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Corporate sustainability programs that address efficiencies throughout an organization will make the greatest impact over time. Following that premise, Raytheon's sustainability initiative involves a green IT strategy as one of several ways the company is reducing energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts. The company has realized its initial greenhouse gas reduction goal, with Raytheon IT delivering measurable environmental and operational improvements as part of the enterprisewide effort.

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A sampling of Computerworld's best green-IT stories, offering technical information, expert advice and success stories.

A New Green Gold Standard
The EPA's Michael Zatz calls on data center operators to take a leadership role in the global climate change solution. The agency's energy performance rating for data centers will help; it is expected early next year.

State of Indiana
In the Indiana state government's IT department, an aggressive agenda of data center consolidation, server virtualization and energy-efficient desktop replacements has netted an annual savings of more than $13.9 million.

Apply lean methods to green your IT operation
The quality control concept of "lean" shares many of the same techniques as "green." Go lean and your IT department gets green, too, say book authors Michael Wallace and Larry Webber.

10 steps for greening an IT department
The data center might be the big power hog, but the energy and resources consumed by each individual quickly add up, too, say book authors Michael Wallace and Larry Webber. Here are 10 ways to make your IT department greener.

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