(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — A recent study conducted by data storage firm Bridgehead Software (www.bridgeheadsoftware.com) has brought into question the UK government’s green computing strategy, according to a report by Global Gold.
The study, which was released at the Health Informatics Congress in Birmingham, UK, shows that only 25 percent of hospitals had detailed carbon emissions reduction targets in the area of IT infrastructure.
The research also found that 29 percent of IT specialists in the National Health Service did not know whether any emissions reduction goals even existed.
“Prior to the recession, ‘green IT’ was definitely en vogue. Yet the survey results suggest a shift in priorities, namely that green IT is not a primary focus for healthcare IT professionals at the moment,” says John McCann, director of marketing at Bridgehead Software. “Although reducing the carbon footprint from their IT infrastructures may not be not a specific objective, any green benefits certainly seem a welcome by-product of other cost-saving activities, such as, for example, Healthcare Storage Virtualization [HSV].”
Despite these results, carbon reduction is considered to be a significant issue for global healthcare institutions.
In the UK, the NHS’s Carbon Reduction Strategy for England requires that the NHS must reduce its existing carbon footprint by 80 percent by 2050 to meet government carbon dioxide targets. To stay on-track for this target, the NHS must reduce carbon emissions by 10 percent by 2015.
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