Faculty
Looking for ways to improve your computer's energy efficiency, use energy wisely in your research, or encourage your students to do the same? Here are a few useful tips that can help.
Take Action
What You Can Do to help whenever and wherever you're using technology:
- Eliminate vampire power or power consumed by electronics when you're not using them
- Manage your power use by making a few simple changes
- Measure your impact using power meters you can check out at the U-M Library
- Separate the truth from computing myths circulating around the office
- Reconsider printing; and print responsibly when you do
- Apply the three Rs of computing: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
- Help your students reduce printing
- Discover Where Sustainable Computing is Happening around campus
- Explore the list of sustainable Best Practices @ Home and Best Practices @ the Office developed by U-M faculty and staff.
Managing servers?
Do you use servers in your research? If so...
- Take a look at the Data Center / Server Room Best Practices - developed by U-M faculty and staff. Use the worksheet to help plan improvements.
- Visit the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's (LBNL) Technical Best Practices for Data Center Energy Management, upon which the U-M recommendations are based.
Spread the Word
Download posters to share with others.
 Reducing Energy Usage |
 Reducing Printing |