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"Green IT"
//__Introduction of "Blackle"__// Blackle searches are powered by Google Custom Search and saves energy because the screen is predominantly black. This saving is caused of the fact that a given monitor requires more power to display a white (or light) screen, than a black (or dark) screen.

//__Definition and Examples of "Green IT"__// I described by using different examples, that a lot of pollution and waste is produced by the IT, with -of course- a very negative impact on the enviroment. Anyway, the IT has also a positive impact on the enviroment for example the ability to change business, to improve processes or otherwise increase the environmental impacts of those processes; for example, travel substitution, e-business etc.

__//Recommendations//__ In order to protect the enviroment, I suggested to re-use your equipment (extent the life of assetts), to use recycled paper and to reduce the consumption of energy e.g. by using "Blackle" instead of "Google".

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