Faronics UK Green IT Survey 07 December 2011

Would you consider yourselves to be a 'green' organisation in terms of IT efficiency? 50. 00% 45. 10% 45. 00% 40. 00% 35. 00% 30. 00% 28. 00% 26. 90% 25. 00% 20. 00% 15. 00% 10. 00% 5. 00% 0. 00% Yes No Don't know

Do you currently have green IT or energy saving policies in place within your organisation? 45. 00% 40. 00% 39. 90% 39. 70% 35. 00% 30. 00% 25. 00% 20. 40% 20. 00% 15. 00% 10. 00% 5. 00% 0. 00% Yes No Don't know

What is the PRIMARY reason that your organisation enforces a green IT policy? 60. 00% 50. 00% 48. 37% 40. 00% 27. 57% 30. 00% 18. 30% 20. 00% 10. 00% 5. 51% 0. 25% 0. 00% Cost savings Environmental concerns Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and/or reputation Industry regulation Other

Why do you not have green IT or energy saving policies in place within your organisation? 60. 00% 48. 11% 50. 00% 40. 00% 31. 49% 30. 00% 20. 00% 15. 87% 10. 00% 4. 53% 0. 00% It is too expensive to implement and enforce It is too time-consuming to It would take too much effort develop, implement and/or to set up and maintain enforce Other

Do you currently have a policy that requires all employees to switch off or put their workstations into a low-power mode when not in use? 60. 00% 50. 00% 48. 70% 42. 30% 40. 00% 30. 00% 20. 00% 9. 00% 10. 00% Yes No Don't know

Do many of your organisation's employees leave their PCs or monitors on at the end of each working day? 70. 00% 58. 60% 60. 00% 50. 00% 40. 00% 30. 00% 21. 70% 20. 00% 19. 70% 10. 00% Yes, the majority of employees leave No, it is rare for employees to leave their PCs on when not in use PCs switched on when not in use Don't know

Do you think that automatically powering down PCs when not in use would hinder day-to-day activities or impact the productivity of IT maintenance staff? 60. 00% 51% 50. 00% 40. 00% 36% 30. 00% 20. 00% 13% 10. 00% Yes No Don't know

Do you know how much your organisation pays for its monthly, quarterly or annual electricity consumption? 90. 00% 83. 30% 80. 00% 70. 00% 60. 00% 50. 00% 40. 00% 30. 00% 20. 00% 16. 70% 10. 00% Yes No

Approximately how many employees work at your organisation (including staff based in other offices)? 35. 00% 30. 00% 28. 80% 28. 20% 23. 80% 25. 00% 19. 20% 20. 00% 15. 00% 10. 00% 5. 00% 0 -50 51 -100 101 -500 501+

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