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Cisco’s extensive network of laboratories—where we develop, configure, and test our equipment—typically consumes 5 to 22 times as much energy as equivalent office space. To reduce power consumption in laboratories, Cisco has developed the Automated Managed Power System (AMPS), which identifies equipment that is not in a test cycle and powers it down. On average, AMPS reduces equipment power consumption by 40 percent, representing a substantial savings in both greenhouse gas emissions and electricity bills. Now fully deployed in our Automated Test Center (ATC) laboratories, which represent about 5 percent of Cisco’s total lab space, AMPS is saving approximately $65,000 per month directly, by turning off idle equipment, and indirectly, by reducing the load on building air-conditioning systems. During FY08 we plan to deploy AMPS in other business units and technology groups across the company. Cisco is also deploying a Web-based monitoring system called tMon in our labs. The tMon system graphically displays equipment usage and power status over time and generates equipment usage and power-savings management reports. If equipment has been left on inadvertently, tMon sends warning e-mails to the users with links that allow them to turn off the power remotely. |
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