First Monday Speakers Series
GREEN IT: Passing Fad or New Reality?
How Eco-Friendly is Your Company's Information Technology?
Monday, April 5, 2010
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
REI Denver Flagship Store
1416 Platte St, Third Floor Meeting Room
Cost:
$5 Students
$10 USGBC CO Members
$15 Non-members
*** Note: Registration at the door will be an additional $5.
This session will focus on various ways to have a significant impact on electricity use, from green data centers to daylighting.
Speakers are Dave Spear of Istonish and Brennan Schumacher of David Nelson & Associates, LLC.
Green IT- Passing Fad or New Reality
Is Green IT a “sustainable” trend and can it actually save my organization money and truly help the environment? The answer is YES! Finding ways to make the acquisition, management and disposal of technology assets more eco-efficient and eco-friendly is a sure fire way to create cost savings. In this session, you will learn to assess “how Green you really are” and discover new ways to make all aspects of your technology processes more efficient. Specific topic areas include:
• Organizational commitment to Green IT – what does this mean and why is it important?
• Buying Green Technology – what to look for
• Strategies to reduce data center costs – where do I focus?
• System development and computing infrastructure; eco-efficient management approaches
• Technology asset recycling and disposal - learn how an eco-friendly approach can maximize the financial value and minimize environmental impact of technology disposal
• Understand what successful companies are doing with Green IT and the resulting benefits.
Efficient Lighting through Integrated Design: This will focus on a holistic approach to designing efficient lighting systems. In designing high performance lighting systems, the balance between energy efficiency and a high quality visual environment can be difficult to design as building form, surface reflectance, daylighting and lighting controls all play a major role in energy efficiency. We will outline the areas that should be addressed to achieve an efficient, yet high quality visual environment. The presentation will conclude with a discussion on what to watch for when evaluating LED technologies.
SPEAKERS:
Dave Spear, Vice President of Sustainability at Istonish, has over 24 years experience in IT, operations, and business development with both technology companies and consulting services firms.As Vice President of Sustainability, Dave joined Istonish in early 2008 to help establish internal sustainability principles, “green” Istonish’ existing services and augment these services with a Green IT and Virtualization solution practice. Istonish is a full service provider of IT staffing, projects and infrastructure support.
As part of this solution practice, Dave established a Green IT solution ecosystem through strategic partnerships with product vendors and service providers. These partners provide solutions that include key Green IT hardware and software technologies, as well as, eco-friendly technology recycling. Istonish has developed Green IT training curriculum focused on building awareness and fostering Green IT and sustainability principles.
Dave personally holds professional technical and/or sales certifications in Green IT-enabling technologies including VMware, Virtual Iron, Citrix XenServer and PlateSpin. He also established Istonish as an affiliate member of the Climate Savers organization.
Mr. Spear holds a B.S. in Business Management & Operations from Brigham Young University.
Brennan Schumacher is principal at David Nelson & Associates, LLC (DNA). DNA is a design firm that specializes in sustainable design and architectural lighting projects. Through integrated design, analysis and modeling, DNA works with other design team members and specialists to develop environmentally responsible lighting solutions that are beautiful, affordable and save on energy and maintenance. Brennan is a LEED Accredited Professional and has participated in the design of many LEED projects, including projects that have been awarded the highest “Platinum” certification. He has authored three books on green building and the LEED Rating System. He created and continues to develop and teach a course in Fundamentals of Green Building and how these practices relate to the LEED Rating System.
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Metropolitan Branch March Lunch and Learn
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Get an update on the Green Building Certification Institute’s Credentialing Maintenance Program from USGBC CO's Director of Education, Jessica Pascoe.
Cost: FREE for USGBC CO members, and $10 for non-members
** Please Note: There is on-street parking at meters or paid lots/garages. Marriot Residence Inn garage entrance is on 18th between Champa and Curtis. RTD Bus Routes, Lightrail and 16th Street Mall Shuttle within 1-3 blocks. Please bring your own lunch and beverage. MOA has recycling and composting facilities.
Past Presentations Available for Download
UFAD Mini-Conference
Bauman 1
Bauman 2
CX DJones
CX EJeannette
CX GBradshaw
UFAD JRundquist
KTupper
SNewman MKaufman
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