Reducing Energy Use in Offices to Increase IT Sustainability
Executive Overview
As part of our commitment to IT sustainability, Intel IT is reducing office power consumption by evaluating and implementing enabling technologies, changing business practices, and educating employees to change usage behaviors. Reducing PC energy use is a major component of our efforts to reduce office energy consumption.
We conducted several studies to guide our sustainability efforts. One study provided data about how different generations of laptops impact power consumption and allowed us to develop an office energy use baseline. We also implemented energy-efficient power schemes, and we evaluated energy-efficient hardware including solid-state drives (SSDs) and power-management software and technologies. In addition, we conducted a study on user awareness and behavior as it relates to saving energy in the office environment. Our findings from these studies guided our decisions to:
• Proactively replace older, less efficient equipment with higher-efficiency models.
• Deploy new power schemes to existing and new PCs.
• Enable power setting reporting.
• Deploy SSDs as part of our enterprise-wide PC refresh process
• Evaluate third-party power management software and Intel® vPro™ technology secure remote wake
According to our estimates, technology and process solutions offer an opportunity to significantly reduce power consumption in the office. However, we have also learned that raising employee awareness can be highly effective in reducing office energy use. In a small proof of concept, employees who were provided energy use and cost information reduced their energy usage by more than twice as much as employees who installed power management software but were not provided with energy usage information.
We have found that by using the most power-efficient equipment available, implementing power management, and giving all employees a way to make an impact on IT sustainability, we can achieve our IT sustainability goals for reducing energy consumption in the office.
Read the full Reducing Energy Use in Offices to Increase IT Sustainability White Paper.
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Reducing Energy Use in Offices to Increase IT Sustainability
Executive Overview
As part of our commitment to IT sustainability, Intel IT is reducing office power consumption by evaluating and implementing enabling technologies, changing business practices, and educating employees to change usage behaviors. Reducing PC energy use is a major component of our efforts to reduce office energy consumption.
We conducted several studies to guide our sustainability efforts. One study provided data about how different generations of laptops impact power consumption and allowed us to develop an office energy use baseline. We also implemented energy-efficient power schemes, and we evaluated energy-efficient hardware including solid-state drives (SSDs) and power-management software and technologies. In addition, we conducted a study on user awareness and behavior as it relates to saving energy in the office environment. Our findings from these studies guided our decisions to:
• Proactively replace older, less efficient equipment with higher-efficiency models.
• Deploy new power schemes to existing and new PCs.
• Enable power setting reporting.
• Deploy SSDs as part of our enterprise-wide PC refresh process
• Evaluate third-party power management software and Intel® vPro™ technology secure remote wake
According to our estimates, technology and process solutions offer an opportunity to significantly reduce power consumption in the office. However, we have also learned that raising employee awareness can be highly effective in reducing office energy use. In a small proof of concept, employees who were provided energy use and cost information reduced their energy usage by more than twice as much as employees who installed power management software but were not provided with energy usage information.
We have found that by using the most power-efficient equipment available, implementing power management, and giving all employees a way to make an impact on IT sustainability, we can achieve our IT sustainability goals for reducing energy consumption in the office.
Read the full Reducing Energy Use in Offices to Increase IT Sustainability White Paper.
