Princeton’s Campus Sustainability Plan includes comprehensive efforts to reduce waste and conserve resources in all areas of University operations, as well as initiatives in research, education, civic engagement, and communications. Computing is becoming a large part of the University’s energy-use footprint and considerable efforts are underway to find sustainable energy and conservation solutions. From high energy super-computers to paper use to videoconferencing, this session will explore the challenges and options in energy conservation in computing at Princeton. Leila Shahbender will describe Web-ex, a tool for online videoconferencing and collaboration. She will also discuss the challenges of greener printing. Charles Kruger will talk about our use of virtualization of servers and storage to reduce power needs. He will also mention briefly our use of Sun’s “CoolThreads” servers. Curt Hillegas will consider the balance between research progress and minimizing global impact in the area of high-performance computing. And John Shorey will cover current and future developments of power management for the University’s DeSC computing environment. About the speakers: Shana Weber is Sustainability Manager, Engineering and Construction and Lecturer in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Princeton Environmental Institute. Leila Shahbender is Senior Manager, Customer Services, Support Services, OIT. Charles Kruger is Manager, Enterprise Servers and Storage, Enterprise Infrastructure Services, OIT Curt Hillegas is Director of the TIGRESS High-Performance Computing Center and Computational Science and Engineering, Academic Services, OIT John Shorey is Software Support Specialist, Support Services, OIT More at http://blogs.princeton.edu/itsacademic/2008/03/the_greening_of_technology_sustainability_initiatives_at_princeton.html

Author:  Princeton University

Duration: 01:05:28

Published: 2008-03-12

Tag: Shana Weber   Leila Shahbender   Charles Kruger   Curt Hillegas   John Shorey   sustainability   green technology