JO

IN T

HE

MO

VE

ME

NT

An Intr

oduction to C

limate

Savers

Com

puting Initia

tive

Septe

mb

er

16, 2009

Why W

e’re

Here

Sta

rted in 2

007 b

y G

oogle

and Inte

l, C

limate

Savers

Com

puting Initia

tive

is a

nonpro

fit

gro

up o

f b

usin

esses, conserv

ation o

rganiz

ations a

nd c

onsum

ers

dedic

ate

d to r

educin

g th

e e

nerg

y c

onsum

ption o

f com

pute

rs a

nd r

educin

g the e

nvironm

enta

l im

pact of new

and

em

erg

ing technolo

gie

s.

More

tha

n 5

00 o

rganiz

ations —

repre

senting m

any o

f th

e w

orld’s

big

gest bra

nds —

have

join

ed forc

es s

o far.

The fig

ht again

st IT

-rela

ted e

nerg

y w

aste

unites u

s a

ll.

En

erg

y W

aste

: M

icro

Level

The

way w

e u

se c

om

pute

rs is ineffic

ient.

•!T

he

avera

ge c

om

pute

r w

aste

s n

early H

ALF

the p

ow

er

it c

onsum

es

($60

in e

ne

rgy/y

ear)

.

•!S

erv

ers

lo

se a

ppro

xim

ate

ly o

ne-t

hird o

f th

eir p

ow

er

as h

eat.

•!9

0%

of

deskto

ps d

o n

ot utiliz

e p

ow

er

managem

ent settin

gs

1.

1 S

ourc

e: U

S E

PA

, http://e

nduse.lbl.gov/info

/LB

NL-5

3729_

RE

V.p

df; s

ee a

lso

http

://w

ww

.en

erg

ysta

r.gov/ia/p

roducts

/pow

er_

mg

t/N

ort

h_T

hurs

ton_C

ase_S

tudy.

pdf

and h

ttp://w

ww

.energ

ysta

r.g

ov/ia

/part

ners

/pro

d_

de

velo

pm

en

t/re

vis

ions/

dow

nlo

ad

s/c

om

pute

r/C

om

pute

r-P

ow

erM

nm

t.pdf

for

additio

nal com

ments

on t

he

exte

nt o

f p

ow

er

ma

na

ge

ment usage.

En

erg

y W

aste

: In

dustr

y L

evel

This

waste

adds u

p q

uic

kly

.

•!E

nerg

y c

osts

will

be 5

0%

of th

e

ave

rage IT

budget in

just a few

years

1

•!B

y 2

010, about half o

f th

e F

orb

es

Glo

bal 2000 w

ill s

pend m

ore

on e

nerg

y

tha

n o

n h

ard

ware

2

•!T

he

re a

re 1

bill

ion+

PC

s w

orldw

ide,

pro

jecte

d to b

e 2

.25 b

illio

n b

y 2

015

3

1 S

ourc

e: M

ark

, R

oy,

House G

reen L

ights

EP

A D

ata

Cente

rs S

tudy,

Inte

rne

tnew

s.c

om

(Ju

ly 1

3, 2

00

6)

2 S

ourc

e: S

ourc

e:

Busin

essw

eek.c

om

: C

EO

Guid

e T

o G

reen C

om

puting. F

rom

Gart

ner

3 S

ourc

e: F

orr

este

r R

esearc

h

PC

s a

nd

Mo

nitors

(39%

)

Serv

ers

,

inclu

din

g c

oolin

g

(23%

)

Fix

ed-L

ine

Te

lecom

s

(15%

)

Mobile

Tele

co

ms (

9%

)

LA

N &

Offic

e

Tele

com

s (

7%

) P

rinte

rs (

6%

)

Sourc

e: G

art

ner

En

erg

y W

aste

: In

dustr

y L

evel

Withou

t action, upw

ard

tre

nds w

ill c

ontinue.

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Bill

ions k

Wh / y

ear

His

torical

Tre

nds

Cu

rrent

Effic

iency

Tre

nds

Impro

ved

Opera

tion

Best

Pra

ctice

Sta

te-o

f-

the-A

rt

EP

A R

eport

to C

ongre

ss, 8/0

7

US

Serv

er

& D

ata

Cente

r E

nerg

y E

ffic

iency

En

erg

y W

aste

: G

lobal Level

This

affects

the h

ealth o

f in

dustr

y a

nd o

ur

pla

net.

