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Boulder Valley School District Chooses Verismic Power Manager
to Reduce Computer Energy Use
District expects to save 3.9 million kWH, 3,670 tons of CO2, and roughly $300,000 a year
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRESS RELEASE
April 23, 2010
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA -- April 23, 2010 - Boulder Valley School District’s “greenBVSD” initiative has recently seen a big win with the installation of Verismic Power Manager says Maela Moore, BVSD Communications Officer. The software has been installed on all 7,600 desktop computers in the district and will be turned on in phases during the coming months.
This new software will “power down” district desktop computers when they are not in use, which will reduce energy consumption by an estimated 3.9 million kWH/year and will save roughly $300,000/year and 3,670 tons of CO2/year. BVSD Sustainability Coordinator Ghita Carroll, Ph.D. says, “Our primary goal with this initiative is to save power when computers aren’t in use.”
Until now, district computers have been left on in full power mode 24 hours a day, seven days a week, so that the necessary updates could be made on all of them every night and during the weekends.
“Our ability to ensure systems are available to receive system updates while ensuring that they are powered down safely when not in use makes this possible. The Safe Shutdown process makes sure user data is not lost during this so that we avoid user disruption.” says Mark McGinn, Verismic Managing Director. “We are very proud to work with BVSD in making such a difference on the 40th anniversary of Earth Day.”
To prepare for this new way of managing the district’s large computer network, Jesse McCoppin, desktop engineer for BVSD evaluated Verismic and one competing company, doing trials with both products on hundreds of computers.
The power manager software has now been activated at three BVSD schools with no problems. In fact, the tier technicians at those schools say it seems as if no one has even noticed the change. Over the next few months, Verismic power manager will be turned on at more and more of BVSD’s 54 schools.
“Of all the great progress we have made toward sustainability in BVSD these past couple of years, this new power management software will go the farthest to reduce energy and provide permanent, ongoing savings. Computer power management is a strategy that will help meet the energy reduction goals in our Sustainability Management System, and I'm thrilled we have finally been able to put this much needed change in place,” said Carroll.
About Verismic, a Sparxent Company
Verismic Software, a Sparxent company, is focused on developing
solutions to reduce operational costs, enhance end user
experience, and increase efficiency of IT support staff. The
Verismic product range contains an array of systems management
solutions designed to extend systems management and service desk
capabilities. The toolset includes solutions such as PC Power
Management, Password Reset, Desktop and Service Desk integration,
and Historical Tracking.
www.Verismic.com
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