Michigan Joins Innovative Energy Efficiency Partnership

by Jaime Pfeffer

May 1st, 2008 in Conservation, Energy, Environment, Green, Lansing

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Governor Granholm showed the state’s commitment to a greener Michigan last week when she announced that Michigan would join the the Climate Savers Computing Initiative - a program that calls for the utilization of more energy-efficient computers and servers in state offices and agencies.

A national effort led by Dell, EDS, Google, HP, Intel, Lenovo, Microsoft, Pacific Gas and Electric and the World Wildlife Fund, the Climate Savers Computing Initiative aims to eliminate the wasted power and electricity that increases the emission of greenhouse gases by increasing energy efficiency through the use of more efficient computer equipment.

With nearly 55,000 desktop computers and laptops and nearly 3,700 servers in state government, the annual estimated energy cost savings will be approximately $955,000 according to estimates from the Climate Savers Computing Initiative. The annual carbon dioxide aversion is estimated at 9,000 tons.

Created by Google and Intel in 2007, the Climate Savers Computing Initiative is a nonprofit group of eco-conscious consumers, businesses, and conservation organizations whose goal is promoting the development, deployment, and adoption of smart technologies that can improve the efficiency of a computer’s power delivery and reduce the energy consumed when the computer is in an inactive state. The goal of the program is a 50-percent reduction in power consumption by computers by 2010, netting $5.5 billion in global energy savings and an annual reduction of 54 million tons of CO2 emissions per year.

Michigan is the second state in the nation to join the program. Visit climatesaverscomputing.org for more information.

One of Detroit's biggest cheerleaders, Jaime Pfeffer moved to the Motor City from suburban Detroit five years ago. She started a blog, Girl in the D, in September 2004 to promote the positive aspects of Detroit and hasn't stopped touting Motown's good side since. Jaime left corporate America in 2007 to pursue her first love, writing.