted that not everything can happen overnight.

"It is about long, medium and short term goals," he said. "We have people working on the next 12 months, the next three years and even the next 10 years.”

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