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Today’s Environment
•The average desktop PC wastes nearly half the power it consumes
•Servers lose approximately one-third of their power
•90% of desktops do not utilize power management settings1
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1 Source: US EPA, http://enduse.lbl.gov/info/LBNL-53729_REV.pdf; see also http://www.energystar.gov/ia/products/power_mgt/North_Thurston_Case_Study.pdf and http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/prod_development/revisions/downloads/computer/Computer-PowerMnmt.pdf for additional comments on the extent of power management usage
Addressing the problem makes fiscal sense!
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•Let’s look a little closer at the problem
•The average desktop PC in use today wastes nearly half the power it pulls from the wall
•Virtually all PCs support power management – but only 5 to 10% of U.S. organizations use this feature3 (according to LBNL)
•74% of U.S. adults are aware of computer power management4, but 46% incorrectly identify what it is or say they don’t know according too a  Harris Interactive Study in March 08)
•CFO under pressure to find new sources of capital, CIO under intense pressure to enable their business w/ programs in shorter time frames and higher returns.  As you will hear, this is an opportunity to be a hero for the business, to improve OpEx and reinvest savings elsewhere in the company, no more than ever, programs that can provide high returns in shorter time frames w/ less complexity than other IT programs are paramount.
•You’ll hear a few case studies that bear this out but let me just suggest a few noticeable studies performed by our member companies: in one case, the federal government, showed that by moving from the previous to the latest version of energy star could save the federal government nearly $330M over four years representing nearly 4B KW.  Another showed that by getting colleges and universities to deploy our recommendations, nearly 2B KWhr could be saved reprenting over $150M in savings.
•With your help, we can reduce global CO2 emissions from the operation of computers by 54 million tons a year by 2010.
That’s like taking 11 million cars off the road each year.  This represents a savings of over $5.5B.