Summary

In this chapter, you have learned about energy mix, energy and foreign policy, and the importance of energy security within ICT. Furthermore, you should better understand the energy consumption of various ICT devices, energy consumption patterns, and how you can conduct similar calculations on your own IT equipment to calculate energy and carbon dioxide emissions. Finally, you should have actionable insights into how you can improve your resource efficiency.

These are some of the key recommendations that you should have in mind to do more with less:

• Buy resource-efficient hardware
• Educate users on energy leakage and encourage them to turn off IT hardware when not in use
• Leverage renewable energy sources
• Take advantage of various system power management settings
• Go virtual by exploring VDI and Device-as-a-Service (DaaS)
• Explore smart energy technologies

As we have reached the end of the chapter, you should better understand how you can optimize...