Power Usage - Facilities or IT??

I have come across an interesting point in an article that I read recently http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/News/Solution-Providers-Seeing-Less-Green-in-Green-IT/) i.e. whether costs incurred on power used for data centres etc.., are taken into account by Facilities or IT. As "Green IT" is gaining prominence, it is important for CIO's to get a clarity on how they are accounted to measure ROI on the investments they made in Green IT. Though, at the end of the day, both these functions are viewed by the organization as cost functions, it is important for the organization to attribute energy costs of data centres etc.., into IT so that they can get motivated to move towards greener pastures.

On the same subject, Gartner's survey results at unchanged priorities of European companies towards Greener IT even in the recession period. 67% of the respondents in the survey mentioned that they have unchanged priorities in Europe where as the percentage is just 37 in US. Good news for solution providers in Europe!!!

Some interesting facts around Green IT:
--> Data Centres produce around 0.3% of CO2 emissions worldwide compared to 0.6% by Airline Industry and 1% by Steel Industry
--> Increasing set point temperature by 1% in Datacentre will lead to 4 to 5% savings in Energy costs
--> If all commuters worked from home just one day a week, 5.85 billion fewer gallons of oil would be used each year

Courtesy: http://weblog.infoworld.com/sustainableit/archives/2009/02/25_random_green.html