Michael Valletta

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The Technical Intersections of Sustainable IT and
Cost Reduction Strategies _at_ Microsoft
Michael Valletta Technical Director michaelv_at_micro
soft.com http//www.microsoft.com/environment
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Global Issues and Opportunities
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Challenges
Reduce the 2 of energy consumed by software
driven devices
Use software to address the larger challenge
Partner with leading environmental organizations
and experts
Lead by example within our own organization
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Our Commitment

• At Microsoft, we are committed to software and
  technology innovations that help people and
  organizations around the world improve the
  environment. Our goal is to reduce the impact of
  our operations and products, and to be a leader
  in environmental responsibility.

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Environmental Sustainability
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Sustainable Practices
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Act with Transparency, Let Employees Inspire

• Understand your impact
• Share and borrow best practices
• Employees lead by example
• Compostable Dishware
• Connector Bus
• Kitchen Grease
• Help Individuals Drive Change
• 33,000 CFL light bulbs for free
• Employee recognition
• Support Employee Engagement
• Measure, measure, measure

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Build Sustainable Infrastructure

• Minimize Impact
• Bringing Moores Law to Data Center
• Digital By Choice saving gt 10 million cds
• Recycle and compost gt200 tons/month
• Maximize Renewables
• 100 renewable hydropower in Quincy Data Center
• Mountain View, CA campus -- 2,288 solar panels
• Microsoft UK -- 100 renewable electricity
• San Antonio -- recycled water program
• Optimize Buildings
• LEED standards
• Use outside air

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Leverage Technology for Positive Impact
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Green IT Reduce, Manage Rethink

• Rethink
• Reduce travel and commuting
• Streamline collaboration
• Take paper/manual processes online

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Reduce IT Energy Consumption
Use what you needwhen you need it.
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Manage Energy Footprint
Know what you needwhen you need it.
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Rethink Business Practices
Increase productivity while reducing carbon
footprint.
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Measureable EfficiencyWhere are we headed? IT
starts with measurement.

• Manageability
• Operability
• Utilization
• Sustainability

EMS
Buildings
IT
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Interconnected Systems
Land
Forests
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Interconnected Systems
Forests
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Research New Solutions

• Drive Energy Efficiency Advancements
• DC Genome Project reduce the data centers
  operation cost and increase data center capacity
• Gen 4 pushing the vision forward
• Browsing the Physical World in Real-Time
• SensorMap an open and diverse community of
  sensor data
• ClearFlow find routes based on least traffic,
• Hydroseek Visualizing data in new ways
• Predictive Modeling
• Climate Models
• Species Migrations
• Fishing stocks
• Disease paths

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Partnering for Global Impact
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OpportunityAddress the 98 problem
Examples

• Building energy mgt control systems
• Energy modeling

Smart Buildings

• Traffic optimization and route planning
• Transportation efficiency and optimization

Smart Transportation

• Better planning and forecasting
• Remote grid mgt
• Smart metering

Smart Grid

• Optimize l inventory and transportation
• Model and optimize supply chain

Smart Logistics

• Do we really understand what 6 degrees means?

e-Science
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Partner with Others for Change

• Empower Action on World Issues
• Clinton Foundation Climate Initiative
• European Environment Agency (EEA)
• Imagine Cup
• Work Together on Solutions
• Desktop Power Mgmt Verdiem, 1E
• Facilities/Operations Mgmt Gridlogix, Johnson
  Controls
• Expanding ITs role Fiat, Yello Strom

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Summary

• Pivotal time for environmental action
• We can reduce our impact
• Leverage Technology for Positive Impact
• Partnering for Global Impact
• Sustainable Practices and Environmental
  Stewardship
• Software is essential to solving the 98 problem
• Microsoft is committed to providing energy
• efficient products
• Microsoft is collaborating with leading thought
  leaders
• and global organizations to have a positive impact