Other Campus Initiatives

Campus Police

Campus security uses electric vehicle instead of gas powered vehicle
Bike patrol to save gas and increase police visibility
Standing directive to power down lights in classrooms not in use when patrolling buildings
Purchased their first Flex Fuel vehicle

High Efficiency CPUs (power reduction of 40Watts/cpu)
Sun Blade 6000 Blade Servers
- More power efficient power supplies than traditional rack mount servers.
- Fewer power supplies and less wasted energy.
- Everything is recyclable (chassis and blade servers).
Server Virtualization using VMWare ESX
- Reduction in number of physical servers (about 18:1 reduction currently).
- About 60% of our servers are virtual now, expect that to increase to around 85% in next 6-12 months.
- Improves resource utilization and efficiency.
Storage virtualization (future - within 6 months)
- Use Thin Provisioning to reduce number of idle drives - will grow and use power as necessary instead of provisioning everything in advance.
Datacenter NOC (Network Operations Center).
Furniture made with recycled materials.
Industry standard hot aisle/cold aisle design in the datacenter.

Student Accounts moved to online billing, saving paper and decrease of 6,000 pieces of mail yearly.
ECO Dawgs is a faculty/staff group that promotes environmental issues on campus.
ECO Committee is student group that promotes environmental issues on campus.
ECO (Environmental Concerns Organization) is a student run group formed to increase campus awareness of environmental issues, promote recycling on campus, and provide service to the community thru environmental projects.
Used mattresses are donated to St. Vincent DePaul.
Aramark food service tray less in cafeterias to save water and replacement tray waste.