Green London?
Green IT is or will be an issue in London, because in November London City is the host for the conference Green IT Expo, http://greenitexpo.com . The topics will cover Sustainable Computing for Responsible Business, and this is one of the reasons why I’m visiting London for three days.
So when I arrived monday morning at London Heathrow and the “new” terminal 5, I started to think about all the electronic devices that is in use every day for 24 hours at this huge airport. How much energy is used for that? Did they consider all the environmental aspects when building terminal 5? Did they consider sustainable computing and responsible business? And was Green IT at the agenda and taking into consideration? How much can be improved when it comes to energy use and environmental aspects? Well I will have to find out! Maybe you know? If you do, please write me some information about it, or where I can find some.
Tomorrow will be an interesting day, meeting with manufacturers outside of London. I will travel by train from Euston Station. If you have ever been to London, you know how crowded it is in the mornings when everybody is hurrying to work. With a latte in their right or left hand taking the railway services and the underground, the logistics is fascinating to think about, it works and everybody knows more or less exactly how to avoid, bumping into each other. So what do you think? Will Green IT become an issue for all of them? Will London succeed with their goal to more sustainable computing for responsible businesses. Yes, I think they will! Why, because achieving that is easy, compared to all the logistics they have to do to make the train services work out every day.
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