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I have the first ECO certified computer in my lab - YES!

Posted by josh.hilliker Jun 17, 2008

Awhile back I picked up on an article around the first eco certified computers from Lenovo. First ECO Certified Computer - Interesting Article

Well the machine was ordered, arrived & hooked up in the lab.

The next question is, how can we take this ECO-certified computer & match up a Power Management solution to show that we can save $$'s in the "Managed Power" space. This is our next step in the lab.

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First ECO Certified Computer - Interesting Article

Posted by josh.hilliker Apr 29, 2008

Sharing with the community a recent thread I just picked up.

http://abunchofgreens.blogspot.com/2008/04/first-eco-certified-computer-lenovos.html

Eco is the first ThinkCentre computer made with recycled, post-consumer plastics and is EPEAT Gold and Energy Star ® 4.0 rated. The system comes with Intel vPro technology, Core 2 Duo E6550 / E8200 / E8400 Processor, 2GB DDR2 RAM, 160GB HDD, Dual Layer DVD Burner, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100, and Windows Vista Business

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Saving Energy - Part II - ManageFusion Material

Posted by josh.hilliker Apr 24, 2008

Back on the topic of Energy, I received a presentation that Rick Maddox (Symantec) reviewed at ManageFusion that explains Energy Wasting Statistics (for example: 60% of PCs are left on overnight). Also:

•Typical PC uses 588 kWh of energy per year
–1,000 lbs of CO2
–2/3 of the energy is wasted
–15 PCs = 1 mid-size car

Wow!. very interesting when you compare to a mid-size car. In this presentation Rick goes on to show how Altiris is making a difference with it's partners as well as showed their Energy Saver toolkit. I have not used this toolkit as of yet, however here is the info page on their site. http://www.altiris.com/Products/EnergySaverToolkit.aspx.

Here's the full presentation:
Rick Maddox - ManageFusion - Green IT

Update on tools, I'm still working to get a set of tools that I can share out or reference from the community around power. I hope to blog about this in the next 1-2 weeks. If you are interested to hear what i'm doing check out my last blog.