greening your nonprofit's it: how to save the environment and money
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We all know it's important, but how do you do it! What does Virtualization really mean? How do we enter the Cloud? And what are the affects of your daily work habits on the Environment? Join 501 Tech NYC and Anna Jaeger, Co-Director of the GreenTech Initiative, as we discuss what Green IT really means. Following her presentation, Greening Your Nonprofit's IT: How to Save the Environment and Money, we will unravel the mystery and provide you with simple steps to reducing your nonprofits impact through the effective use of technology.TRANSCRIPT
October 20, 2010
Greening Your Nonprofit's IT: How to Save the Environment and Money
Anna S. JaegerCo-Director of GreenTech
TechSoup Global
[email protected]/greentech
An Introduction to Green Software, Hardware, and Practices
The Learning Objective: Experience and learn about a wide array of green technology options and how they can save you money
Take Aways: • Reduce waste, save money, and make your
nonprofit story more robust• Easy changes that won’t break the bank • Situational changes so you don’t have to convince
everyone to change their personal habits. • Learn about some great technologies.
We are working toward a time when every nonprofit and social benefit organization on the planet has the technology resources and knowledge they need to operate at their full potential
TechSoup is an integrated offering of the Resources, Knowledge, and Connections that NPO’s need to effectively use technology to advance their work
Information(Knowledge)
Donations(Resources)
Community(Connections)
TechSoup
Mission of GreenTech
Help nonprofits and NGOs reduce their environmental impact through the effective use of technology.
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We help you, reduce the impact of your IT and use IT to reduce the impact of your organization.
www.techsoup.org/greentech @TSGreenTech
Your Technical Experience Poll
Technical Experience:• Accidental Techie• Some Technical Experience• Solid Tech Experience• Advanced
Why Green Your IT?
Images are CC, click on image for attribution.
Green Software & Practices Definition
• Software that can help you directly green your IT. Software that reduces the use of energy by IT equipment.
• Green Practices: Software that helps you green your organization.
• Note: some of these are just good technologies, and their “green” potential is simply an additional benefit
ICT Emissions & Energy Consumption
2%
5%
Slide by David Deal of Community IT Innovators
Green Software
• Power Management
Shocking Stats – Law Berkeley Labs
Desktop Notebook LCD
On 73.97 (idle)
29.48 (charged)
27.61
Sleep21.13 15.77 1.38
Off2.84 8.9 1.13
•http://standby.lbl.gov/summary-table.html
Major Drop
Minor Drop
Units are in watts
Power Management Stats
• The average desktop PC wastes nearly half of the energy it consumes as heat.
• Using power management can save nearly half a ton of CO2 & approx. $60/year/comp in energy costs. Stats from Climate Savers Computing
• Cut PC energy use up to 70%, save about $50 per desktop (NRDC)
• Workstations represent 3 times the energy consumption of the server room
Power Management on Windows
Windows 7 has a lot more ways to be energy efficient. It also has wizards that will flag the areas where you can save.
Power Management Settings
My recommendations:Monitor sleep after 5 minHard drives to sleep after 10 minSystem Sleep after 20 minBe more aggressive if on battery
• More information at Climate Savers Computing
Power Management Tools
• Individual (free) solutions:Built-in tools (windows & macs)Verdiem’s Edison
• Enterprise tools: Verdiem SurveyorFaronics PowerSave
Virtualization
Slide by David Deal of Community IT Innovators
Virtualization Definition
Two main Types:• Desktop• Server
Some Benefits:• Reduced capital expenditures• Fewer machines requiring power to run• Fewer machines built, transported and disposed of
Use one computer as many. Run multiple operating systems on one physical box.
Stats: Server Virtualization
• Energy reduction up to 82%• Small & medium-sized NPO’s (<100 PCs)
often virtualize 4-8 servers on 1 physical server
• TechRepublic estimates that individual servers use as little as 5% of their processing power even though they’re draining resources by being plugged in and running 24 hours a day.
Slide by David Deal of Community IT Innovators
Green Software: SaaS
• Software as a Service (Cloud)
Image from: http://www.eci.com/blog/25-why-cloud-computing-is-right-for-your-hedge-fund.html
SaaS Common Examples
Software as a Service• Document Sharing - Google docs, Office Live,
Zoho• CRM solutions – Salesforce, Blackbaud, MS
Dynamics Online• Backup - Mozy• Collaboration/Training tools – ReadyTalk, WebEx,
GoToMeeting, Unified Communication Tools• Social Networking: Facebook, Twitter, Flickr• HR Tools: performance reviews, payroll• Project Management: Basecamp
Travel: Working with Distributed Teams
• Web conferencing: • GoToMeeting, WebEx, ReadyTalk, Skype
• File sharing: • Box.net, Dropbox, Jungle Disk, Google Docs,
BPOS/SharePoint
• Comprehensive hosted apps: • Zoho, Google Apps, MS BPOS+Office Web Apps
• Extranets/project collaboration: • Basecamp, SharePoint
Slide by David Deal of Community IT Innovators
More details at the TechSoup Travel Reduction Pages.
