IT Greening Work Group Initiatives and Accomplishments

This work group was created to provide a focal point for NYS Forum initiatives addressed to Governor Spitzer's "15 by 15" statewide energy conservation program. The work group will be developing educational programs, highlighting best practices and planning key events all focused on (1) how overall information technology energy consumption can be reduced, (2) how IT can be a tool for more efficiently managing state resources and operations to achieve reductions in energy consumption, (3) what can be considered during the acquisition and procurement of energy efficient information technology hardware, and (4) how to manage the end-of-life phase of the information technology life-cycle in an environmentally preferable manner.

2009-2010 Accomplishments

Education/Training Seminars

  • PC Virtualization
  • SmartGrid from the Grid to your IT Equipment
  • Practical Examples of Satisfying PC Energy Reduction

Other

  • Spearheaded use of Web presentation tools for Forum events.

Demonstrated Value

  • Identified possible funding sources for IT Greening initiatives to State Agencies thru collaboration with NYSERDA
  • PC Energy Reduction session provided "real life" scenarios for meeting State OTA mandates, and the collaborative discussion allowed participants to share solutions real-time with each other.
  • Worked with OGS to offer tours of Empire State Plaza facilities which gave participants real-life examples of ways to efficiently run large-scale infrastructures.

2009-2010 Projected Initiatives

Education/Training Seminars

  • Using technology to achieve overall green goals (eg. imaging, document management, etc.)
  • Provide a session on alternative funding sources for green initiatives (federal grants, partnerships, NYSERDA, etc.) (12)

Tool Development

Presentations

Policy Review

Publications (an all media formats)

Research/Surveys

  • Determine the state of greening
  • Obstacles being faced
  • Success stories

Consultation with State/Local Government Agencies/Leadership

  • Looking at Greening at operational levels.
  • Work collaboratively with the CIO Council, other Work Groups (Project Management, Emerging Technology) as a consultative source
  • Facilitate building greening into agency project management processes (6)

Other