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Can Cisco EnegryWise save your Company Money?

Can Cisco EnegryWise save your Company Money and save the environment at the same time?

Cisco has an ambitious new plan and software system to reduce electricity consumption on just about about every energy-consuming device at your company. Maybe the toaster in the break room can’t be controlled by EnergyWise but what if all switches, routers, firewalls, HVAC, and lightening could?

Read the full story in my new article-Can Cisco EnegryWise save your Company Money?

What is Cisco doing to go Green?

Cisco recently announced that they will reduce absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by the year 2012. Jim Sullivan, director, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Climate Leaders program quotes, “Looking at the high-tech industry in general, data center energy use is rapidly increasing - consuming 61 billion kWh in 2006 and projected to increase to 100 billion kWh in 2011”.

How are they going to do this? They are going to focus on their current technologies such as TelePresence and WebEx suite tools. These programs will eliminate the need for so much travel thereby reducing gas emissions. Another thing that Cisco is doing is in the area of their employees’ work place. Instead of individual cubicles, Cisco has fostered a more open layout utilizing their Technologies of Cisco IP Communicator among others.

For more information on this office design study, please see Office Design Case Study: How Cisco Designed the Collaborative Connected Workplace Environment.

Cisco hopes that the benefits of this green concept will flow into other companies. As the gas emissions decrease, so will energy reduce thereby adding to shareholders value.
For the complete story on how Cisco pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, please see The Innovative Power of the Network: Helping Transform How the World Tackles Environmental Challenges.