Glo

bally

, com

pute

rs w

aste

:

•!$

5.5

bill

ion/y

ear

in e

nerg

y c

osts

•!5

4 m

illio

n tons in n

eedle

ss C

O2 e

mis

sio

ns/y

ear

•!E

quiv

ale

nt to

11 m

illio

n a

uto

s

•!O

r 2

0 c

oal pla

nts

Takin

g A

ction

: C

SC

I G

oals

Clim

ate

Savers

Com

puting Initia

tive (

CS

CI)

takes a

ction.

•!W

e h

elp

glo

bal busin

esses, org

aniz

ations a

nd c

onsum

ers

incre

ase d

eplo

ym

ent of

hig

h-e

ffic

iency c

om

pute

r syste

ms a

nd p

ow

er

managem

ent te

chnolo

gie

s t

hat:

•!S

ave m

oney.

•!R

ed

uce e

nerg

y c

onsum

ption.

•!D

ecre

ase g

reenhouse g

as e

mis

sio

ns.

Ou

r g

oal:

•!M

ove in

dustr

y tow

ard

a 5

0 p

erc

ent re

duction in p

ow

er

consum

ption b

y c

om

pute

rs b

y

20

10.

Takin

g A

ction

: T

he C

SC

I A

ppro

ach

We b

elie

ve that “A

ris

ing tid

e flo

ats

all

boats

.”

•!O

ur

co

llective im

pact is

far

gre

ate

r th

an w

hat can b

e a

ccom

plis

hed thro

ugh indiv

idual

org

aniz

ational effort

s.

•!E

ve

ry in

dustr

y h

as a

nalo

gous o

pport

unitie

s to C

limate

Savers

Com

puting.

•!H

avin

g leaders

of an industr

y c

olla

bora

te —

with the s

upport

fro

m c

on

serv

ation a

nd

go

vern

ment org

aniz

ations —

on issues o

f susta

inabili

ty is g

ood for

every

one.

Takin

g A

ction

: T

he C

SC

I A

ppro

ach

Syste

m, S

oftw

are

&

Com

pon

ent P

rovid

ers

•!H

igh

-effic

iency

com

po

nents

and

pro

ducts

•!E

nerg

y m

anagem

ent

capabili

ties

•!P

roduct availa

bili

ty &

serv

ice

s

•!P

ow

er

managem

ent

solu

tions

Alli

ances

•!C

om

ple

menta

ry

pro

gra

ms

•!G

lobal in

fluence

•!F

acili

tate

results

Clim

ate

Savers

C

om

puting Initia

tive

•!C

reate

aw

are

ness a

nd

pre

fere

nce

•!R

ecru

it c

hange a

gents

•!D

rive d

em

and a

nd

de

plo

ym

ent

•!D

evelo

p a

nd e

limin

ate

in

hib

itors

•!H

arm

oniz

e g

lobally

IT D

epart

ments

&

Con

sum

ers

•!D

rive p

olic

y &

im

ple

menta

tion

•!E

mbed in p

rocure

ment

•!T

urn

on p

ow

er

man

agem

ent

•!D

rive s

avin

gs

Mem

be

r C

om

mitm

ents

Com

puting Industr

y

•!P

roduce e

nerg

y-e

ffic

ient pro

ducts

.

•!S

hip

pro

ducts

with

pow

er

managem

ent

settin

gs e

nable

d.

•!U

tilit

ies o

ffer

energ

y r

ebate

s to p

rogra

m

part

icip

ants

.

PC

& S

erv

er

Buyers

•!P

urc

hase e

nerg

y e

ffic

ient com

pute

rs a

nd

serv

ers

.

•!E

nable

pow

er

managem

ent settin

gs o

n

exis

ting s

yste

ms.

Mem

be

r B

enefits

: E

nerg

y-E

ffic

ient C

om

puting

1 A

ssum

es s

yste

m is p

ow

ere

d on 2

,000 h

ours

per

year

(40 h

rs/w

eek X

50 w

eeks)

Serv

ers

~

$30

Deskto

p ~

$20

*Exp

ecte

d t

o

dro

p t

o

$0

when in larg

e

-scale

pro

duction

Initia

l price p

rem

ium

* E

nerg

y s

avin

gs o

ver

firs

t

1-2

years

offset costs

Estim

ate

d D

eskto

p S

avin

gs:

20

-30 w

atts s

avin

gs

x 2

,000

1 h

rs

=6

0kW

h p

er

year

x $

0.0

885

/kW

h

=$

5.3

1/y

r p

lus r

educed a

ir

con

ditio

nin

g c

osts

Utilit

y r

ebate

s c

an furt

her

offset costs

Mem

be

r B

enefits

: P

ow

er

Managem

ent

Po

we

r m

anagem

ent can s

ave thousands, even m

illio

ns.

