Does your organization expect to achieve cost savings as a result of green initiatives over the next two or three years?
More than 90% of respondents to a recent Cutter survey on Green IT* believe (either somewhat or absolutely) that their green initiatives will result in cost savings in the few years. This, combined with the finding that the budget they'll commit over the same time period is relatively consistent, leads to an understanding that, at least in the near future, costs remain the primary consideration, as well as the primary aspiration, of carbon initiatives. Therefore, metrics that measure and map costs to carbon emissions remain of primary interest to organizations.
*Excerpted from "Creating and Applying Green IT Metrics and Measurement in Practice" Cutter Benchmark Review , Vol. 9, No. 10