green it on campus: a panel discussion
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Green IT on Campus:A Panel Discussion
Ross School of Business
Ed AdamsDirector of Computing Services
Ross School of Business
Green IT at the Ross School
• PC Power Management
• Printing
• Information Signage
• Building Directories
• Facilities
PC Power Management
• Study in Spring 2009 of all Ross servers,
desktops and laptops (makes and models)
• Classroom, Lab, Faculty and Staff PCs
• Estimate: $50,000 and 1.3 million in CO2
• Presented to Dean w/ Budget submission
• Implemented power management based
on Windows AD Group Policies
• Good start; Not ideal
PC Power Management
PC Power Management
• Participating in Climate Saver BigFix pilot
• More flexibility to manage individual power
management vs. group policy
• Wake-on-LAN for remote desktop users
• Better reporting
• Today: Clients pushed out to all PCs
Waiting for “reporting freeze”
Printing
• 2002 – MBA and BBA students print 4
million sheets of paper
• 2003 – Year long study shows 92% of
students print under 1,600 sheets
• 2004 – Partnered with UM Housing to
connect MCard to Xerox MFD
• Printing reduced to 1.8 million sheets
• Students still print to multiple Xerox – Bad!
Printing
• 2008 – Pilot virtual queue with Equitrac
• 2009 – 26 high-speed, Xerox
print/scan/copy/fax devices equipped with
virtual queue technology
• 1.2 million sheets
Located in all faculty,
staff and student areas.
Printing
• Using ScanFlowStore product to connect
Xerox with Windows file store and
SharePoint
• Reduce copying More digital
Digital Signage
• 11 touch-panel information displays
• One at each entrance to Ross buildings
• People, Events, Maps, Posters
• Way-faring
• Built on top of existing Business Apps
• All in Real-time
• Paper posters = $25-30,000 per year
Digital Signage – Not This!
Digital Signage –This Instead!
Digital Signage – Portal Link!
Green Facilities
• High Efficiency lighting; controlled by IT
• Occupancy sensors automatically adjust
heating and cooling
• Non-ozone refrigerant system for cooling
• Green roofs insulate the building
• Recycled rainwater
• Cork flooring
• 94% of former buildings were recycled
University of MichiganHealth System
Joan McCollumMCIT Manager-Enterprise
Engineering & Management
Roger WilfongSystems Programmer/Analyst
Lead
University of Michigan Health System
GreenIT
PC Power ManagementProject Status
July 16, 2009
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Objectives
• Continue to provide predictable, reliable, and secure managed computers, otherwise known as CoreImage
• Reclaim energy costs from inactive computer displays
• Reclaim energy costs from unused computers during off-hours
• Implemented in phased approach
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How we approached this effort
• Measured desktop power consumption
• Obtained Michigan utility rate averages
• Assessed technology options
• Evaluated which changes were possible and appropriate
• Determined quantity of desktops affected by each proposed modification
• Reviewed our analysis with Facilities
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Power Management of UMHS Computers
• Develop UMHS communication campaign led by Public Relations and Marketing Communications
• Established Power Management Policy: UMHS GreenIT Policy 01-04-506
• Established standard operating procedure for those computers that should be exceptions
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Work completed thus far
• Phase 1 – Monitors put into „stand-by‟ after 15 minutes of inactivity Savings realized – approximately $420K/year
• Phase 2 – Introduction of nightly power shutdown to UMHS managed computers Savings realized – approximately $225K/year
Shutdown occurs at completion of maintenance
• Phase 3 – Introduction of computer wake up Savings realized – approximately $280K/year
Shutdown at end of business
Expanded scope to include our ambulatory care computers
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Phase 4 and beyond
• Revisit all previously excluded areas Anticipate 10-20% can be included
• Developing temporary exclusion utility Allows staff to exclude their computer for up to 7 days at a time.
• Investigating options for remote wake up How to perform and how to manage
Evaluate to whom do we provide this ability
• Assessing addition opportunities Printers
Thin clients to replace our Kiosk computers
Campus Computing Sites
Robert JonesSites Printing Coordinator and
Green Coordinator
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How green are we?
A short talk about Campus Computing Sites
effort to move toward greener computing.
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Where do we begin?
700 Macs
1325 PC’s and Monitors
7 Dell model types
8 Apple model types
Over 27,000,000 pages printed/year
261 Printers
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Findings
All 2025 Sites computers costs $135,463 a year to
power.
