•Let’s look a little closer at the problem |
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•The average desktop PC in use today wastes nearly half the
power it pulls from the wall |
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•Virtually all PCs support power management – but only 5 to
10% of U.S. organizations use this feature3 (according to LBNL) |
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•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) |
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•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. |
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•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. |
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•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. |
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