Jennifer SowaTim Heckaman

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Green Information Technology

• Jennifer Sowa Tim Heckaman
• VPFO MSU Surplus
• April 23, 2008

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On the Menu

• Background on Be Spartan Green
• Green information technology
• Idea exchange

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What is Be Spartan Green?

• Boldness By Design
• Environmental Stewardship at MSU
• January 2008 26 recommendations
• Energy
• Material waste
• Behavior
• Purchasing
• Communication Education

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Behavior Change and Culture Shift

• The success of several initiatives are based on
  simple BEHAVIOR CHANGE
• IT has a significant role in promoting and
  sustaining behavior change

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What isGreen Information Technology?

• Information technology that provides energy and
  data solutions
• Environmentally friendly disposal of e-waste
• Emerging communication technologies for
  environmental campaigns

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Information Technology Solutions
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Information Technology Solutions

• How many of you remember this person?
• Not quite the solution that were talking about

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Energy Reduction The 9 solution
3 HVAC
3 Lighting
3 Equipment
BEHAVIOR CHANGE

• MSU joined the Chicago Climate Exchange to reduce
  greenhouse gas emissions by 6 by 2010.
• To reduce greenhouse gas emissions, we must
  reduce energy consumption

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Simple IT fixes for BIG energy savings

• Energy save mode for computers
• Disabling screen savers
• Turning off computers and equipment at night or
  for long periods of inactivity
• Installing devices, methods for automatic shut
  down, energy save mode, etc.

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Emerging technology for conserving energy

• Emerging technologies to promote environmentally
  sound behaviors
• Watt stoppers
• Eco button
• Energy use monitoring (local cooling)
• Sensor and continuous monitoring for real time
  data

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Wake on LAN

• Perform updates while computer is powered off
• Allows a network administrator to power on your
  computer to do updates when the machine is turned
  off
• (yes actually turned off with the button on the
  machine, or by an Isole Plug strip and motion
  sensor)

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E-waste
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What is E-Waste?

• Computers
• Copiers
• Monitors
• Ink toners cartridges

• Floppy disks
• CDs/DVDs
• Tapes
• Other computer media

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E-waste at MSU

• MSU Surplus Store collects e-waste to be
  recycled
• Contact MSU Surplus Store 355-0364 for pickup
• Computer media is shredded, hard drives are wiped
  out with Department of Defense sanctioned
  software
• Program for departments only, but working on
  expanding service to faculty staff

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E-waste at MSU

• On average MSU sends 24 pallets every 3-4 months
  to be recycled
• Average equipment per pallet
• 24 monitors
• 70 computers
• 50 printers
• Some copiers
• Credits back to the department

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More e-waste solutions

• Take back programs
• Ink cartridge and toners recycle and purchase
  recycled
• Use less
• E-mail files vs. saving to CDs
• Re-writable disks vs. one time use
• Green Computing Guide - www.ecofoot.msu.edu

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Emerging Communication Technology
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Be Spartan Green Campaign

• Mix of traditional and non-traditional reach out
  methods to engage students, faculty and staff

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Traditional vs. Emerging Communication

• Newspaper
• Radio
• Television

• Social networking
• Blogging
• Online publications

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Example Facebook

• More than 70 million active users
• Facebook is the 6th most-trafficked website in
  the world
• Over 20,000 applications have been built on
  Facebook Platform
• 140 new applications added per day
• More than 95 of Facebook members have used at
  least one application built on Facebook Platform

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Question

• Can you perform or support these emerging
  communications applications?

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Idea ExchangeWhat ideas do you have?
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Contact Us

• Be Spartan Green
• Jennifer Sowa
• VPFO
• 355-8434
• sowa_at_vpfo.msu.edu

• Surplus/E-waste
• Tim Heckaman
• MSU Surplus
• 355-0364 ext. 4
• heckama5_at_msu.edu