1 Sustainable Computing Simon Tindall EAUC Conference - 18 th April

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8 Coolthreads Technology

9 Efficiency through Centralisation

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13 'Lost' Power

14 Sustainability is here to stay. Increasing power density is shifting the balance of cost Source: IDC Time $/yr IT Energy Cost IT Equipment Cost

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18 eWaste at Sun > 50% enters remanufacturing All metal and plastic recovered Less than 5% enters waste stream Fully RoHS compliant Ready for next regs European WEEE Directive sets target that 65% of IT equipment must be recycled* *(EC Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and EC Directive on the restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS)

19 Sun’s Open Work Program Participation Flex Location Workers 14,803 Participants 46% of Work Force Flexible Offices 127 Locations Worldwide Real Estate 6,600 Seats Saved/Avoided in FY06 = $67.9M Sun Ray - thin clients Over $24M Saved Annually No-Cost Moves and Energy Savings Carbon Reduction 30,000 tons/year and growing Benefits A global, location-independent program providing technologies, workspaces and best practices 2006 EPA Award: 1st in nation for commuter friendliness

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22 Sun Ray Thin Clients Average life – 15 years Power – 15 watts, 24 includes servers Heat ~80BTUs Noise – Zero dbs Users per CPU – 25:1, Soon 500:1 No viruses, no data loss Versus Typical Industry PC Average life – 3 years Power: 200–250watts Heat and Noise ~850 BTUs, ~5dbs Viruses, spyware, data loss 94% of users have power maintenance disabled on their PC (EPA estimates) 315M PCs currently waiting disposal The Virtual Display Client... with Zero Administration

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SunRay Thin Clients Desktop runs on shared server > Gets PC out of the office > 10:1 – 50:1 SunRay to server ratio > No client upgrades! Operational carbon savings Potential for huge carbon savings by avoiding the PC upgrade cycle and associated manufacturing impact SunRay 2 ● 4 watts ● Windows, Linux or Solaris desktop ● Standard monitor, keyboard, mouse