•!E

ve

ry 1

,000 P

Cs w

ith a

ggre

ssiv

e p

ow

er

managem

ent =

•!S

avin

gs o

f $7,2

00 p

er

year,

plu

s a

ir c

onditio

nin

g c

osts

.1

•!S

avin

gs o

f $2,2

97 in c

arb

on o

ffset cre

dits p

er

year.

2

•!1 c

arb

on c

redit =

1 ton o

f C

O2

•!1 c

arb

on c

redit c

osts

~ $

19.4

2 U

SD

3

•!11

8.2

6 tons X

$19.4

2 ~

$2,2

97

1 A

ssum

es s

yste

m is p

ow

ere

d on 2

,000 h

ours

per

year

(40 h

rs/w

eek X

50 w

eeks)

2 A

ggre

ssiv

e p

ow

er

managem

ent can s

ave 1

57.6

2 K

W h

ours

per

year.

1 K

W h

our

is e

quiv

ale

nt to

0.0

0075 tons C

O2

. 3 $19.4

2 U

SD

accord

ing to c

urr

ent ra

te a

s o

f 8/1

5/2

007 fro

m w

ww

.carb

onpla

net.com

Mem

be

r B

enefits

: O

vera

ll

Com

plia

nce

w

ith r

egu

lations

Savin

g m

oney o

n

inte

rnal pro

cesses

Savin

g c

usto

mers

m

oney o

n e

nerg

y c

osts

Mark

eting h

alo

Sourc

e: F

orr

este

r R

esearc

h, “T

appin

g B

uyers

’ Gro

win

g Inte

rest in

Gre

en I

T.”

Mem

be

r B

enefits

: O

vera

ll

•!O

pport

unity to c

olla

bora

te w

ith o

the

r in

dustr

y leaders

•!V

isib

ility

for

your

pro

ducts

& s

erv

ices (

if a

pplic

able

)

•!H

igher

dem

and for

pro

ducts

& s

erv

ices a

s the

pro

gra

m g

row

s (

if a

pplic

able

)

•!C

SC

I co-m

ark

eting o

pport

unitie

s

Sponsors

&

Associa

tes

(Paid

M

em

bers

hip

)

•!R

edu

ced e

nerg

y c

osts

, gre

ate

r R

OI

•!S

malle

r ca

rbon footp

rint

•!A

ccess to tools

, re

sourc

es a

nd the e

xpert

ise a

nd

experience o

f oth

er

mem

bers

•!In

cre

ased a

ware

ness o

f your

com

pany’s

leaders

hip

, in

clu

din

g the u

se o

f th

e Initia

tive logo

Affili

ate

s

(Fre

e

me

mbers

hip

)

Join

Us

Help

the

pla

net and y

our

bottom

lin

e.

•!Join

CS

CI.

•!V

isit: w

ww

.clim

ate

savers

com

putin

g.o

rg

•!C

onta

ct

adm

in@

clim

ate

savers

com

puting.o

rg o

r patr

ick.tie

rnan@

clim

ate

savers

com

pu

ting.o

rg

•!E

nab

le c

om

pute

r pow

er

managem

ent.

•!B

uy e

ne

rgy-e

ffic

ient P

Cs a

nd s

erv

ers

.

•!E

duca

te o

thers

.

Ap

pendix

1

CS

CI

Me

mb

ers

hip

Requirem

ents

& B

enefits

Mem

be

rsh

ip levels

Co

nsum

er

Supp

ort

er

NG

O

Affili

ate

A

sso

cia

te

Sp

on

sor

Bo

ard

of

Dire

cto

rs

Type o

f com

pany/o

rganiz

ation

Indiv

idual

No

npro

fit

NG

Os &

G

overn

ment

Agen

cie

s

Industr

y

Leaders

In

dustr

y

Lea

de

rs

Ind

ustr

y

Lea

de

rs

Ind

ustr

y

Lea

de

rs

Com

mit to b

uyin

g e

nerg

y-e

ffic

ient

PC

s a

nd

serv

ers

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Com

mit to e

nable

pow

er

m

anag

em

ent on a

ll syste

ms

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Part

icip

ate

in m

ark

eting &

technic

al

work

gro

ups

Y1

Y

Y

Edu

cate

oth

ers

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Pro

duce e

nerg

y-e

ffic

ient pro

ducts

Y

2

Y2

Y2

1 B

y invite o

nly

base o

n s

pecia

l needs o

r circum

sta

nces.

