Green IT Initiative
Since 2010, DolphinEnergy has developed a set of proactive
measures tooptimize the energy consumptionof its IT
systems andprovide solutions for wider energy savings
across the company. Thesemeasures havebeendeveloped
into theDolphinEnergyGreen IT Initiativewhich includes
features found inmany company IT strategies around
theworld and represents a significant contribution to the
company’s commitment to sustainability.
TheDolphinEnergyGreen IT Initiative is structured around
the following:
• Procurement and lifecyclemanagement: Favoring
equipment (PCs, servers, printers, etc) with the highest
green ratings, while refreshing them every 3 to 5 years
according the equipment
• Energy footprint reduction: various optimizationmeasures
such as auto-shutdownof CompanyPCswhennot in use
outsideworking hours
• Best practices: Green ITpolicies regardingbest practice
usage are enforced through configureddouble-sided
printing inblack andwhiteby default.
• Proactivedevelopment of collaborative solutions
and improving the alignment between upstream
anddownstream activities, thereby reducing travel
requirements between theUAE andQatar
• IT equipment donations and recycling in linewith the
company’s social responsibility commitments
In 2011, the total energy consumptionof DolphinEnergy’s IT
equipment would have totaled
1.36GWh
without any controls
inplace. A total of
256MWh
havebeen saved.
Energy savings
Number of toners recycled
Paper sheets saved
Color printing reduction
Number of printers’ reduced in theUAE
Number of physical servers’ reduced in theUAEdata center
2011 Target
2011Actual
2012 Target
700 kWh
350
600,000
-40%
-60%
-60%
* The energy savings in 2011 have beenmeasured as follows: (1) Server consolidation and virtualization: 60MWh (2) Auto shutdown of PCs: 102MWh (3) Managedprint
services inUAE: 94MWh
In the next few years these
savingswill be evenmore
significant through new
programs introduced under
theDolphinEnergyGreen
IT Initiative. The anticipated
savings are estimated to total
about 350MWh in 2012 and
500MWh in2013, when the
ManagedPrint Services are
planned togo take effect
inQatar. At the same time,
the enhancement of the
online collaborative solution
through the integrationof
a unified communications
frameworkwill further reduce
travel requirements between
operating locations.
Inaddition to thecarbon
footprint reduction, a
reduction inpaper useand
thecontinued implementation
of equipment donations and
recyclingwill alsomakea
substantial contributionover
thenext 24months.
Inparallel with, and tobetter
structure itsDolphinEnergy
Green IT Initiative, the IT
department is currently
developing a comprehensive
energy savings and carbon
footprintmeasurement
framework that will include
all company servers,
workstations, network
equipment, printers, storage,
and tape libraries in theUAE
and inQatar.
350MWh
350
600,000
N/A
N/A
N/A
256MWh*
368
499,000
-45%
-61%
-54%
