Comments on: £1 billion stimulus plan needed to make IT green http://www.greenbang.com/1-billion-stimulus-plan-needed-to-make-it-green_10589.html Sustainable Energy Insight Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:18:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Debby Lloyd http://www.greenbang.com/1-billion-stimulus-plan-needed-to-make-it-green_10589.html/comment-page-1#comment-8250 Debby Lloyd Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:47:57 +0000 http://www.greenbang.com/?p=10589#comment-8250 Is the problem really just about "money" or is it more a question of joined up action and top down driven momentum. There are more than enough companies out there with the capabilities to assist, there certainly seems to be enough think tank forums sitting and talking about potential actions. Perhaps some handed down incentives linked to local authority budgets is needed rather than more cash - a certain % of Local Government IT Budgets and energy budgets should be allocated to carbon reduction initiatives with the Government paying back the equivalent in saved carbon for the following year's budget perhaps - but maybe that's a silly idea?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('8250','Debby Lloyd'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('8250','Debby Lloyd','Is the problem really just about \"money\" or is it more a question of joined up action and top down driven momentum. There are more than enough companies out there with the capabilities to assist, there certainly seems to be enough think tank forums sitting and talking about potential actions. Perhaps some handed down incentives linked to local authority budgets is needed rather than more cash - a certain % of Local Government IT Budgets and energy budgets should be allocated to carbon reduction initiatives with the Government paying back the equivalent in saved carbon for the following year\'s budget perhaps - but maybe that\'s a silly idea?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Is the problem really just about “money” or is it more a question of joined up action and top down driven momentum. There are more than enough companies out there with the capabilities to assist, there certainly seems to be enough think tank forums sitting and talking about potential actions. Perhaps some handed down incentives linked to local authority budgets is needed rather than more cash – a certain % of Local Government IT Budgets and energy budgets should be allocated to carbon reduction initiatives with the Government paying back the equivalent in saved carbon for the following year’s budget perhaps – but maybe that’s a silly idea?
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