February 22, 2011 -- Last year, the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative issued guidelines for many agencies to reduce energy consumption. The Office of Management and Budget Environmental Stewardship Scorecard also focuses on the energy mandate. Combine this with President Barack Obama's newly proposed green energy tax incentives, and federal IT professionals have a sudden new interest in managing the energy that information technology consumes.

Taking a close look at energy costs may be a great avenue to cut spending. This week, Federal Tech Talk sits down with Nick Milne-Home and Jerry Rutkowski from 1E. Their company takes a look at systems to help reduce energy costs.

1E has more than 14 million licensed users across 1,100 organizations such as the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army and the Department of Veterans Affairs. This interview will give you insight on saving energy and reducing your carbon foot print as well.