going green at goucher information technology reid guanti

Going Green at Goucher

Information Technology

Reid Guanti

Going Green at Goucher

• IT Initiatives– Student Paper

Reduction– eCycling– Equipment Upgrade– Server Virtualization– Desktop Power

Management

• Green Options for Faculty and Staff– Paper Reduction– Teleconferencing– Power Consumption– Green Initiatives

Around Campus

Student Paper Reduction - Print Wisely Program -

• Discourage Needless Printing and Forgotten Printouts

• Students: 600 Pages Per Semester• Duplexing Discount

Spring 2005: 675,000 pages printedSpring 2006 (after PaperCut): 425,000 pages

printed

http://www.papercut.com

eCycling

• Local company that refurbishes all usable equipment for resale

• Recycles all other equipment within strict environmental regulations - without damaging the environment

• Campus-wide eCycling Days

http://www.cdmecycling.com

Equipment Upgrade

• Monitors– Phasing out CRT monitors for LCD displays– CRTs use 3 times as much energy

• Laser Printers– Duplex Capable– Can Sleep

• Desktops– More Efficient Parts – Energy Star Rated

Server Virtualization

• 5 year plan to reduce quantity of physical servers from over 50 to under 10

• Significant savings on energy consumption• Significant savings on hardware purchases

http://www.vmware.com

Desktop Power Management

• Tested Off versus Standby • Centrally Manage Windows Desktop Power

– Monitor/Display Sleep : 20 Minutes– Hard Disks Sleep : 45 Minutes– System Standby : 1 Hour

• SCCM to establish maintenance windows • Eliminate the responsibility of the community

• Apple Workgroup Manager for Macs

http://www.microsoft.com/sccm

http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/features/client.html

Desktop Power Management

100W running 8760 hrs = 876 kWh/yr

100W running 2,000 hrs + 5W sleeping 6,760 hrs = 234 kWh/yr

15W running 2,000 hrs + 5W sleeping 6,760 hrs = 64 kWh/yr

Standard PCStandard PC with

Power Management Virtual Desktop

.35 metric tons of CO2e/yr. .09 metric tons of CO2e/yr. .03 metric tons of CO2e/yr.

Green Options for Faculty and Staff

- Paper Reduction

- Teleconferencing

- Power Consumption

- Green Initiatives Around Campus

Paper Reduction in the Classroom

Blackboard – Faculty– Syllabus– Presentations and Notes– Assignments– Recorded Lectures

Paper Reduction in the Office

Department SharesI: Drive = \\magellan\deptS: Drive = \\magellan\dept\computing

EmailAttachmentsLinks to shares

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SharePoint – insideGoucherDocument Libraries

Paper Reduction in the Office

• Collaboration– Track Changes features in

Office 2007/2008

– Version History and Workflows in SharePoint (inside.goucher.edu)

https://inside.goucher.edu/dept/IT/CPSV/Server%20Spreadsheets/Forms/AllItems.aspx

Paper Reduction in the Office & at Home

Web 2.0 Techniques- Online Bookmarks (Delicious )

- Save and Share Bookmarks instead of printing the article

- Example: http://www.etonline.com/- http://delicious.com/reid512

- Online Documents (Google)- Work on documents and spreadsheet with others- Revision History

- Wikis (Blackboard)- Common Place to Organize and Grow Information

Paper Reduction in the Office & at Home

Alternatives to Printing• Portable Scanner

– Convert paper documents to PDF– Checkout from Library

• CutePDF– “Print” documents to PDF instead of Paper– Receipts, confirmations, rarely accessed

items– Free to download and install– Searchable

Paper Reduction in the Office & at Home

Teleconferencing

Power Consumption

Around Campus …

Around Campus …

The American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment

“Signatories agree to…

Create institutional structures

Select & implement tangible actions to reduce greenhouse gases

Complete a comprehensive greenhouse gas inventory

Develop a climate-neutral action plan

Make information publicly available”

www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org

What Else?

Bring a cup or mug from home

Please support green events and initiatives around campus

GOUCHER COLLEGEINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Reid GuantiDirector of Computing Services

rguanti@goucher.edu