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Green IT

Green IT. IST Management Retreat 26 May 2009. What is Green IT?. Beyond traditional "ROI", financial performance, expand to include ecological and social impacts. Also known as the Triple Bottom Line of "people, planet, and profit".

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Green IT

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  1. Green IT IST Management Retreat 26 May 2009

  2. What is Green IT? • Beyond traditional "ROI", financial performance, expand to include ecological and social impacts. • Also known as the Triple Bottom Line of "people, planet, and profit". • Can mean operating more efficiently and reducing resource usage, so may save dollars, but … • … does not always translate into savings.

  3. Examples of "greening" • Virtualization and consolidation • "Terminal servers" or "thin clients" • Power management (turning off when not in use, hibernation, types of power cords, displays, etc.) • Recycling • Telecommuting • Algorithmic efficiency

  4. What does IST already do? • Virtualization project (Report the "savings" in power, space?) • Workday autopower bios feature http://www.istiis.uwaterloo.ca/tim/GreenMachine.htm • Green AC "free cooling" units that draw from outside cold air • Lenovo - use their power management tools through the AD • Dell – more "green" servers (still hard to justify economically) • Recognize that power consumption on a notebook is less than a desktop (again, economic factors) • We help Plant Ops save on heating in some offices downstairs :-)

  5. Kermit had it right “It’s not easy being green.” • What’s more green? (“coffee cup vs mug”) • Print copies of materials for retreat? • Use laptops, projection facilities, remote controls, extra heating of the room, … • Will it save resources? (“drive a hybrid, but more”) • Virtualization makes it easier to create a new server … so we run more?

  6. What might IST do next? • Tap into UW resources • Tap into local companies • Tap into partnership offerings • Figure out what changes behaviours • Costs and regulation • Leading by example • Reach for “low hanging fruit” within our control

  7. Green IT resources at UW • UCIST statement and principles being developed • “Green Grass” • Grassroots activities such as in AHS • Faculty level initiative in Faculty of Environment • Green IT mailing list • Plant Ops initiatives (HVAC efficiencies, automation of building HVAC, etc.) • JatinNathwani (UW Ontario Research Chair in Public Policy for Sustainable Energy Management) - ??

  8. Green IT related local companies • Energent (local company, measure energy usage) • Bullfrogpower (green electricity for home and work) • Sustainable Waterloo (local non-profit, business cases for reducing emissions)

  9. Green IT partners • Vendors like Dell, Lenovo, IBM • CANARIE funding • Government programs

  10. Questions • What areas should we target for green initiatives, and how do we measure "success"? • How much time and resource can we put to these initiatives and to their measurements? • Should we link into other UW or Waterloo or vendor groups? • How might we promote IST's successes in Green IT initiatives? • How do we get started and keep the momentum going?

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