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SUSTAINABLE COMPUTING 2016
...making IT easy to be green!
What is sustainable computing? Sustainable Computing is a set of principles that embraces a range of policies, procedures, programs, and attitudes that run the length and breadth of any use of information technologies. It is a holistic approach that stretches from power to waste to purchasing to education and is a life-cycle management approach to the deployment of IT across our organization. The concept of Sustainable Computing considers total cost of ownership, the total environmental impact, and the total benefit of technology systems.
Infrastructure Properties and Planning: The goals of our sustainable computing initiatives in Infrastructure Properties and Planning (IPP) focus on reducing our overall costs and reducing our environmental footprint. We are working towards reducing, reusing, and recycling by centering our initiatives in the areas of power, waste, purchasing, and education. On the following pages, we will describe in detail our policies, programs, and procedures and their benefits – both business and environmental.
“at Cornell, we believe advancing towards a more sustainable world starts at home.”
We encourage everyone in Infrastructure Properties and Planning to join us to create a more sustainable future!
Contents
What is sustainable computing?
Power
Waste
Purchasing
Quick Tips
IPP Goals
Power
Waste We have collection bins outside of B03 Humphreys for recycling. In addition, we work with the R5 operation to recycle appropriately.
Computers 95% of our “used” computers are donated to the Cornell Computer Reuse Association. The other 5% are recycled through R5. We cannot recycle your home computer. They must go to Tompkins County Solid Waste. However, we can loan you a CD to erase your system before recycling.
Batteries Battery recycling locations are available in most IPP areas. If you do not have one near you, please contact R5 to set one up!
Cell Phones Cell phones can be dropped off in the bins outside of B03 Humphreys. We will donate the phones to re-use organizations like Cell Phones for Soldiers and the Battered Women Foundation.
Inkjet or Toner Cartidges R5 will collect and recycle Inkjet or Toner cartridges. Or, you can earn rewards through HP or Staples by recycling them yourself!
CD/DVDs Drop off discs to be recycled in the collection bins outside B03 Humphreys. The disks will be shredded and recycled by the R5 operation.
These days with power consumption and costs on the rise, saving energy is becoming a larger issue. There are a multitude of ways to save energy by adjusting settings on PCs, printers, and peripherals. Looking at computers, the difference between leaving it on all the time compared to turning it off at the end of the day is immense. It would take the work of close to 500 trees to counteract the effect of leaving one computer on all the time. Compare this to only 70 trees for a computer that was turned off at the end of the day, weekends and lunch hours. For information on how to set up Power Save Settings on your computer, please visit our web site. POWER DOWN
When you leave for the day, please turn off ALL electronic devices including:
Computers
Monitors
Printers
Copiers
Scanners
Thin Clients
Purchasing
Thin clients can reduce the overall environmental footprint of a desktop by as much as 75% (Source: Sun Microsystems: Sustainable Computing).
...it’s easy buying green!
The thin client computer architecture relies on the network to be the computer. The root of the system is the server, which provides all of the processing power and storage. Each user needs only a monitor and a terminal (a thin client). From a business perspective, this would allow us to maintain fewer Windows systems, create faster logon times, upgrade multiple clients with a single server system upgrade, and offer users the ability to work on their desktop remotely via RDP client with all of their software available to them as if they were in the building.
Whenever and wherever possible, IPP will deploy thin clients in place of desktops and/or laptops.
Infrastructure Properties and Planning purchases computers and laptops exclusively from Dell. Dell designs and engineers its products to help prevent pollution and conserve natural resources throughout the system's life. Reducing the environmental impact of Dell products begins at the design stage. Cross-functional product design teams work to make thoughtful and effective decisions that will have positive environmental results throughout the equipment’s life cycle. We also try to ensure our peripherals meet sustainability standards whenever possible.
IPP sets the standards for Buying Green The systems we purchase are:
Lead-Free,
RoHS Compliant
EPEAT registered,
Energy Star® certified.
Quick Tips ...little things you can do to make a big difference!
The largest impact you can have individually is to turn off all equipment when you leave for the day – computers, monitors, copiers, printers, fax machines, etc.
Print in Economode when you can – this saves toner by printing lighter on paper
Print duplex – this saves paper
Change your default margins in MS Word—The current margin default settings of 1.25" left/right and 1" top/bottom "eat up" a lot of usable document space
Review your document on the screen instead of printing a draft. If you must print a draft, use the blank back side of used sheets
The best screen saver is no screen saver at all--turn off your monitor when you are not using it
Buy EnergyStar appliances and equipment
Turn off computers and appliances (like air conditioners, televisions, radios) when not in use
Unplug chargers when not in use
Goals for 2015-2018
Continue to reduce our environmental footprint through our initiatives. Raise awareness of sustainable computing best practices. Approach: We will continue with the Sustainable Computing initiatives as outlined in the Sustainable Computing Guide. Timeline and Metrics: It is our hope that over the next three years, usage of our recycling programs continues to increase and that we continue to meet our goals.
Re-use 95% of all turned over IPP computers by donating them to Cornell Computer Reuse Association. Note: We have achieved this goal every year since 2007.
Purchase only EnergyStar or EPEAT registered products - including peripherals as they become available. Approach: We purchase Dell computers which are Energy Star and EPEAT registered. We monitor the EPEAT web site for peripherals as they become registered. Timeline and Metrics: We have achieved this goal every year since 2007.
Mature the thin client initiative in units we support: Approach: Work with the director of each department to provide them with a list of computers that would make sense to convert to thin clients. Timeline and Metrics: The program now consists of 160 thin clients.
Contact Us Infrastructure Properties and Planning Sustainable Computing 104 Maple Ave (607) 255-4986
[email protected] Visit us on the web at computing.fs.cornell.edu/ sustainable
