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Situation

- Green IT has always been the responsibility of the IT manager / CIO
- Most people think servers and data centres consume most of the power in an office but...
- 40 - 60% of office energy consumption is used to power PCs that are idle.

Business Challenge

- Employees across all departments are not aware or involved in Green IT activities
- Auto-shutdown can annoy the users as it cause them to lose unsaved data
- There's no reporting of the potential emissions reduction or energy savings

The Virtunet Solution

 
1. We install a transparent agent on each desktop

- The user can see the impact of desktops being left on idle
- The user can see their personal energy waste and cost
- This solutions gives the user control but it monitors and gives the IT manager report on usage

2. Privately - Show each staff member the impact the have on both the organisation & the environment

- Show the time spent on different PCs per staff member
- Show their usage patterns. Off, Idle, Active
- Create an easy to understand Efficiency Score

3. Publicly - Use the Efficiency score to encourage better PC usage & competition

- Let staff compare their score to the company overall score
- Show staff where they are ranked within their department
- Show staff how other department's efficiency compare to their department

4. Run Campaigns and Competitions to encourage users to improve their efficiency

- Display real time energy efficiency score on LCD screens located at foyers or canteen
- Run Competitions that rewards the most efficient staff or team
- When you raise awareness, you can influence behavioural change

Benefits

- Reduce your carbon footprint and strengthen the corporate image
- Reduce energy cost. For an organisation with 1000 PCs, increasing the Energy Efficiency from 80% to 95% will result in an energy savings of approximately $50,000 per annum
- The solution will pay itself off in 6-8 months, and you continue to enjoy the savings after that.
- Change is not only limited to PC use, it flows onto other areas, changing the way we use printing, lighting & other facilities