Paper Conservation in Athena Clusters

Closing the loop

Share A Vital Earth

IS&T Kendra Johnson

Paper Use• Magnitude

Printer logs => 10.0 million pages Paper delivered => 8.4 million pages Toner delivered => 7.4 million pages

• Double sided? Minimum 32% of pages were double-sided Found 27% of pages were double-sided

• Energy: 55.7 watt-hrs per page1 = 470,000 kWh• Money: $34 per case = $57,120

1www.printgreener.com

Potential to ConserveHeader pages 63% always print header pages

Why?

45% I don’t know how to turn header pages off

52% They make it easier to find the print job

46% I like to have them for scratch paper

Double-Sided only 26% always print double sided

Why not?

49% some things need to be single sided

20% I don’t know how to print double-sided in Athena clusters

27% I don’t know how to print double-sided from some programs

17% I try to print double sided and it doesn’t work

7% other

652 respondents

Effectiveness?

68% found it useful54% said it helped them to save paper50% switched their default

28 respondents

Discussion

• Double-sided default for class of 2012

• How to measure effectiveness

• Further interventions Reduce Header Pages Increase double-sided printing Reduce printing

• Visioning for the future of Athena Clusters