Power IT Down Day & Top 10 Power Management Tips For Enterprises

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Technology Innovator Invites Companies Nationwide to Take JouleX Energy Management Challenge

 
ATLANTA — August 24, 2010  —  JouleX, the leading innovator in sustainable energy management systems for the enterprise, has released the Top 10 Power Management Tips for individuals and enterprises planning to participate in the third annual Power IT Down Day, taking place on Friday, August 27.  

“Power IT Down Day presents a great opportunity for large enterprises to make a conscious effort to put energy conservation into practice,” says Tim McCormick, vice president of marketing and sales for JouleX. “In helping companies identify and control the most serious IP-enabled power consumers, companies can come to realize how reducing energy waste presents a significant environmental and cost-savings opportunity.”

Sponsored by Citrix, Intel, HP and GTSI, the event encourages individuals in public sector agencies, and the industries that serve them, to power down their computers, printers, monitors and other peripherals at the end of the work day to conserve energy, reduce costs and create a daily habit of responsible energy consumption.

In addition to powering down the largest energy consumers for the day, JouleX, invites enterprises to make this practice an everyday occurrence by taking the JouleX Energy Challenge.  In support of Power IT Down Day, JouleX will provide qualified enterprises that have a minimum of 5,000 employees, a free JouleX Energy Manager License to monitor the energy usage within their corporate IT infrastructures. In taking the challenge, companies will be able to see where the largest energy consumers are on the company’s network.  

Entries will be accepted through September 10, 2010 and qualified enterprise(s) will be selected and notified the week of September 13, 2010.

The Top 10 Power Management Tips to help enterprises power down IT and save energy are as follows: 

1. Ascertain Power Consumption. Identify and pinpoint the top enterprise network power consumers and then accelerate a hardware refresh program based on the energy savings.
2. Implement Energy Automation. Automatically power down all end-user devices such as PCs, MACs, IP phones, and monitors.
3. Reduce Carbon Footprint of Printers. By using a carbon footprint calculator for printing, estimate printer energy, paper usage, consolidation opportunities and estimate carbon and cost implications. Hewlett-Packard offers a free calculator.
4. Identify Under-utilized Equipment. Identify under-utilized PCs and servers consuming the most power.  These PCs and servers represent an excellent opportunity for virtualization.
5. Boost LEED Certification. Increase LEED certification by actively monitoring energy usage on the current IT infrastructure. 
6. Decrease Power Usage in Embedded Systems.  Work to design systems, such as those with Intel’s latest embedded processors and chipsets, to automatically adjust the power state to use only the energy required by the workload. 
7. Implement Location-based Policies.  Automatically power up and down all end-user devices using location-based policies such as by GPS location or via a building’s security badge management system. 
8. Power Down Idle Presentation Servers During Off Business Hours. Simply powering off these servers during "off business hours" can save 30 to 50 percent of server farm power consumption. Companies can take advantage of a free Citrix PowerSmart Utility
9. Set Carbon Reduction Goals. As a company, identify a goal for reducing energy costs and carbon footprint within a certain time period. 
10. Take the JouleX Energy Challenge.  Take the first step in understanding toward responsible energy consumption by gaining real-time understanding of energy usage and wasted costs. 

Power IT Down Day 2009 saved approximately 73,000 kWh in a single night—enough energy to power the homes of 77 U.S. families for an entire month. This year, because Power IT Down Day falls on a Friday, an opportunity exists to dramatically increase the energy saved by the simple, individual act of powering down at the end of the day and before the weekend.

The sponsoring companies will make a symbolic donation to the Wounded Warrior Project in order to illustrate the meaningful ways the money saved, through reduced energy consumption, can be used.

About JouleX

JouleX is the leading innovator in sustainable energy management systems for the enterprise. Its flagship solution, the JouleX Energy Manager (JEM), provides the Global 2000 and government agencies with the ability to monitor, analyze and manage energy usage for all network connected devices and systems across the enterprise, including in distributed offices, data centers and facilities. Importantly, JEM works without the use of device agents, dramatically reducing installation time and removing the maintenance burden associated with similar technologies. JEM decreases energy costs by up to 60 percent while also providing robust reporting that enables compliance with emerging carbon monitoring requirements.

JouleX was founded in 2009 and is privately held with capital investments from Target Partners and TechOperators. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with European offices located in Munich and Kassel, Germany. For more information, please visit www.joulex.net, call (404) 567-4445 or send an email to info@joulex.net.

© 2010 JouleX, Inc. JouleX and JouleX Energy Manager (JEM) are trademarks of JouleX, Inc.  All other brands and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holder.