Tuesday, September 15, 4 p.m., Dana Building, Room 1040
As part of the 14th Annual Energy Fest, Bill Weihl will discuss a Clean Energy Future including Google's RE<C (renewable electricity cheaper than coal) initiative and other green actions for businesses, governments, universities, and individuals. The 14th Annual Energy Fest will also have fun festivities on the Diag from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
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Join the Green IT Achievement Program to Benefit Your Unit, U-M, and the Environment
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• | This program is designed to reduce U-M IT energy consumption and change behaviors for a more sustainable campus. |
| • | Your unit may already be eligible for a level of achievement by following CSCI @ U-M best practices. Don’t let you efforts go unnoticed! | |
| • | Learn what the program entails and what resources are available with the Quick Guide to Green IT Achievement.
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The School of Social Work received its Silver
Certificate at its Planet Blue open house.
Computer Power & Patch Management: Now Running!
Computer Power & Patch Management (CPPM) offers a low-cost, cross-platform tool to:
- Facilitate the management of power settings, saving computer energy.
- Distribute patches for various applications and operating systems.
CPPM provides pre-packaged patches and updates as they are released. CPPM can yield significant savings in the areas of energy consumption and cost, as well as system administration time and resources. For more information, visit cppm.umich.edu.
Save the Date for "The U-M Green IT Symposium"
October 7, 2009, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Palmer Commons
- Learn about Green IT on Campus; topics include:
- Server Virtualization
- Green IT on Campus
- Budgeting Impacts
- Desktop Technologies
- Campus Data Centers
- Behavior Change
- Keynote Speakers:
Laura Patterson, Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Dan Atkins, Associate Vice-President for Research Cyberinfrastructure - Displays from three Corporate Partners:
- Watch for registration details later this month!
Volunteer Spotlight: Green All Around
 | Ricardo Rodriguiz, LAN Administration Manager and Director of Computing Support at the Population Studies Center, uses his work environment at the Institute for Social Research (ISR) as a laboratory for exploring and testing desktop technologies. Rodriguiz's role in creating best practices with the Desktop Technologies Team favorably links his career with his craving to conserve. "The best practice process really operates in both directions," Rodriguiz said. "I use my ISR unit as a test environment, and then report feedback to the Desktop Technologies Team. We find what works and what doesn't, and establish desktop best practices for units like mine." |
CSCI @ U-M offers these best practices as resources for students, staff, and information technology (IT) professionals. Rodriguiz suggested a few simple ways to cut down on wasted energy at home or in the office: use computer sleep settings, reconsider printing, and purchase "smart" power strips. Even bite-sized tips require "working behind the scenes," Rodriguiz said. He was also quick to point out there is "no real correlation between age, experience, and best practice implementation." Going green isn’t always easy, which is why CSCI @ U-M and volunteers like Rodriguiz step in.
Best practice development demands a constant dialogue on everything, from work patterns to software updates. Rodriguiz cites the experience and communication within his team as vital in determining best practices. The Desktop Technologies Team combines feedback, research, and experiments to find the most effective energy-saving practices. The last step is to make recommendations to campus.
"We want to sell the development of best practices as a collaborative effort," said Rodriguiz, who hopes the University will continue to spread awareness of green computing. "We are constantly looking for new technological opportunities, and always open to new solutions. We want to help people form new computing habits."