Town of North Kingstown Goes Green with Dell
Expected Cost Savings and Constituent Demand Drive Purchase of Energy
Smart Solutions that Help Simplify IT
ROUND ROCK, Texas (Business Wire EON) April 16, 2008 --
The town of North Kingstown, R.I., is using Dell’s
Energy Smart line of
servers and desktops to help simplify IT by reducing energy consumption
and meeting constituent demands for a more environmentally-conscious
town government.
As part of a three-year project, the town is implementing a variety of
Energy Smart solutions, including Dell OptiPlex™
320 PCs and Dell PowerEdge™ 860, PowerEdge
1950 and PowerEdge 2950
servers.
North Kingstown will be joining Dell’s “Plant
a Forest For Me” program, a global
carbon-neutral initiative that plants trees for customers to help offset
the carbon impact of electricity required to power their systems.
Using Dell’s Energy
Calculator, IT managers determined the town could save more than
$21,000 per year by implementing Energy Smart servers and desktops
across the local government. As a result, North Kingstown officials will
be able to dedicate additional resources to strategic initiatives that
support the town’s 26,000 residents.
Dell’s Energy Smart line of servers, desktops
and notebooks are designed to provide the maximum performance at the
least amount of power required, bringing together efficient technologies
designed to exceed Energy Star 4.0. Select Energy Smart PC models also
meet the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) Gold
requirements. Pre-configured power management settings and tools
simplify the deployment of Dell’s Energy Smart
offerings, making them cost-effective for organizations of all sizes.
“For years, town planners and North Kingstown’s
constituents have worked together to address community concerns and
issues by implementing the most effective and environmentally-friendly
technologies,” said Jason Albuquerque, IT
director for the town of North Kingstown. “With
Dell as our partner, the town of North Kingstown is committed to
deploying technology that decreases energy consumption and reduces the
town’s carbon footprint. Our investment
promises energy and cost savings over the life of the equipment, as well
as the peace of mind that we’re better
managing our collective resources.”
"In our effort to help lead the ReGeneration
and become the world’s most
environmentally-conscious technology company, Dell is committed to
making it easier for customers to simplify IT by more effectively
deploying and supporting tomorrow’s
energy-efficient solutions,” said Mark Horan,
vice president, Dell Public Accounts. “From
the desktop to the data center, our relationship with the town of North
Kingstown has shown the positive effect energy-efficient technologies
can have on an organization’s IT environment
and operations.”
Links To:
www.dell.com/poweredge
www.dell.com/energysmart
www.dell.com/optiplex
www.regeneration.org
http://www.dell.com/plantaforest
www.dell.com/html/us/products/optiplex/calculator/index.html
www.northkingstown.org/
www.epeat.net
direct2dell.com/insideit
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