Technology Green Projects

  • The District Technology Department has implemented the following green initiatives:

    • Power saving settings are activated during school / work hours
    • Shut-down scripts are run every night at 6pm on all computers on the District network
    • Purchase energy compliant, flat panel LCD screens instead of large CRT monitors
    • Reducing the number of printers where possible saving on energy and cost of toner
    • Continue to purchase devices with solid state memory that reduces power consumption.
    • Using refurbished printer cartridges
    • Recycling all computer packing materials used during shipping
    • Purchasing energy star rated laptops
    • Recycling 100% of our electronic waste
    • Reducing the number of servers through server virtualization** thus saving on electricity and cooling requirements

    ** Server virtualization is a proven technology that enables multiple virtual machines to run on a single physical server.