News Article - 23 May 2012
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Businesses wishing to begin accounting for carbon emissions may be interested to know that a new report has highlighted the need for IT leaders to manage an office's PCs differently in order to cut energy usage and meet green targets.

Iain Thomson of vnunet reports that the author of the study by Forrester claims common misconceptions may be inhibiting organisations from taking environmental action - and could even lead to more energy inefficiency.

Such misconceptions included the belief that there was a surge of power when a PC was turned on or that screen savers had energy saving benefits.

"Far too many organisations leave economic and environmental value on the table by not reducing PC-related energy costs," author Doug Washburn explained, comments that may be of interest to firms seeking carbonaccounting software.

Meanwhile, in a review on the same resource Will Stapley has noted that the NEC EA261WM TFT monitor alerts users to their environmental impact.

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