“Going Green in IT, produces a superior quality product” Project “ Utilizing forward thinking portable digital media for the Greater Good”

Technical Architecture and Planning GREEN IT Collaborative Planning Partners: Kevin Alger: Project Manager Richard Snyker: Research Partner / Project Lead Tyler Stack: Research Partner / Implementation Specialist Brian Trac: Research Partner / Challenge Specialist

To propose green IT solutions to Help maximize the quality of MnSCU’s product… its graduates Reducing our energy demand and preserving our natural resources!

Our mission of this green IT project is to reflect a virtualized computing solution to meet the dynamic business IT criteria of today’s advanced technology!

To retrofit MnSCU’s students in degree or certificate programs with 100% access to up-to-date technology, eliminate the aged technology, processes, and architect of the virtual/digital media world. This cuts costs and consumption of non-renewable resources. Thus and most importantly reducing our carbon footprint.

Our Green IT Project Consists of Eliminating nearly all computer lab/classroom desktops by issuing laptops for students enrolled in degree or certificate programs, Thus saving energy wastefully consumed by these decrepit vessels that teach yesterday’s technology.

The need to save energy and natural resources is abundant, as is the technology needs of today’s growing worldly markets. Our project addresses these issues directly while developing the minds of our bright college & university students.

Transitioning to online textbooks is progressive. It will reduce the constraints of paper textbooks, our carbon footprint dramatically, and the overall consumption of fossil fuels, while preserving one of our greatest natural resources, our trees.

What are the needs The struggling economy has caused MnSCU Enrollment to Climb Up On Average 7% in 2010 Alone. This Raises The Question, “How Can We Support This Rate Of Growth With Our Limited Classroom Space and drastically shrinking budget?” Well Our Project Had An Answer To That Too.

The Cost of Growth It Costs MnSCU campuses on average $ per Sq. Ft To Build-Out a New Wing or Addition for Additional Classroom Space. However, It Costs Virtually $0.00 To Re-Purpose an Already Existing, Out- Dated Desktop Computer Lab Into Desperately Needed Previously Unavailable Classroom Space is virtually $0.00

The Pieces  The 54 MnSCU Campuses, Each With An Average of 4 Labs per Campus, and Each Lab with over 1,000 Sq. Ft.

The Formula  Formula =Average Sq. Ft x 54 Campuses x 75% (some labs will retain about 25% of that space for design courses specific to the Imacs our labs have) = Classroom Space;  Therefore, 4,000 Sq. Ft x 54 (campuses) x 75%=......

The Result  162,000 Sq. Ft of desperately needed Usable Classroom Space!  A savings of $32.4 million.

Residual Benefits Do You Know How Much It Costs To Run The Desktops in This Century Computer Lab per Day Even When They Are Just Left On and Idle? $30.24 How About The Cost To Run 27 Laptops In Idle for 1 Day? $8.64 Laptops Running entirely on Battery? $0.00

Saving the Environment Creates Savings That Means per Day We Are Saving $21.60, and Using 71% Less Electricity. MnSCU Wide This Translates To Almost $2,000, per Year

Wireless Printing  Wireless printers are the same as regular printers, but they just need to be configured to receive documents via portable media devices wirelessly.  The cost to have hard wired versus wireless is minute

The Particulars  Each laptop will have the printing configuration of their entire campus so that documents will be printed to the closest printer.

Our Challenges  Opposition from students and instructors preferring textbooks over digital media reduced substantially over a short period of time.  Issuing laptops to students not part of an IT program.  Students who drop/withdraw prior to completion

How Much Will all This Cost???  Based on the current enrollment of 200,000 MnSCU Students in Degree and Certificate Programs X a per Portable Media Device Cost of $ = $100,000,000.00

How are we going to pay for this?  Part of the funding will be reallocated from the technology fees collected from the 200,000 students enrolled in and directly benefitting from this project paying an average of $10 per credit Technology fee and needing an average of 64 credits to achieve their degree.

The Math  200,000 (Students) X $10.00 (Per Credit Fee) X 64 (credits to obtain a degree)= $128,000, (over 4 semesters)  Federal Funds/Grants are also Available, Exact Figures Were not Currently Allocated.

The Results  Students and instructors once opposed to have since became accustomed to using a digital media quickly and with positive feedback.  Industry now prefers students that have been educated at a MnSCU institution.  Substantial savings for everyone involved through reallocation of resources.

With That In Mind, We Would All Like to Thank You for Your Patience and Un-Divided Attention!!!!!!!!!!. We Would Also Like To Thank CCITA For Their Wonderful Program Here at Century College’s IT Department. Good Job!

Make It So !!!! Any Questions???