Greening IT Energy MIT

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Greening IT Energy _at_ MIT

• WHY DOES YOUR LOCAL ACTION MATTER ?
• 20,000 networked personal computers
• 12,000 VoIP Phones
• 60M MIT Electric Budget - Electricity - 28M
• Plug loads are 35 of building electricity
• Rising electricity rates
• Reducing emissions
• MIT Energy Initiative, Campus Energy Task Force,
  Greening MIT

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PC Power Management _at_ MIT

• WHAT Information/Tools are available?
• Guidance for Monitors and CPU power management
• Caveats for configuring power management
• Myth vs Fact
• Savings in Electricity
• Other Benefits
• Tri-fold Brochure for distribution
• Web site for details on configuration
• http//web.mit.edu/ist/initiatives/it-ene
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ACTION Use Power Management for CPUs
Monitors

• SAVINGS Electricty, Energy Costs Carbon
• Equivalent average Cambridge homes powered 962

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ACTION Turn off LCD Display on VoIP phone

• SAVINGS Electricty, Energy Costs Carbon
• Equivalent average Cambridge homes powered 6

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ACTION Print Smarter - Print Duplex SAVE PAPER!

• Estimated ANNUAL SAVINGS from 20 Athena Clusters
• 4.3 million pages
• 86 cases of paper
• 2,900 in paper cost