ENERGY STAR Green IT : Power Management and Beyond

1. ENERGY STAR Green IT : Power Management and Beyond

2. “Green” IT: Today’s Hot Topic

3. McKinsey Report Released in July 2009 Notes EPA’s projection of data center energy use growth by 9.6%/year through 2020 As many as 30% of servers consuming electricity operating at less than 3% daily utilization Message – efficiency is a significant energy resource – abating as much as 1.1 giga-tons of CO2 by 2020 - but accessible only if a national policy can be crafted to unlock it www.mckinsey.com/USenergyefficiency

4. Overview of Presentation Federal Requirements Power Management Purchase of ENERGY STAR (ES) IT Products ES Data Centers Building Specification Other Data Center Initiatives Being Developed

5. Requirements for Federal Agencies from the Past The Energy Policy Act of 2005 requires federal agencies to buy: either ES products products designated as energy efficient by the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP). Executive Order 13423 (2007) requires federal agencies to: activate ES “sleep” features on computers and monitors mandates that federal agencies buy EPEAT* registered products (All EPEAT-registered products are, by definition, ES qualified as well)

6. Executive Order 13514 (2009) Executive Order 13514 sets sustainability goals for Federal agencies and requires Federal agencies to set a 2020 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target within 90 days. Agencies must: “ensure that 95 percent of new contract actions including task and delivery orders, for products and services with the exception of acquisition of weapon systems, are energy-efficient (Energy Star or Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) designated), water-efficient, biobased, environmentally preferable (e.g.,Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) certified), non-ozone depleting, contain recycled content, or are non-toxic or less toxic alternatives, where such products and services meet agency performance requirements;” “promote electronics stewardship, in particular by: (i) ensuring procurement preference for EPEAT-registered electronic products; (ii) establishing and implementing policies to enable power management, duplex printing, and other energy-efficient or environmentally preferable features on all eligible agency electronic products; (iii) employing environmentally sound practices with respect to the agency’s disposition of all agency excess or surplus electronic products; (iv) ensuring the procurement of Energy Star and FEMP designated electronic equipment; (v) implementing best management practices for energy-efficient management of servers and Federal data centers; and implement best management practices for the energy-efficient management of servers and Federal data centers.”

7. Power Management: Energy saving features on every computer Place computer (CPU, hard drive, etc.) & monitor into low power mode after a pre-set period of inactivity Mouse or keyboard input quickly wakes computer Built into Windows, Mac OS X, some varieties of Linux Called “standby” and “hibernate” in Windows 2000, XP Called “sleep” on Mac, Windows Vista & 7 ES can help you through technical resources: Help you implement network tools to activate power management Provide you with means to accommodate night-time updates www.energystar.gov/lowcarbonit Add that it’s quick to come back upAdd that it’s quick to come back up

8. Why Power Management? Plug Load in Commercial Buildings: Mostly PCs 1st, a look at the opportunity from a facilities management/energy management perspective. These are the results of a recent audit of commercial office space in NC: fairly typical. PC + monitor is 75% of plug load. VAV = Variable Air Volume 1st, a look at the opportunity from a facilities management/energy management perspective. These are the results of a recent audit of commercial office space in NC: fairly typical. PC + monitor is 75% of plug load. VAV = Variable Air Volume

9. Federal Case Study: EPA Headquarters EPA’s Customer Technology Solution supplies all computer services for over 12,000 employees (Headquarters + ORD, Labs, RTP) Used Big Fix software to: Set all computers to go to sleep Shut off at a certain time Apply software updates at night through WOL At roughly $40/year per computer savings, equal to: $480,000 per year Saving enough electricity to light 2,880 homes Avoiding 17,640 tons of greenhouse gas emissions Removing 2,900 cars from the road

10. ES Purchasing Help you estimate the savings potential of an ES purchasing program or the realized savings of an existing program. Review your purchasing policy and help you draft language that specifies ENERGY STAR purchasing. Assist in the development of communications that explain the benefits of a change of purchasing policy to upper management, purchasing agents, employees, etc.

11. ES Qualified Products Overview More than 60 product categories: appliances, heating and cooling equipment, consumer electronics, office equipment, lighting, and more (www.energystar.gov/products) Some products in development include: Heat/Energy Recovery Ventilators Integral LED Lamps Laboratory Grade Refrigerators and Freezers Pre-Rinse Spray Valves Over 2,400 manufacturers use ES to differentiate more than 40,000 models. 550 million ES products purchased in 2008. First ES qualified product was a green IT product -- computers and monitors in 1992 ES® OVERVIEW OF 2008 ACHIEVEMENTS ES® OVERVIEW OF 2008 ACHIEVEMENTS