2 A

s a

pplic

ab

le for

com

pute

r and c

om

ponent m

anufa

ctu

rers

to p

roduce p

roducts

that m

eet specifie

d p

ow

er-

effic

iency t

arg

ets

.

Pro

cu

rem

ent: O

vera

ll T

ech S

pecs

July

’07 –

June ‘08

July

’08 –

June ’09

July

’09 –

June ’10

July

’10 –

June ‘11

PC

s: B

AS

E: 80%

PS

U

+M

ost re

cent vers

ion o

f E

NE

RG

Y S

TA

R P

C

spec

100%

100%

100%

100%

PC

s: B

RO

NZ

E: 85%

PS

U

+M

ost re

cent vers

ion o

f E

NE

RG

Y S

TA

R P

C

spec

20%

80%

100%

PC

s: S

ILV

ER

: 88%

PS

U

+M

ost re

cent vers

ion o

f E

NE

RG

Y S

TA

R P

C

spec

20%

80%

PC

s: G

OLD

: 90%

PS

U

+M

ost re

cent vers

ion o

f E

NE

RG

Y S

TA

R P

C

spec

20%

Advance

d P

ow

er

Managem

ent

100%

100%

100%

100%

SE

RV

ER

S: B

RO

NZ

E: 85%

PS

U

+M

ost re

cent vers

ion o

f E

NE

RG

Y S

TA

R

serv

er

spec, w

hen a

vaila

ble

20%

80%

80%

100%

SE

RV

ER

S: S

ILV

ER

: 89%

PS

U

+M

ost re

cent vers

ion o

f E

NE

RG

Y S

TA

R

serv

er

spec, w

hen a

vaila

ble

20%

40%

100%

SE

RV

ER

S: G

OLD

: 92%

PS

U

+M

ost re

cent vers

ion o

f E

NE

RG

Y S

TA

R

serv

er

spec, w

hen a

vaila

ble

20%

•!A

fter

one-y

ear

gra

ce p

eriod is c

om

ple

te, th

e m

em

ber

would

be r

equired to m

eet th

e e

xis

ting c

rite

ria for

the p

rogra

m y

ear.

Mem

be

rsh

ip B

enefits

: F

ull

Lis

t

Ben

efi

t\P

art

icip

ati

on

Level

Aff

ilia

te

Asso

cia

te

Sp

on

so

r B

oard

No A

nnu

al D

ues

•

New

Me

mber

PR

Tem

pla

te &

Rele

ase

•

• •

•

Access to M

em

bers

Only

Web C

onte

nt

• •

• •

Access to M

em

bers

Only

New

sle

tte

rs

• •

• •

Part

icip

ation in A

nnual M

em

bers

Meeting

• •

• •

Mem

bers

hip

Lis

ting o

n C

SC

I W

ebsite

• •

• •

Use o

f C

SC

I P

rom

otional Logo for

Mem

bers

hip

an

d C

o-B

randin

g

• •

• •

Case S

tudy D

evelo

pm

ent and P

rom

otion

•

• •

•

Enhanced B

rand, A

ware

ness &

Recognitio

n

• •

• •

Associa

tion &

Netw

ork

ing w

ith L

eadin

g B

rands

• •

• •

Join

t P

rom

otional M

edia

Opport

un

itie

s

• •

•

Use o

f C

SC

I P

rom

otional M

ark

•!

•!

•!

Influence in C

SC

I Technic

al W

ork

gro

ups

Som

e"

• •

Part

icip

ation in C

SC

I R

egio

nal W

ork

gro

up

s

Som

e"

• •

Part

icip

ation in C

SC

I O

utr

each a

nd P

rogra

ms

Som

e"

• •

Technic

al S

pecific

ation D

evelo

pm

ent and Insig

hts

S

om

e"

• •

Influence a

nd P

art

icip

ation in H

arm

oniz

ation

Effort

s

Som

e"

• •

Insig

hts

and influence o

f m

ark

et tr

ends a

nd

events

S

om

e"

• •

Influence in C

SC

I M

ark

eting W

ork

gro

up

s

• •

Part

icip

ation in P

rim

ary

Mark

eting P

rogra

ms

• •

CS

CI H

om

e P

age C

om

pany L

ogo P

rom

otion

• •

Work

gro

up V

oting R

ights

•

•

Enhanced L

eaders

hip

Recognitio

n a

nd N

etw

ork

ing

• •

Regio

na

l W

ork

gro

up L

eaders

hip

Opp

ort

un

itie

s

• •

Work

go

rup L

eaders

hip

Rig

hts

•

Rota

ting

Pro

motional and M

edia

Schedule

•

Org

aniz

ation D

irection, P

rogra

m A

uth

ority

•

Board

Voting R

ights

•

Enhanced P

ers

onal and B

rand L

eaders

hip

Recognitio

n

•

! M

anufa

ctu

rers

or

softw

are

pro

vid

ers

th

at

meet C

SC

I C

ert

ific

atio

n &

Pro

motio

na

l M

ark

Gu

ide

line

s.

