1. Green Government in New York City
Leveraging Information Technology to Achieve Efficiencies for a more Eco-friendly Government
November 7, 2008
New York City Technology Forum

2. Looking Forward: Opportunities for the Future
Make IT investment decisions that will create change and efficiencies to stand for the next years.
Choose to use technology that will help reduce power consumption
Use and enforce power management
Build, encourage and support an encompassing green culture
Green Government in New York City
November 7, 2008

3. Examples of Green Government
Greening IT in NYC government
Implementing green alternatives
Streamlining business processes
Green Government in New York City
November 7, 2008

4. Greening IT in NYC Government: Server Virtualization
Pooling and sharing of IT resources:
Virtualization uses a combination of hardware and software to allow a single physical hardware unit to support multiple, individual operating systems.
Why Virtualize?
Virtualizing servers results in reductions to:
Space requirements
Power and cooling requirements
Overall emissions
Overall IT costs
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Green Government in New York City
November 7, 2008

5. Greening IT in NYC Government: Data Center Review
PlanIT: Data Center Strengthening, Greening and Rationalization
Create a “hub and spoke” arrangement of data centers to better:
Rationalize the data center footprint
Employ more efficient cooling technology
Improve processes for capacity planning, monitoring and coordination of server deployment and maintenance
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Green Government in New York City
November 7, 2008

6. Greening IT in NYC Government: Desktop Power Management
Continued opportunity for savings:
Explore solutions that could reduce the number of hours that desktop machines run at full capacity
Consider opportunities to lower energy usage at each individual workstation
Green Government in New York City
November 7, 2008

7. Implementing Green Alternatives
Watts depending on size
25-50 Watts depending on size
Make green choices when purchasing or replacing office equipment and supplies
Encourage greener office practices
Green Government in New York City
November 7, 2008

8. Streamlining Business Processes
Leveraging wireless technologies
Automating paper records
Automating permit requests
Reducing duplication of data through information sharing
Green Government in New York City
November 7, 2008

9. Photo Credit: iStockPhoto.com
Welcome to a Great Idea
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Green Government in New York City
November 7, 2008