August 4, 2008—Accenture has introduced the Accenture Green Technology Suite, a comprehensive set of tools designed to help an organization assess its environmental standing, provide recommendations on how to address its carbon footprint by improving the way information technology (IT) is managed, and support the entire organization’s green agenda.
The new tools offer a holistic view across the entire IT organization, providing everything from detailed assessments of where the enterprise sits within a green “maturity spectrum,” to suggesting IT initiatives that can be undertaken to proactively address the company’s future carbon footprint. The tools also help calculate the impact of the specific initiatives in terms of workplace environmental efficiency and data center energy savings.
The Accenture Green Technology Suite includes:
- The Accenture Green Maturity Model assesses the environmental efficiency of IT, suggesting actions to improve the organization’s overall environmental standing. The score is based on the responses to 300 questions across five key areas—working practice, office environment, data center, procurement, and corporate citizenship—on topics ranging from commitment to reducing CO2 emissions, to type of enterprise network.
- The Data Center Estimator is used by Accenture consultants to provide an assessment of the environmental and financial impact of data centers. The Estimator suggests energy reduction strategies based on information gathered from the facility, such as air conditioning, power distribution, and server, storage, and networking components, among others.
- The Workplace Estimator helps an organization adopt a greener technology culture by developing recycling and energy-saving policies for personal computers and procuring new equipment with energy efficiency in mind.
Additionally, Accenture compiled a Data Center Energy Forecast Report, released in conjunction with the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, which presents side-by-side comparisons of energy savings achieved by 17 real-world data center case studies.
