Office of Information Technology
Green IT OIT Green Projects in 2008
Complete:
Server room - cold aisle concept implemented [reduced overall facility temp by 3 degrees, eliminated hot spots]
Duplex printing - now available (as default) at 90+ % of public printing stations
Equipment Purchases - EnergyStar standard has been in place for more than 10 years
Email / document viewers - are available for nearly every document and object format type
Equipment recycling - A certified deconstruction / recycling program with AERC has been in effect for several years
Recycling of packaging material - verification of major vendors’ use of recyclable packaging material and of College’s recycling thereof.
In process:
Power cycle public equipment via centralized contralized control
- Turn off all quiescent public computers at a specific time; turn off any public PC quiescent for 30 minutes regardless of time. Quiescent includes certain programs not loaded.
- Must control PC and Mac
- Must present option on screen to abort power-cycle
- Must use existing central management structure
- Product under review: Faronics PowerSave
The average active, powered-on desktop computer consumes 100 to 300 watts of electricity. Much of the electricity that comes through the power cord of the computer is turned into heat and power conversion waste through the PC power supply.
Server Consolidation
Combine multiple (logical/virtual) servers into one single (physical) server. This project is well underway using VMware as a hypervisor
Under review / consideration:
Room occupancy detection interface with classroom technology – turn off Techwall (as well as utilities) when not occupied
Collection program for floppies and cds for recycling
Continue to review GreenPrint and similar applications that eliminate unwanted pages, saving paper and ink