Much has been written about green IT, and it's widely accepted that saving energy is a positive move toward climate control. However, many organizations do little to actively engage their employees in energy-conservation efforts at an individual level. Feedback has been shown to be an important motivator for changing behavior. This article presents a test of a simple energy-conservation device attached to individual computer workstations along with measures of actual use and employee attitudes toward the environment in general and the energy-conservation device specifically. Overall, the author's findings show that while highly positive attitudes were reported, overall uptake of the device was somewhat disappointing because people don't always act in line with how they feel.
['Carol Pollard']
IT Energy Conservation at Work: People Don't Always Act the Way They Feel