" B

y invite o

nly

based o

n s

pecia

l needs o

r circum

sta

nce

Bra

nd

enh

ancem

ent benefits

•!M

ark

etin

g, A

ware

ness, R

ecognitio

n

•!D

em

on

str

ation o

f action a

nd c

om

mitm

ent to

reducin

g footp

rint

•!P

art

icip

ation in a

nnual m

ark

eting p

rogra

ms &

PR

, post success s

tories, event

pa

rtic

ipa

tion &

pro

duct cata

log

•!A

cce

ss to leadin

g industr

y a

naly

sts

and m

edia

•!A

bili

ty to

co-b

rand (

logo, W

eb, in

tern

al em

plo

yee p

rogra

ms, etc

.)

•!S

takehold

er

alig

nm

ent, e

ngagem

ent &

netw

ork

ing

•!A

sso

cia

tion a

nd n

etw

ork

ing w

ith leadin

g N

GO

s, bra

nds

•!Le

arn

ings a

nd insig

hts

gain

ed fro

m o

ngoin

g p

art

ners

hip

s o

r w

ork

gro

ups

•!E

mplo

yee v

alu

e a

lignm

ent

Mem

be

rsh

ip B

enefits

: B

oard

& S

ponsor

Mark

et In

fluence

•!In

sig

hts

, access &

influence to s

pec &

sta

ndard

s w

ork

(e

.g., P

SU

, serv

er

effic

iency s

pec)

•!A

cce

ss to u

niq

ue c

onte

nt, industr

y a

nd b

est pra

ctices

•!P

art

icip

ation a

nd v

oting r

ights

in technic

al w

ork

gro

ups to d

rive the m

ark

et and

furt

her

develo

p c

om

pete

ncie

s

•!A

bili

ty to

gain

insig

hts

into

Mark

et tr

ends to e

nable

better

pre

para

tion

•!A

bili

ty to

influence m

ark

et events

, re

gula

tions, tr

ends, etc

.

•!A

cce

ss to a

nd a

bili

ty to influence m

em

bers

in the o

rganiz

ation; m

em

be

r le

vera

ge &

ne

twork

ing

•!A

bili

ty to

influence d

evelo

pm

ent of fu

ture

pro

gra

ms

•!A

bili

ty to

am

plif

y v

oic

e

•!P

ote

ntial to

com

petitively

diff

ere

ntiate

•!L

eade

rship

recognitio

n a

nd n

etw

ork

ing

Mem

be

rsh

ip B

enefits

: B

oard

& S

ponsor

(Cont’d.)

Ap

pendix

2: C

onsum

er

En

erg

y W

aste

: In

div

idual Level

The

way w

e u

se c

om

pute

rs is ineffic

ient.

•!T

he

avera

ge d

eskto

p P

C w

aste

s n

early H

ALF

the p

ow

er

it c

onsum

es

($60

in e

ne

rgy/y

ear)

•!9

0%

of

deskto

ps d

o n

ot utiliz

e p

ow

er

managem

ent settin

gs

1

1 S

ourc

e: U

S E

PA

, http://e

nduse.lbl.gov/info

/LB

NL-5

3729_

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V.p

df; s

ee a

lso

http

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ww

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erg

ysta

r.gov/ia/p

roducts

/pow

er_

mg

t/N

ort

h_T

hurs

ton_C

ase_S

tudy.

pdf

and h

ttp://w

ww

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ysta

r.g

ov/ia

/part

ners

/pro

d_

de

velo

pm

en

t/re

vis

ions/

dow

nlo

ad

s/c

om

pute

r/C

om

pute

r-P

ow

erM

nm

t.pdf

for

additio

nal com

ments

on t

he

exte

nt o

f p

ow

er

ma

na

ge

ment usage.

En

erg

y W

aste

: G

lobal Level

1!S

ourc

e: F

orr

este

r R

esearc

h

PC

s a

nd

Mo

nitors

(39%

)

Serv

ers

,

inclu

din

g c

oolin

g

(23%

)

Fix

ed

-Lin

e

Tele

com

s

(15%

)

Mobile

Tele

co

ms (

9%

)

LA

N &

Offic

e

Tele

com

s (

7%

) P

rinte

rs (

6%

) T

his

waste

adds u

p q

uic

kly

.

