Intelligent Desktop Energy Management

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Intelligent Desktop Energy Management

• Faronics Power Save _at_ Boston Public Schools

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Faronics Overview

• Intelligent software solutionsfor absolute
  control
• In business since 1993
• Over 20,000 customers in over 50 countries
• Over 7 million licenses deployed worldwide
• Offices in USA and Canada

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The Problem Computers Waste Energy

• Computers use between 100 - 300 watts
• The US Department Of Energy estimates 13 of
  commercial energy use comes from computers
• The Environmental Protection Agency estimates
  that a typical computer is active only 40 of the
  time it is on
• An estimated 60 of computer users leave their
  computers on after working hours
• Leads to wasteful energy consumption on
• Desktops that consume energy needlessly
• The increased cooling costs to offset the heat
  generated in computer labs

• Sources
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
  Study, 2001
• The Environmental Protection Agency
• Department of Energy

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The potential of green computing

• Organization B
• 1000 workstations
• 0.08 KWh energy rate
• 135W Computer energy use rate
• 2,340 hours with 9 hours/day
• 315,900 KW total consumption
• 25,272 projected annual cost

• Organization A
• 1000 workstations
• 0.08 KWh energy rate
• 135W Computer energy use rate
• 8,760 hours when used 24/7
• 1,182,600 KW total consumption
• 94,608 projected annual cost

ANNUAL SAVINGS OF 69,336
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The potential of green computing

• Organization B generates annual savings of
  69,336
• Generated savings can be used to acquire
• 138 new Workstations or
• 48 new Laptops or
• 32 new Rack Servers

Energy Consumption/Savings Formula
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Environmental Impact of Energy Consumption

• Running 1,000 computers/year equates to
• 380 tons of carbon dioxide emissions
• 82.1 more cars on the road
• 43,180 gallons of gasoline burned
• 880 barrels of oil burned
• 130 tons of landfill waste created
• 1000 - 5000 trees to offset the emissions

Sources - Carbon Disclosure Project Report
2007 - Global FT500
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Two Trends Exist to Address the Problem1)
Hardware Efficiency
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Two Trends Exist to Address the Problem2)
Software Development
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Boston Public Schools Overview

• Kindergarten to Grade 12
• 143 schools
• 20,000 Windows PCs and Macs
• 400 servers
• Previous Energy Management
• No defined strategy or tools
• Typical 24/5 use pattern
• No Central Control

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Boston Public Schools Overview

• New Energy Management
• Faronics Power Save
• Responsible energy management
• Project Stages
• Research by engineering department
• Evaluation of existing tools a baseline of
  energy consumption was determined
• Initial rollout Identification of optimal
  settings Application of defined settings
• Report on savings

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Boston Public Schools Savings

• Project Highlights
• Power down monitors after10 minutes of
  inactivity
• Power down systems after3 hours of CPU
  inactivity
• Deployed on 6,000 computers to-date
• Approximately 57,000 in savings since February
  08
• Majority of savings due to monitor shutdowns
• Savings will grow as more system shutdown
  schedules are deployed

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Managing Power Save
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Power Save Reporting
System Wide Report
Local Report
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Contact Information
FaronicsLuke AulinChannel Manager, North
AmericaPhone 1 -604-637-3333 x4082Email
laulin_at_faronics.com Boston Public SchoolsJoseph
McLaughlinOIIT Service RepresentativePhone
1-617-635-6778Email jmclaughlin6_at_boston.k12.ma.
us
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Intelligent Desktop Energy Management

• Faronics Power Save _at_ Boston Public Schools