"Almost 40 percent of [energy] abatement could be achieved at "negative" marginal costs, meaning that investing in these options would generate positive economic returns over their lifecycle."

McKinsey

"Computer servers are used at only 6 percent of their capacity on average, while data center facilities as a whole are used at 56 percent of peak performance."

McKinsey

"The U.S. economy has the potential to reduce annual non-transportation energy consumption by roughly 23% by 2020, eliminating more than US$1.2 trillion in waste - well beyond the US$520 billion upfront investment required."

McKinsey

Of the approximately 70 billion sq. ft. of U.S. office space, only about one billion sq. ft. is believed to have undergone retrofits.

"92% of facilities managers say that they are working to make their facilities more sustainable. 67% say their customers are "forcing them" to make sustainable changes."

Global Facility Management Association

Green-certified buildings provide a rental premium; the more highly rated buildings are, the higher the rent. According to a recent study, Energy Star price premiums were 10% and LEED-certified buildings were 31%.

Henley University of Reading

"Existing technologies and strategies could reduce typical server energy use by an estimated 25 percent and entire data center consumption by 40 percent."

EPA

"Server hardware is no longer the primary cost component of a data center. The purchase price of a new (1U) server has been exceeded by the capital cost of power and cooling infrastructure to support that server, and will soon be exceeded by the lifetime energy costs alone for that server."

EPA

"Data centers can be more than 40 times as energy intensive as conventional office buildings."

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Study

"An idle x86 server consumes 60-74% of the power it needs when fully utilized."

UC Berkeley RAD Lab Study

"73% of senior decision makers at large U.S. corporations surveyed identified "energy efficiency" as the key aspect of a green data center."

Campos Research

"Reducing server power consumption by 30% would yield savings of 150 billion kWh, corresponding to US$15B and almost 100 million metric tons of CO2 emissions."

IDC

"Since 1970, energy efficiency gains have met 75% of new energy service demands in the U.S.through 2008, while energy supplies have contributed only 25%."

ACEEE

"HVAC systems consume 56 percent of the total electric usage in hotels and accounts for 10.8 kWh per square foot."

Florida Power & Light Company

"Given the right investments in many cost-effective but underutilized energy efficiency technologies, the U.S. can cost-effectively reduce energy consumption by 25-30% or more over the next 20-25 years"

ACEEE

An EPA study said data centers account for 1.5% of all electricity consumption in the U.S. in 2006, and the number was projected to double by 2011."

EPA

"U.S. hotels spend - on average - $889 annually per available room for electricity which accounts for 58% of total utility costs."

GE Lighting