This document discusses greening the IT mindset at an organization focused on reducing greenhouse gases. It outlines the organization's goals and services related to policy, energy efficiency, technology development, and environmental communications. Regarding IT specifically, it discusses: 1) consolidating servers and desktops to reduce power and cooling needs; 2) moving processes like rebate clearinghouse and collaboration online to reduce materials; and 3) promoting new services and a green social networking model to staff and partners. The document argues that green IT reduces costs and risks from energy prices while improving reputation, and is part of addressing the very real issue of climate change.

1. Greening Your
IT Mindset
Ken Kleiner
Director of Information Technology

2. Who we are
Everything we do is focused on reducing
greenhouse gases - policy, energy efficiency,
technology development, environmental
communications...the list goes on. These are the
tasks and our goal is clear: to empower
Albertans to take action on climate change.

3. What do we offer
Polic
y
Environmental
Communications
Technology
Development
Energy
Efficiency

4. What do we offer: IT
Social
Polic
Internal User Networking
y
Toolset
Collaboration
Tools Environmental
Communications
Technology
Development
Rebate
Data-sharing Clearinghouse
Interfaces
Rich Web
Toolset
Energy
Efficiency

5. What do we offer: IT
Social
Internal User Networking
Toolset
Collaboration
Tools
Rebate
Data-sharing Clearinghouse
Interfaces
In-source Rich Web
Toolset
Outsourced

6. Our approach to Green IT
Reduce
Bits not
Atoms
Baseline Promote

7. Baseline
• What do you currently have for inventory?

8. Reduce
• Server Virtualization
3 to 1 Consolidation
- power load (80% less)
- cooling needs reduced
- smaller space needed

9. Reduce
• Desktop Virtualization
Standardized mobile system
- power load (70% less)
- no phantom power
- increased security

10. Bits not Atoms
• Rebate Clearinghouse
Electronic
Payment/Batched
Reduced Transportation
Batched
Brochures Paper Forms Manual Check Payment
Program Applicatio Review Send
Details n Form Applicatio Payment
Online
n
Review
Website
Application electronically
Email for rejected apps
Reduction in Materials

11. Bits not Atoms
• Collaboration
Less document duplication
Reduced Transportation
Staff Project Teams
(WebEx & Live (WebEx Connect
Meeting) & MS Groove)
Timelines Shortened
Geographically Internal and
Diverse Partners External Users
(Wikis) (MS SharePoint)
Reduced email load
Reduction in Materials

12. Promote- now
• Educate our business units of our services
– Rebate Clearinghouse
– Unified user information
– Payment processing
– Internal & external reporting
– Social networking model
– Document storage with versioning
– And more…

13. Promote - future
• Location-based mobile services
– Green social networking
– Commute tracking
– Traffic and transit updates
• Remote Monitoring
• New toolsets for business
– Web tools for visual learning
– Electronic paper
– Emerging collaboration tools (video/audio/web)

14. Promote- future
• Change in how we look at data
Traffic Congestion
Is your bus on time or full?
How is the fuel economy of
my current driving habits?
Is the energy use in your
own unusually high/low?

15. Beyond Dollars and Cents
• Reduces Risk
– From rising energy costs and supply
– Possible legislated changes
• Increased Staff Retention
• Reputation
– Consumers, students, employees and
partners care about how green your
organization is

16. Beyond Dollars and Cents
• Climate Change is real
…and how your organization’s uses technology is part of the solution.

17. Questions?
Ken Kleiner
kkleiner@climatechangecentral.com
www.climatechangecentral.com