“Going Green in IT, produces a superior quality product” Project

“Utilizing forward thinking portable digital media for the

Greater Good”

Technical Architecture and PlanningGREEN 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 $200.00 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? $30.24How 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 $2,000,000.00 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 $500.00 = $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)= $128,000,000.00 (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???