going green at goucher information technology reid guanti
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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