Green Benefits of Cloud Computing• Fewer servers are built and running:
fewer toxic materials and water used to build them
fewer toxic materials are dumped less energy is consumed in the running of the
servers
• Less powerful client computers: all the processing is performed on the hosted server(s). keep your older computers longer reduces demand for new computers
Utilizing Software to Green Operations
• Reduce: • Travel: Both for trips and commuting• Energy consumption• Paper/toner consumption• Data storage resources
Reduce Your Paper Use
Set defaults on office software, double-sided printing margins of 0.7 inches all the way aroundprint in Draft Mode
More tips at the TechSoup Paper Reduction Campaign Pages
Reduce Your Paper Use
Install GreenPrint or FinePrintFree print management software will
likely save you money by reducing the printing of unintended pages.
More info on our blog.Look for ecofont
Practices – Reduce Resources
Examine data storage – consider carefully what to keep and where to keep it. (i.e., file servers/email)
Image source: http://www.chra.army.mil/Talent_Acquisition/On_Board/Onboard.htm
Key Takeaways for Green Practices: • Easy step:
• Implement desktop power management software/settings
• More involved step: • Look at ways to reduce travel through
remote and mobile access to IT and communications resources
• Next time you upgrade servers: • Replace with cloud applications, or consolidate
servers using virtualization software
Slide by David Deal of Community IT Innovators
Procurement: Selecting greener hardware
• • Refurbished• Reduced Impact: Thin clients• Eliminate hardware: Hosted Services
It is:• a tool,• an environmental standard,• a rating system, • & a verification program
• System that helps purchasers evaluate, compare and select electronic products based on their environmental attributes
• www.epeat.net
Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT)
Slide by Robin Billings of the EPA
Slide by Robin Billings of the EPA
Slide by Robin Billings of the EPA
Questions for Green Hosting ProvidersWhen selecting a provider, consider these items:• $$: most are comparable or better than traditional hosts • Ease of startup • Features• Reliability • How green are they? Do they buy carbon off-sets or
power their operations with their own solar panels? Do they virtualize their servers? Are they certified by anyone?
Lists of Green Web Hosts webhostinggeeks.com TreeHugger WebHostingReport.com http://twitter.com/greenwebsites
Peripherals & Printing• Smart Power Strips• Timer Power Strips• Kill-A-Watt
• Make sure to turn off unused equipment: modems servers telecom equipment hotel machines, peripherals (power strip)
• Multi-Function Devices: One machine for printer, copier, fax and scanner
• Auto-Print Duplexing• Ratio of printers to
people - fewer larger devices rather than personal printers
Safe Hardware Disposal
Use manufacturers’ take back programs. http://
www.computertakeback.com/corporate/who_takes_back.htmhttp://www.electronicstakeback.com/recycling/find_a_responsible_recycler.htm
Finding Responsible Recyclers
http://search.earth911.com/?what=Computer+Recycling
http://e-stewards.org/find-a-recycler/
Conclusion• Going green doesn’t necessarily mean you have
to spend more money. It can often save money. • Changing the situation is easier than changing
behaviors. • Use greener software, buy greener hardware and
set up defaults to automatically stop waste rather than asking your staff to change.
• Talk with your board, staff, volunteers and/or consultants. Decide which is the best first step for your organization.
• Spread the word
More Info
Questions?
www.techsoup.org/greentech
Thank you!
More Info:Come to www.techsoup.org/greentech to
find other tips and suggestions.Anna S. Jaeger
TechSoup [email protected]
@TSGreenTech
Our Own Virtualization Case Study• The project took several months and had a
number of benefits to us: • Data Center: Consolidated 18 servers 4
46% savings in electricity each month Saved us $30,000 for remote server control hardware.
• Headquarters: Consolidated 60 servers 4 72% savings in electricity each month
• Saved us $40,000 in upgrades we didn't need to do to our server room cooling system.
• $24,000 annual savings in server administration time by cutting server administration time by 40 to 50 hours a month. Software crashes on the new virtualized system have also decreased.
• New virtual servers are much faster and easier to install without needing additional space or cabling.