Printers only draw significant power when printing, otherwise
negligible.
Costs $51.60 to operate a Mac/year.
Costs $71.97 to operate a PC + Monitor/year.
A single Printer (HP 4515) costs about $38.46/year to operate.
Ran 6-week paper waste analysis during busiest (printing) time of the year, 1%
abandonment rate!!!
Total power consumption = 1,557,045.5 kWh/year
Mac = 593.2 kWh/year (avg.)
PC + Monitor = 861.74 kWh/year (avg.)
Printers = negligible
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Changes and Challenges
WHAT DID WE DO?*Made Green a priority
Monitor sleeps after 20 minutes.
Hard Drive spins-down after 30 minutes.
System sleep after 1 hour.
THESE CHANGES OCCUR ON BOTH PLATFORMS.
Challenges*How do we update a sleeping computer?
*No measurable results
*Does duplex printing really result in environmental savings?
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Other
What are our savings?Total power consumption = 1,557,045.5 kWh/year.
This costs the University $135,463.
We believe our clients are in power-save AT LEAST 1/3 of time.
This means a savings of $45,154/yearly for the University
Or
519,015 kWh/year
*This is the equivalent of 48.7 average American
homes completely powered-down for a year.
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Where do we go from here?
*Big Fix?
*Virtual Sites
Printing changes (100% PC paper, further
duplex testing, more efficient Rover routes)
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Contact
Information and Technology Services
Infrastructure ServicesCampus Computing Sites
Sites Printing Coordinator
Bob Jones – [email protected]
Medical School Dean’s Office
Suzanne WeintraubSearch/Review Specialist
Green IT
Presented by MSIS
Current Energy Usage in Pilot
0 5 10 15 20
kWH
kWH
Current Energy Usage in Pilot
Total energy consumption/week for pilot
machines: 138.53 kWH
$720 a year in energy costs for 14
computers ($51/person).
$35,700 a year in energy costs for all
MSIS-supported machines! (not including all the other computers, servers, networking
equipment, etc it requires to make those computers work!)
Pop Quiz
Your computer must be kept on at night
in order to receive updates
FALSE
Turning on and off your computer
repeatedly can wear out your computer;
it is therefore better to leave it on
FALSE
Pop Quiz
My computer’s screen saver helps save
energy when I am not using my computer
FALSE
Laptops use less energy than desktops
TRUE!
But…
What MSIS is doing to help…
• Computer Patch and Power
Management
• Virtualization and DataCenter Power
Management
• Paper cost reduction
• Motion Sensing power strips
• More efficient computers
What we ask from you…
• Turn off your monitor when not in use
• Shut down your machines at night
• 6 Month Incentive Program
• Celebration
Goals
Become a catalyst of change throughout
the Medical School and University of
Michigan as a whole
Reduce energy costs in the Dean’s Office
Environmental Sustainability@ U-M
Ken KeelerOffice of Campus Sustainability
Environmental Sustainability at the University of Michigan
Climate Savers @ U-M
Green IT Symposium
October 07, 2009
ENERGY USE
Source: Utilities and Plant Engineering
University of Michigan Total Energy Use By Energy Source-FY2009
Natural Gas (75%)
Electricity (23%)
Propane (<1%)
Transportation Fuel (2%)
ENERGY USE
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2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
FY2004 FY2005 FY2006 FY2007 FY2008 FY2009
University of Michigan Total Energy Usein Billions BTU
6,620 6,370 6,860 6,330 6,340 6,510
Source: Utilities and Plant Engineering
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
FY2004 FY2005 FY2006 FY2007 FY2008 FY2009
University of Michigan Total Energy Use Normalized to Population and Building Square FootageBTU/Person/Square Foot
3.22 3.03 3.19 2.71 2.60 2.62
ACADEMIC
•Teaching•Center for Sustainable Systems•Center for the Study of Complex Systems•Frederick A. and Barbara Erb Institute•Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute
•Research•Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute
•Students•Student Sustainability Initiative•Solar Car Team
OPERATIONS
•AEC•Health System•Housing•OSEH•P&T Services•Plant Operations•Purchasing
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Questions???For More Information on
University of Michigan Campus Sustainability
please visit:
www.sustainable.umich.edu