Green Printing
In the 2010 winter term, a group of students from the Sustainability and the Campus course, studied ways to reduce printing by students on campus. They decided to focus on helping instructors reduce the paper used by the students in their classes. The resulting web site provides information about their research, tips and instructor information.
Promote Sustainable Practices
Getting buy-in from your users is critical to your success. You can promote sustainable practices in your area in a number of ways. Here are some ideas. If you have ideas of your own, please share them with us so that we can add them here.
Create Awareness
Download these posters that encourage sustainable computing practices at home and in the office.
 For Students |
 For Faculty/Staff |
 For IT Pros |
 About Printing |
Suggestions for poster placement:
- For students: in hallways near classrooms
- For faculty/staff: near the coffee pot
- For IT pros: in the IT staff work area
- About Printing: near printers
Dispel Myths
See the list of commonly believed myths about energy use and computing and the real scoop.
Calculate the Benefits
Use online tools to calculate the benefits to your unit of computing sustainably and share the results.
Measure to Determine Your Savings
Purchase Kill-A-Watt devices or borrow them from a U-M Library to determine just how much you can save with your electronics.
Survey Your Users
Find out what your users do and think about sustainable computing practices by asking them to take our Green IT Individual survey. This information will help you define an approach.
Share Information
Let your users know what you're doing, when you're doing it, why you're doing it and what changes they will notice as a result. See the Why We Care section of this website for some facts and figures you can share with them.