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“Going Green is the largest economic opportunity in the 21st century” John Doerr
IT and Air Transportation have something in common – 2% of global CO2 emission
We Must Act Decisively!
Green IT is hot!
And is getting even hotter!
For every dollar spent on hardware, a company typically spends 50 cents on energy related costs
each year
Green IT can help save our planet, our well being, and our jobs!
UvT @ a Glance
• No Awareness Campaigns• New tenders requesting ecofriendly
& energy efficient• Use of Microsoft SharePoint
considered for paperless office• Depreciated Hardware sold to third
world countries and charities• No complete overview of IT assets &
real costs
There are 800 Student Pcs at UvT
• Library as benchmark for all student PCs
• 550 PCs in the library• Average PC usage in the
library in weekdays at a time: 100
• EUR 13,000/year
And 2000 Employee Desktops
• Assumed to be powered on 80% of the time
• 1792 Kw/day• Equivalent of… • EUR 103,000/year
Do not Power Down the Servers!
• 220 servers• Storage network area• 1 supercomputer• All run 24/7• 72 KWh• >1.5 M km by an avg. car• EUR 141,000• In total, around 600,000
kg annual CO2 generation in the whole IT
We Offer UvT a Practical Guide!
Can you ever become more efficient??
Virtualize the Servers!
Migrate to an Energy Efficient Platform!
Apply Power Management & Increase Awareness!
Other Best Practices as Mid-term Recommendations
• Green Procurement & Sourcing • Redesign the Data Center
Other Best Practices as Mid-term Recommendations
• Have Programs to Recycle • Go Paperless
• Encourage Telecommuting
Any Questions??