•!T

here

are

1 b

illio

n+

PC

s w

orldw

ide,

Glo

ba

lly, co

mpute

rs w

aste

:

•!$

5.5

bill

ion/y

ear

in e

nerg

y c

osts

•!5

4 m

illio

n tons in n

eedle

ss C

O2

em

issio

ns/y

ear

•!E

quiv

ale

nt to

11 m

illio

n a

uto

s

•!O

r 20 c

oal pla

nts

Mem

be

r C

om

mitm

ents

: In

div

idual

As a

CS

CI in

div

idual m

em

ber,

you’ll

ple

dge to:

•!E

nable

your

PC

’s a

uto

matic p

ow

er

managem

ent fe

atu

res lik

e s

leep a

nd h

ibern

ate

, a

nd o

ptim

ize

these s

ettin

gs.

•!C

hoo

se m

ore

energ

y-e

ffic

ient m

odels

when it’s tim

e to u

pgra

de y

our

com

pute

r or

its

com

ponents

.

•!T

urn

off a

nd u

nplu

g y

our

com

pute

r w

hen it’s n

ot in

use.

Mem

be

r B

enefits

: In

div

iduals

•!S

ave m

oney a

nd e

nerg

y.

•!F

ight clim

ate

change.

•!G

et tips for

rally

ing friends, fa

mily

mem

bers

and e

mplo

yers

aro

und

this

issue.

•!Learn

about energ

y r

eduction b

est pra

ctices a

nd the late

st

effic

ient pro

ducts

.

Indiv

idu

al P

ledge

(Fre

e m

em

bers

hip

)

Ap

pendix

3:

Hig

he

r E

du

ca

tion

En

erg

y W

aste

: C

olle

gia

te L

evel

PC

s a

nd

Mo

nitors

(39%

)

Serv

ers

,

inclu

din

g c

oolin

g

(23%

)

Fix

ed

-Lin

e

Tele

com

s

(15%

)

Mobile

Tele

co

ms (

9%

)

LA

N &

Offic

e

Tele

com

s (

7%

) P

rinte

rs (

6%

)

Sourc

e: G

art

ner

This

waste

adds u

p q

uic

kly

.

•!E

nerg

y c

osts

will

be 5

0%

of th

e

ave

rage IT

budget in

just a few

years

1

•!T

he

re a

re 1

bill

ion+

PC

s w

orldw

ide,

pro

jecte

d to b

e 2

.25 b

illio

n b

y 2

015

2

1 S

ourc

e: M

ark

, R

oy,

House G

reen L

ights

EP

A D

ata

Cente

rs S

tudy,

Inte

rne

tnew

s.c

om

(Ju

ly 1

3, 2

00

6)

2 S

ourc

e: F

orr

este

r R

esearc

h

Mem

be

r B

enefits

: P

ow

er

Managem

ent

Po

we

r m

anagem

ent can s

ave thousands, even m

illio

ns.

•!A

univ

ers

ity w

ith 7

0,0

00 n

etw

ork

ed c

om

pute

rs c

an s

ave a

s m

uch a

s $

3 m

illio

n/y

ear

thro

ugh p

ow

er

managem

ent alo

ne

•!E

ve

ry 1

,000 P

Cs w

ith a

ggre

ssiv

e p

ow

er

managem

ent =

•!S

avin

gs o

f $7,2

00 p

er

year,

plu

s a

ir c

onditio

nin

g c

osts

. 1

•!S

avin

gs o

f $2,2

97 in c

arb

on o

ffset cre

dits p

er

year.

2

•!1 c

arb

on c

redit =

1 ton o

f C

O2

•!1 c

arb

on c

redit c

osts

~ $

19.4

2 U

SD

3

•!11

8.2

6 tons X

$19.4

2 ~

$2,2

97

1 A

ssum

es s

yste

m is p

ow

ere

d on 2

,000 h

ours

per

year

(40 h

rs/w

eek X

50 w

eeks)

2A

ggre

ssiv

e p

ow

er

managem

ent can s

ave 1

57.6

2 K

W h

ou

rs p

er

year.

1 K

W h

our

is e

quiv

ale

nt to

0.0

0075 tons C

O2

. 3$19.4

2 U

SD

accord

ing to c

urr

ent ra

te a

s o

f 8/1

5/2

007 fro

m w

ww

.carb

onpla

net.com

Mem

be

r B

enefits

: P

ow

er

Managem

ent

Stu

dents

ca

n m

ake a

huge c

olle

ctive im

pact.

