er Campus Oscar Ramos and Link Alander Lone Star College Introduction to Lone Star Phase I Recap Data Center Phase II Partnerships Campus Students Regional Institutions Questions Presentation Overview ID: 929831
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Leading the way to a “Green-er” Campus
Oscar Ramos and Link Alander
Lone Star College
Slide2Introduction to Lone Star!
Phase I Recap
Data CenterPhase II - PartnershipsCampusStudentsRegional InstitutionsQuestions
Presentation Overview
Slide313 Locations across 1,400 square miles5 Colleges2 University Centers5 Instructional Centers
Systems Office and Training Center
21 new buildings this year5 new geographic locationsOur Customers (90,000 strong)69,363 Credit Students21,000 Non Credit StudentsAverage 25% growth per semesterOver 4,800 employeesSupported by 152 OTS staff members
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Overview LSCS - Enterprise
Slide4As an institution of Higher Education, we have a social responsibility to address this issue and be a leader in our community
As stewards of tax payers’ dollars, we have a fiscal responsibility to manage costs and improve efficiencies.
As the trends of the Technology Industry move toward a more energy conscience, sustainable model; the LSCS Office of Technology Services has committed to being a leader in this arena by engaging in more Eco friendly practices.
There are two major factors that lead to this shift in focus.
GREEN it principles
Slide5Data Center enhancements will lead to a yearly savings of $428,978
per
yearAdvanced Desktop Power Management will save nearly $725,000 over three years!Asset Recovery will keep old equipment and components out of the landfill!
Phase I Recap
Slide6New Datacenter Efficiency
by Design
Slide7As part of our 99.999% availability design LSCS completed a new co-located datacenter in November of 2010This new facility was designed on a High Efficiency, High Density modelTier IV design standards were used in building this new facility at LSC-University Park
Efficiency by Design
Slide8High Density 27 Rack enclosures
480Kw Max Load
High Efficiency Liquid Cooled Racks Line Bypass UPS 17 Kw rack power/cooling capacity Lights-Out Design Complete down to an individual Plug In Rack Fire Suppression
Power and Cooling
Slide9Side-by-Side ComparisonBoth of our main datacenters have identical equipment loadsThe Original Datacenter is traditional Forced AirPUE – New Datacenter 1.37
PUE – Existing Datacenter
2009 – PUE 3.82010 – PUE 3.12011 – Est. 2.7
Power Utilization Efficiency
Slide10Continued improvements to our traditional datacenter – PUE goal of 2.2Upgrades to our campus instructional datacenters
Next Steps
Slide11Phase 2 of Lone Star College’s Green Computing project set out to lend credence and weight to the Office of Technology Services desire to be socially responsible and to be a leader in its community. To achieve this we focused on creating partnerships with our campus faculty, staff, students and regional institutions.
Phase II
Slide12Campus – Focus on campus initiatives with Faculty and StaffStudent – Focus on Outreach to students and sustainability educationRegional Institution – Focus on sharing information and strengthening relationships between institutions
Partnerships
Slide13CAMPUS
Slide14System Sustainability
Council
Comprised of Administrators, Faculty and Staff system wideInformation SharingCollaborationSponsors of Student Clubs
System
Sustainability Council
Slide15ProjectsCoordinate Recycling Contracts
E-Waste
Education ForumsDocument and Email ManagementSharePoint and Collaboration
System
Sustainability Council
Slide16STUDENT
Slide17The Eco ClubStudent organization that focuses on Environmental issues
Advisor to club
Educate on Green InitiativesCoordinate on Campus Wide Projects
Eco Club
Slide18Campus ProjectsEarth Day and Others
Information about Campus Initiatives
Information about Student InitiativesInformation about Home OpportunitiesRecruit membership
Eco club
Slide19Campus ProjectsAmerica
’s Greenest Campus
Nation Wide CompetitionFocus on student educationLone Star was 4th in the nation student sign up’s
America’s
Greenest campus
Slide20Regional Institution
Slide21Sustainable Computing in Education Roundtable
Half Day Event with other institutions including Universities, Community Colleges and High Schools
International Speakers including Video ConferenceProject SharingFurther Collaboration
Education
Roundtable
Slide22Texas Educational Sustainable Technology Consortium
Group of Institutions that met after Roundtable
Created MissionCreated Goals and Objectives
Consortium
Slide23Texas Educational Sustainable Technology Consortium
Mission
The mission of this group is to enhance teaching and learning, collaboration between educational institutions, strength partnerships, and bring forth innovation through sustainable practices with technology.
Consortium
Slide24Texas Educational Sustainable Technology Consortium
Goals
To meet regularly throughout the year to share results and new technologiesTo create standardized best practicesTo create standard metrics that can be used for research and studyTo host a yearly conference on Sustainable Technology
Consortium
Slide25THANK YOU