How green is ITIL?

Today, I have discovered the world's first social reality game with Akoha and one of the mission I have been assigned is "Give a compact fluorescent bulb to somebody".

Earlier in the day, our web designer at MOBIVOX stopped by my desk, watched our printer, to tell me that this model consumes 80 Watts, not while operating, 80 Watts when it's in a stand by/sleep mode.

So what's my contribution to protecting our environment if I replace an incandescent bulbs by a fluorescent bulbs but don't bother checking the power consumption of office or production equipments? Will ITIL help/educate me?

Well, you won't find any explicit support for green issues in ITIL. If you host your datacenter, your power bill is probably at the top of your recurring costs. How come you're on your own?

ITIL's ultimate goal is to deliver best value IT services while driving down costs and reducing power consumtion, increasing recycling and reuse provide clear opportunities for financial gain.
It is, therefore, unfortunate that the version 3 fails to address the environmental impact question.

ITIL v3 will provide you better tools than v2 to achieve your environemental goals, but tools only, not guidelines.

IT director will be under increasing pressure to incorporate the environmental impact into any decision making, so I hope v4 will be much greener. Too bad that we have to wait a couple of years.