Local Action Plan to Reduce Emissions of Greenhouse Gases

Sustainability steps of the Information Systems Department

Existing Reduction Measures in Winston-Salem Government Operations

• Use of virtualization technologies to consolidate number of computer servers
• Updated power management equipment in the data center.
• Policies to turn off PCs at night.
• Printing devices go into power save mode when inactive.
• Surplus computers are donated to nonprofits or sold to employees for extended use.

Future Reduction Measures for Winston-Salem Government Operations

• To become Energy Star compliant on desktop management.
• Further consolidate servers through more aggressive virtualization technologies.
• Monitor, report, and track power consumption in the data center.

Read the Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Local Action Plan to Reduce Emissions Report July 2008 [pdf/1mb/43p] 

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