Eco Responsibility:What it means at SUN

Robin WilenskySystems Engineer

Better Can Be Cleaner.Cheaper Can Be Greener.Faster Can Be Cooler.

Is Computing Sustainable?

Two reasons to say “No” today>eWaste>Power consumption

Growing eWaste Problem 300 million computers already obsolete by 2004…

• Content problem: over 700 esoteric compounds in each PC

• Volume problem: 1 million computers amount to more than 25,000 tons of electronic junk

• Increasingly international problem

Power Loss

LocalGenerator Conversion and

Transfer Loss

Conversion Loss

UPSTransfer

LossTransfer

Loss

Data Center

Where Server Power Goes

• 5% to 40% lost in power conversion > See 80plus.org

• The rest gets distributed to components> Disks and fans spin> <1% used for “thinking”

• Approximately all of the power ultimately turns to heat

Eco friendly products and

services

INNOVATE ACT SHARE

Environmentally conscious operations

Transparency and open

source values and tools

Sun’s Comprehensive Eco Initiative

Innovation

Network.com

Software

Services Storage

SystemsVirtualization Energy

Efficiency

eWasteReduction

DatacenterArchitecture

Eco Leadership Through Innovation

Product Highlights

• Most efficient servers> Sun Fire T1000 and T2000> Efficient x64 servers

• Only server energy rebate – PG&E • Most energy efficient desktop – Sun Ray @ 4Watts• eWaste leadership – over 95% recycle/reuse• Eco-friendly storage – tape and tape/disk hybrid

Eco Product Leadership

• 2X the performance

• 1/3 the power consumption

• 1/2 the space

• Qualifies for PG&E energy rebate program

CMT

The Power of 32 Servers9600watts

Replaced with 7 servers

using 1900 watts

Sun Fire T1000

Break Out Innovation

Action

Being as Green as we can be

• OpenWork> Over 50% involvement> 30,000 tons per year of

CO2 emissions avoided

• More efficient datacenters

• Greener buildings• Alternate energy• Eco Responsibility

Program

Sun’s Open Work Program for Employees> A Global, Location-Independent Program Providing Technologies, Workspaces, and Best Practices> 2005 EPA Award: 4th in Nation for Commuter Friendliness

PARTICIPATION

Flex Location Workers>17,000 Participants55% of Work Force

Flexible Offices127 Locations Worldwide

Real Estate 6,600 Seats Saved/Avoided

in FY06 = $63.9M

Sun Ray - thin clientsOver $24M Saved Annually

No-Cost Moves & Energy Savings

Carbon Reduction 30,000 tons/year and growing

BENEFITS

Green Datacenters

• System upgrades and consolidation

• Advanced cooling• Eco-conscious site

selection • Green energy options

> Primary power> Backup generation

Environmental Impact

US Datacenters• 2006• 280B kWh• 180M tons of CO2

Sun's Example• 2006• 10.5M kWh• 10K tons of CO2

• > 50% enters remanufacturing

• All metal and plastic recovered

• Less than 5% enters waste stream

• Fully RoHS compliant• Ready for next regs

eWaste and HazMat Leadership

European WEEE Directive sets target that 65% of IT equipment must be recycled*

*(EC Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and EC Directive on the restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS)

Sharing

Ecology Cannot Be Proprietary

• Public commitments > EPA Climate Leaders> 20% CO2 reduction by 2012, stretch goal of 2008

• Work on standards> EPA, SPEC, etc.> Green Grid

• Transparency and sharing> Per building and per datacenter energy use on

www.sun.com

• Spreading the word about OpenWork

http://sun.com/eco

Saving energyand reducing wasteis good for business, but more importantlyit is good for the environment.Something that we allhave to share!

Thank You.

Dainymar TapiaSystems Support Engineer

GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL PROGRAM 2007