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 printed Spring 2006 (after PaperCut): 425,000 pages printed

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

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

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

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 PC Standard PC with Power Management Virtual Desktop.35 metric tons of CO 2 e/yr..09 metric tons of CO 2 e/yr..03 metric tons of CO 2 e/yr. PastPresentFuture?

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 Shares I: Drive = \\magellan\dept S: Drive = \\magellan\dept\computing Attachments Links to shares \\magellan\dept\computing\Laptop Initiative\bw_gopher.jpg SharePoint – insideGoucher Document Libraries

Paper Reduction in the Office Collaboration –Track Changes features in Office 2007/2008 –Version History and Workflows in SharePoint (inside.goucher.edu) %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: 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 …

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”

What Else? Bring a cup or mug from home Please support green events and initiatives around campus

GOUCHER COLLEGE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Reid Guanti Director of Computing Services