12. Overview of ES Green IT Products Computers Version 5.0 now in effect Enterprise Servers Tier 1 now in effect Tier 2 being developed Data Center Storage (Tier 1 being developed) Facility benchmark (Spec out in Spring 2010) Network Equipment /Uninterruptible Power Supplies (Next in Line)

13. ES Computer Specification: Pushing Efficiency at High Tech Speed  Version 5.0 of the specification went into effect on July 1, 2009 New products are covered (thin clients) Uses a total energy consumption calculation that leads to more stringent energy use requirements for existing products Enhanced manageability (Wake On LAN for remote updates, wake management over ethernet) More stringent power supply requirement Version 4.0 of spec (effective July 2007): Average ES qualified computer uses 67 watts Version 5.0 of spec (effective July 2009): Average ES qualified computer uses 46 watts In 2 years, ES partners decreased computer energy use by 30% on qualified computers! V4.0 in place since mid-2007 V5.0 development over the last year, finalized in November 2008 Broaden scope Make requirements more stringent Reflect most recent technology opportunities for better energy performance [more detail on next slide]V4.0 in place since mid-2007 V5.0 development over the last year, finalized in November 2008 Broaden scope Make requirements more stringent Reflect most recent technology opportunities for better energy performance [more detail on next slide]

14. ES Server Specification - Highlights Requirements: Power supply efficiency targets that scale with size Maximum idle power consumption levels set by category and also scale Server must have the ability to measure and report its power, temperature, and processor utilization Each server must have its own Power & Performance Data Sheet Blade servers will be covered soon - Timing depends ability to determine approach for Idle measurement Timeline Tier 1 effective on May 1, 2009 and will be in place 12 to 24 months Preliminary Draft of Tier 2 specification currently open for stakeholder comment

15. ES Server Specification for Tier 2 will: Evaluate active performance via adapted benchmark methodologies. Expand Program Scope to include: servers w/ high proc socket count multi-node servers Server appliances Enhance requirements for power supply efficiency and sizing. Encourage further application of power management techniques.

16. ES Server Specification – Savings Standard computer servers can consume between 1,200 to 8,600 kWh annually. ES qualified servers could save as much as 1,000 kWh per server annually.

17. ES Data Center Storage Specification Objectives Widespread adoption of strategies to improve energy efficiency Assist purchasers in identifying identify the most energy efficient solutions Provide tools and information to designers and mangers Currently collecting data. Draft 1 expected February, 2010.

18. Federal Case Study: AF Specifies ES and Implements Power Management Air Force’s new procurement and power management guidelines for computers and monitors across one-half million computers save $15 million annually. Implemented purchase of ES computers and monitors through: Sending out periodic notices regarding purchasing policy Revising buying standards twice per year for the Quarterly Enterprise Buy (QEB) to ensure low prices without sacrificing performance Each of the Major Commands’ CIO is represented on governing committee which ensures each base enforces the purchasing policy Making models available for easy purchase through the AFWay –a Web-based system for purchasing IT. After working with ENERGY STAR to evaluate options, using MSFT Group Policy activate power management and Task Scheduler utility to accommodate night-time updates.

19. ES Buildings Specification for Data Centers Develop a useful rating for industry Can be available for use as soon as possible Based on items that are commonly measured and tracked Apply to stand-alone data centers and data centers housed within office or other buildings Assess performance at the building level to explain how a building performs, not why it performs a certain way Provide users with information and links to additional resources to aid in their efforts to determine next steps Offer the ES building plaque to data centers with a rating of 75 or higher (performance in the top quartile) as determined by Portfolio Manager tool Data Center Model expected to be released in Portfolio Manager June 2010

20. Other Data Center Initiatives Being Developed A website that provides “agnostic” advice on best practices for data centers that are: Low-risk Low-cost Easily implemented Monthly webinars on data center best practices Service where, after filling out an information sheet, a data center manager or facilities person (preferably both) can get his questions answered regarding greening his facility

21. Example Best Practice: Virtualization A software implementation of a computer that executes programs like a real computer

22. Virtualizing Servers Can Cut Energy & Capital Costs

23. Example Best Practice: Cold Aisle Containment

24. Example Best Practice: Airside Economizers

25. Example Best Practice: Lighting Datacenters are typically lightly occupied Use Occupancy Sensors to Shutoff Lights When Datacenter is Unoccupied Design Light Circuiting and Switching to Allow for Greater Manual Control Bi-Level Lighting Task lighting

26. References and Resources ES Computers and Servers: energystar.gov/products ES Data Center Initiatives: energystar.gov/datacenters Federal requirements: www.energystar.gov/fedofficeenergy ES purchasing: www.energystar.gov/purchasing FEMP-designated products: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/technologies/procuring_eeproducts.html Low Carbon IT Campaign: www.energystar.gov/lowcarbonit

27. Thank you Una Song Bob Huang ENERGY STAR, US EPA song.una@epa.gov , 202-343-9024