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Schools learn to slash energy use by 25%

05/08/2013

Schools are normally the ones dishing out the lessons – but three secondary schools in Portugal’s capital city (pictured) have been taught how to cut their energy use by a quarter.

The saving was part of a pilot project to control and monitor energy use at the Lisbon schools which are made up of ten buildings and serve 3,600 students and staff.

Firms turn to I.T. to track energy consumption, cut costs

04/30/2013

Employees at the National Institutes of Health are expected to set their computers on standby when they leave work at the end of each day. If they don’t, a piece of software automatically does it for them.

IT officials said the policy saves the agency $19 per computer per year. That may seem like a sliver of the budget, but when multiplied by more than 25,000 terminals, it puts a noticeable dent in expenses.

Printers, PCs Hog Energy at Enterprises

04/22/2013

Information Technology (IT) devices consume more than 25 percent of the energy in most buildings, according to Energy Star’s “Fast Facts on Energy Use,” and within the IT devices bucket, PCs are the biggest draws on plug loads, while printers often waste energy as well, says Verdiem, which makes products to reduce these loads.

Energy Efficiency For Business: Don’t Forget Potential Savings Sitting In Front Of You

04/18/2013

According to The Carbon Trust, UK businesses are wasting as much as 30 percent of the energy they pay for, and that’s a significant bottom line issue for organisations of all sizes. One of the key culprits here is office equipment – second only to heating and cooling – particularly PCs that are estimated to account for 30 percent of IT energy use in most organisations. With energy costs likely to continue rising, the operational cost of running IT will become even more significant.

Printer analyzer can keep energy phantoms at bay

04/11/2013

The federal government has been concerned with the costs of phantom power in IT devices for years. Back in 2001, President George Bush ordered agencies to slay what he called energy vampires, eliminating devices that used up too much standby power.

But like any good villain from a monster movie, government’s energy vampires were not so easily dispatched. In fact, it's possible that they have grown over the years.

Conserve Energy to Preserve Margin

02/26/2013

As healthcare CFOs devise plans to counteract thinning reimbursements and diminishing margins, many are finding that energy-efficiency choices are helping to help solidify long-term, sustainable cost reductions.

Verdiem saves its customers over $50 million on IT energy bills in 2012

Best-in-class IT energy approach helps reduce operational IT costs while saving jobs or fuelling top line revenue growth.

02/05/2013

Verdiem has helped its customers save more than $50 million in 2012 with its IT energy management solutions. More than 700 companies with 2.5 million power-managed devices experienced up to a 60 percent reduction in energy waste, delivering substantial savings as a result.

Verdiem appliance simplifies deployment of energy management software

02/01/2013

IT energy management specialist Verdiem has introduced a fully integrated software and hardware appliance to speed up the simplify the deployment of energy management solutions in mid-sized organisations with limited IT resources.

Launched in conjunction with the new release of Verdiem Surveyor, the Verdiem VBOX removes the complications of purchasing a server or provisioning a virtual machine. The pre-packaged, pre-configured appliance is based on a standard 1u server and includes Verdiem Surveyor Fall 2012 Edition software.

Power Management Software Helps Spokane, Wash., Go Green

01/29/2013

In a city government that uses approximately 1,500 computers across 60 different sites, energy consumption drives up the cost of doing business -- an issue that Spokane, Wash., addressed by integrating power management software in the city’s PCs.

As part of an energy-saving initiative developed by the Spokane's former mayor, Mary Verner, the city began a monthlong trial three years ago using Verdiem Surveyor power management software to reduce the city’s PC energy consumption.

IT energy management: A no-brainer for healthcare organizations

Partners HealthCare shows how IT departments within hospitals and healthcare facilities can save money on energy bills quickly and easily by using Verdiem software.

01/11/2013

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, hospitals are among the nation’s most energy-intensive facilities, using about 2.5 times the amount of energy and carbon emissions as commercial office buildings*. Many hospitals are doing what they can to reduce waste, but given most are funded by the public sector, money is tight so energy efficiency improvements tend to be left on the back burner.

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