•!B

y e

nablin

g p

ow

er-

savin

g featu

res o

n d

eskto

ps, stu

dents

could

:

•!S

ave m

ore

than $

150 m

illio

n o

n e

nerg

y c

osts

.

•!R

ed

uce C

O2 e

mis

sio

ns b

y 1

mill

ion tons —

the e

quiv

ale

nt of ta

kin

g m

ore

than

20

0,0

00 c

ars

off the r

oad.

Mem

be

r B

enefits

: O

vera

ll

•!D

em

onstr

ate

national le

aders

hip

.

•!E

nhance y

our

bra

nd.

•!S

ave m

oney a

nd e

nerg

y.

•!F

ight clim

ate

change.

•!R

ally

stu

dents

, fa

culty a

nd s

taff tow

ard

a c

om

mon g

oal.

•!S

hare

best pra

ctices w

ith o

ther

CS

CI m

em

bers

.

•!C

reate

a launch p

ad for

oth

er

cam

pus initia

tives s

uch a

s

e-w

aste

re

cyclin

g.

Affili

ate

s

(Fre

e m

em

bers

hip

)

Ap

pendix

4: U

tilit

ies

En

erg

y W

aste

: G

lobal Level

1!S

ourc

e: F

orr

este

r R

esearc

h

PC

s a

nd

Mo

nitors

(39%

)

Serv

ers

,

inclu

din

g c

oolin

g

(23%

)

Fix

ed

-Lin

e

Tele

com

s

(15%

)

Mobile

Tele

co

ms (

9%

)

LA

N &

Offic

e

Tele

com

s (

7%

) P

rinte

rs (

6%

) T

his

waste

adds u

p q

uic

kly

.

•!T

here

are

1 b

illio

n+

PC

s w

orldw

ide.

•!It

will

be incre

asin

gly

im

port

ant fo

r

utilit

ies to

encoura

ge their c

onsum

ers

to

use p

ow

er

effic

iently s

o a

s n

ot to

fu

rthe

r str

ain

pow

er

grids.

•!G

lobally

, com

pute

rs w

aste

:

•!$

5.5

bill

ion/y

ear

in e

nerg

y c

osts

•!5

4 m

illio

n tons in n

eedle

ss C

O2

em

issio

ns/y

ear

•!E

quiv

ale

nt to

11 m

illio

n a

uto

s

•!O

r 20 c

oal pla

nts

Mem

be

r C

om

mitm

ents

: U

tilit

ies

CS

CI w

ork

s w

ith u

tilit

y e

nerg

y e

ffic

iency p

rogra

m m

anagers

to d

eplo

y industr

y b

est

pra

ctices in p

ow

er

managem

ent. U

tilit

ies c

om

mit to:

•!P

rom

ote

and e

xpand e

xis

ting u

tilit

y incentive p

rogra

ms.

•!C

om

mitting to p

ow

er

managem

ent best pra

ctices.

•!E

ncoura

ge c

usto

mers

to u

se p

ow

er

effic

iently.

Mem

be

r B

enefits

: O

vera

ll

•!C

olla

bora

te w

ith C

SC

I and o

ther

industr

y leaders

to

learn

be

st pra

ctices a

nd d

evelo

p s

olu

tions for

drivin

g

chang

e.

•!C

SC

I co-m

ark

eting o

pport

unitie

s

Sponsors

&

Associa

tes

(Paid

M

em

bers

hip

)

•!S

ave

money a

nd e

nerg

y.

•!A

ttra

ct

new

custo

mers

thro

ugh r

ebate

s a

nd incentives.

•!F

ight

clim

ate

change.

•!G

ain

inte

rnational re

cognitio

n a

s a

leader

in e

nerg

y

effic

iency.

Affili

ate

s

(Fre

e

me

mbers

hip

)

Ap

pendix

5: P

ow

er

Managem

ent M

yth

s

Po

wer

Mana

gem

ent M

yth

s

Myth

: I can’t m

ake a

com

pelli

ng b

usin

ess c

ase for

pow

er

managem

ent.

Fac

t: E

nablin

g a

uto

matic p

ow

er

managem

ent can s

ave y

ou m

ore

than $

60 a

year

in

ene

rgy c

osts

, per

com

pute

r. M

ultip

ly these e

asy s

avin

gs b

y h

undre

ds o

r th

ousands o

f c

om

pute

rs, consid

er

that pow

er

managem

ent im

ple

menta

tion is m

uch fa

ste

r and less

co

mp

lex than o

ther

IT p

rogra

ms, and the b

usin

ess c

ase b

ecom

es too g

reat to

ignore

.

