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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??