
Overview Sustainability Working Group Land & Buildings Land Use Planning and Campus Design Conservation of the Natural Environment Capital Planning and Building Environment and Energy Building Leslie Shao-ming Sun Field Station Green Dorm Residential & Dining Enterprises Transportation Water Conservation Energy Energy at Stanford BigFix Power Management CO2 Recycling Recycling at Stanford Buying Green Environmental Health & Safety Student Groups Environment & Sustainability Initiative Precourt Institute Initiative on Environment & Sustainability Stanford expects to keep 28,000 tons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere by implementing Stanford Power Management via Big Fix. QUICK LINKS Download the Stanford Power Management tool

Land & Buildings

Land Use Planning and Campus Design

Conservation of the Natural Environment

Capital Planning and Building

Environment and Energy Building

Leslie Shao-ming Sun Field Station

Green Dorm

Residential & Dining Enterprises

Transportation

Water Conservation

Energy

Energy at Stanford

BigFix Power Management

CO2

Recycling

Recycling at Stanford

Buying Green

Environmental Health & Safety

Student Groups

Environment & Sustainability Initiative

Precourt Institute
Initiative on Environment & Sustainability

Stanford expects to keep 28,000 tons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere by implementing Stanford Power Management via Big Fix.

QUICK LINKS

Download the Stanford Power Management tool


BigFix Power Management Using the BigFix software already found on most Windows computers on campus, Stanford University encourages you to participate in the Stanford Power Management program. You can reduce your carbon footprint, save energy, and even be eligible to participate in a PG&E rebate program. Each computer participating in the program is eligible for a $15 rebate. Rebate money will be distributed to the schools & departments to use to support other Sustainable IT efforts, including replacing CRT's with flat-panel monitors or, replacing power-heavy tower computer systems with more energy-efficient ones. Additionally, for students who opt to participate, all rebate money will be donated to the Stanford Green Fund. The Green Fund invests in projects to create a sustainable future. Go Green! If you have BigFix installed on your Windows computer you can participate by downloading the Power Management settings. You may choose from: Red - no power management Yellow - monitor turns off after 30 minutes of inactivity Green - monitor turns off after 15 minutes of inactivity Super Green - monitor turns off after 10 minutes of inactivity and the computer goes to Stand-by after one hour Custom - choose your own power management settings. There are many reasons to participate in this program, including one-time rebates, annual electricity cost savings, and reduced carbon emissions. One-time Rebates: PG&E will give Stanford $15 per computer that is using Big Fix with Stanford Power Management. On February 15th, Stanford will take a count of all machines with Stanford Power Management enabled. Annual Cost Savings: estimates indicate that individual departments will save up to $17 per computer per year, which, based on 24,000 computers on campus with BigFix installed, reflects over $400,000 in annual savings on the electric bill. Reduced Carbon Emissions: This also represents 28,000 tons of CO2 kept from entering the atmosphere, or the equivalent of taking 4,600 cars off the road for a year. For Faculty and Staff Participants Your department may decide to opt in to use Stanford Power Management as a group. For those groups, your local BigFix console operator (usually your local network administrator) will update your power management settings. Contact your BigFix console operator if you have questions or want to adjust your power management settings. If your department is not participating, you can still opt to participate on your own by downloading the Power Management settings. Alternately, you may want to convince your console operator to have the department participate. Every little bit counts! For Student Participants To earn $15 for Stanford Green Fund, and to help reduce carbon emissions, download the Stanford Power Management tool and select your preferred power management settings. You will need to have BigFix installed. Turning Off Your Power Management Settings If you need to, you can change your power management settings for the day, but it will revert to your Stanford Power Management settings overnight. To adjust your settings for the day, right-click on your desktop. Go to the Screen Saver tab and click the Power button to select an alternate power scheme for the day. If you want to end your participation in the program, just revisit the Stanford Power Management tool and select None from the list of options. This will opt you out of the program. Don't have BigFix? You can download BigFix from the Essential Stanford Software site. Macintosh users: BigFix for Macs is coming soon! We're even planning to make a second rebate request to include the Mac users later in the year. Check back for more information. If you don't want to install BigFix but you still want to help save electricity and reduce your carbon footprint, you can manually adjust your power settings by right-clicking on your desktop. Go to the Screen Saver tab and click the Power button to set up a power scheme that turns off your monitor after a short period of inactivity. More Information Additional documentation can be found at on the BigFix service page.

BigFix Power Management

Using the BigFix software already found on most Windows computers on campus, Stanford University encourages you to participate in the Stanford Power Management program. You can reduce your carbon footprint, save energy, and even be eligible to participate in a PG&E rebate program.

Each computer participating in the program is eligible for a $15 rebate. Rebate money will be distributed to the schools & departments to use to support other Sustainable IT efforts, including replacing CRT's with flat-panel monitors or, replacing power-heavy tower computer systems with more energy-efficient ones.

Additionally, for students who opt to participate, all rebate money will be donated to the Stanford Green Fund. The Green Fund invests in projects to create a sustainable future.

Go Green!
If you have BigFix installed on your Windows computer you can participate by downloading the Power Management settings. You may choose from:

Red - no power management
Yellow - monitor turns off after 30 minutes of inactivity
Green - monitor turns off after 15 minutes of inactivity
Super Green - monitor turns off after 10 minutes of inactivity and the computer goes to Stand-by after one hour
Custom - choose your own power management settings.

There are many reasons to participate in this program, including one-time rebates, annual electricity cost savings, and reduced carbon emissions.

One-time Rebates: PG&E will give Stanford $15 per computer that is using Big Fix with Stanford Power Management. On February 15th, Stanford will take a count of all machines with Stanford Power Management enabled.
Annual Cost Savings: estimates indicate that individual departments will save up to $17 per computer per year, which, based on 24,000 computers on campus with BigFix installed, reflects over $400,000 in annual savings on the electric bill.
Reduced Carbon Emissions: This also represents 28,000 tons of CO2 kept from entering the atmosphere, or the equivalent of taking 4,600 cars off the road for a year.

For Faculty and Staff Participants
Your department may decide to opt in to use Stanford Power Management as a group. For those groups, your local BigFix console operator (usually your local network administrator) will update your power management settings. Contact your BigFix console operator if you have questions or want to adjust your power management settings.

If your department is not participating, you can still opt to participate on your own by downloading the Power Management settings. Alternately, you may want to convince your console operator to have the department participate. Every little bit counts!

For Student Participants
To earn $15 for Stanford Green Fund, and to help reduce carbon emissions, download the Stanford Power Management tool and select your preferred power management settings. You will need to have BigFix installed.

Turning Off Your Power Management Settings
If you need to, you can change your power management settings for the day, but it will revert to your Stanford Power Management settings overnight. To adjust your settings for the day, right-click on your desktop. Go to the Screen Saver tab and click the Power button to select an alternate power scheme for the day.

If you want to end your participation in the program, just revisit the Stanford Power Management tool and select None from the list of options. This will opt you out of the program.

Don't have BigFix?
You can download BigFix from the Essential Stanford Software site.

Macintosh users: BigFix for Macs is coming soon! We're even planning to make a second rebate request to include the Mac users later in the year. Check back for more information.

If you don't want to install BigFix but you still want to help save electricity and reduce your carbon footprint, you can manually adjust your power settings by right-clicking on your desktop. Go to the Screen Saver tab and click the Power button to set up a power scheme that turns off your monitor after a short period of inactivity.

More Information
Additional documentation can be found at on the BigFix service page.