As Google works to organize the world’s data, making it useful and accessible world-wide, they are taking energy use very seriously. They are striving for sustainability, not just because it is good for the environment, but because it is good business.

As stated on their site, here is there five step plan:

1. Minimize electricity used by servers
2. Reduce the energy used by the data center facilities themselves
3. Conserve precious fresh water by using recycled water instead
4. Reuse or recycle all electronic equipment that leaves our data centers
5. Engage with our peers to advance smarter energy practices (Yeah!)

Although we all don’t have massive amounts of data to manage in our homes, these – not just green but smart money – decisions are not only available to large corporations.  Research is continually being done to bring better sustainablity options within the reach of the average home owner.  Check out some of the research being done right here in Florida at the Florida Solar Energy Center.

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