Po

wer

Mana

gem

ent M

yth

s

Myth

: U

ntil I buy n

ew

er,

more

energ

y-e

ffic

ient hard

ware

, th

ere

’s n

oth

ing I c

an d

o to

co

nserv

e e

nerg

y.

Fac

t: A

uto

mating p

ow

er

managem

ent fe

atu

res that are

already b

uilt

into

sta

ndard

PC

s is

th

e b

est firs

t ste

p —

but 90 p

erc

ent of users

never

enable

them

. C

SC

I co

nnects

mem

be

rs to tools

and

resourc

es that str

eam

line the d

eplo

ym

ent of syste

m-w

ide p

ow

er

man

agem

ent te

chnolo

gie

s.

Po

wer

Mana

gem

ent M

yth

s

Myth

: T

he p

ow

er

used

in turn

ing o

n m

y P

C n

egate

s a

ny b

enefits

of tu

rnin

g it off.

Fac

t: T

he

avera

ge c

om

pute

r w

aste

s n

early 5

0 p

erc

ent of th

e p

ow

er

it p

ulls

fro

m the w

all.

The

sm

all

pow

er

surg

e that com

es fro

m p

ow

ering u

p is n

o m

atc

h for

the

dra

in that

co

me

s fro

m leavin

g it on for

an e

xte

nded p

eriod o

f tim

e.

Po

wer

Mana

gem

ent M

yth

s

Myth

: S

cre

en s

avers

help

me s

ave e

nerg

y.

Fac

t: T

ho

se tro

pic

al is

land p

hoto

s m

ay r

educe y

our

str

ess level, b

ut th

ey a

ctu

ally

incre

ase y

our

PC

’s e

nerg

y c

onsum

ption level. A

llow

your

monitor

to g

o into

hib

ern

ate

or

sle

ep m

ode w

hen n

ot in

use, and y

ou’ll

be takin

g o

ne m

ore

ste

p tow

ard

pro

tecting o

ur

pla

net’s a

ctu

al vacation v

ista

s.

Po

wer

Mana

gem

ent M

yth

s

Myth

: T

urn

ing a

PC

on

and o

ff r

educes its

perf

orm

ance a

nd u

sefu

l lif

e.

Fac

t: T

urn

ing a

PC

on

and o

ff d

oes n

ot w

ear

it o

ut m

ore

quic

kly

. T

he less tim

e a

PC

is

on,

the lo

nger

it w

ill last. P

Cs a

lso p

roduce h

eat, s

o turn

ing them

off r

edu

ces b

uild

ing

co

olin

g loads. M

odern

com

pute

rs a

re d

esig

ned to h

andle

40,0

00 o

n-o

ff c

ycle

s b

efo

re fa

ilure

, and it is

unlik

ely

to a

ppro

ach that num

ber,

even if you k

eep y

our

com

pute

r 5-7

ye

ars

. S

om

e s

tudie

s indic

ate

it w

ould

require o

n-o

ff c

yclin

g e

very

fiv

e m

inute

s to h

arm

a h

ard

drive.

Po

wer

Mana

gem

ent M

yth

s

Myth

: I can’t r

un u

pda

tes, backups a

nd p

atc

hes w

hen a

PC

is in a

low

er

pow

er

sta

te.

Fac

t: Inclu

din

g w

ake-u

p c

all

str

ate

gie

s in y

our

pow

er

managem

ent im

ple

menta

tion w

ill e

nsure

your

PC

s n

ever

overs

leep for

import

ant deadlin

es. Y

ou c

an c

onfigure

com

pute

rs

to

apply

softw

are

patc

hes a

nd u

pdate

s a

s s

oon a

s c

om

pute

rs b

ecom

e a

vaila

ble

on the

netw

ork

, or

pro

gra

m W

indow

s T

ask S

chedule

r to

wake s

leepin

g c

om

pute

rs for

update

s.

Activa

ting a

nd u

tiliz

ing W

ake-o

n-L

AN

featu

res w

ould

als

o a

llow

you to w

ake s

leepin

g m

ach

ines a

t any tim

e.

Po

wer

Ma

nag

em

ent M

yth

s

Myth

: M

y P

C u

sers

wo

n’t tole

rate

any d

ow

ntim

e for

pow

er

managem

ent.

Fac

t: W

ith

pro

per

pow

er

managem

ent, a

user’s d

ow

ntim

e a

nd a

PC

’s d

ow

ntim

e a

re o

ne

and

the s

am

e. W

hen a

user

ste

ps a

way fro

m their s

yste

m for

a w

hile

, th

eir c

om

pute

r and

mon

itor

go o

n b

reak. A

sim

ple

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