UCSD Computing Energy Optimization

Scope 3 Emissions

Project Keywords: Automated Shutdown, Demand Reduction, Computer Lab, Energy Dashboard

Driving Questions

How can we reduce the overall computer energy used by the computers on campus?
How can we improve the current UCSD Campus Energy and Water Dashboard?

Meet the Team

Aiden Chen

Rochelle De-Silva

Robert Feng

Andrew Quach

Kasey Savage

Project Deliverables

Final Presentation

Our presentation outlining the background and proposed solutions to optimizing computer energy consumption on campus. This project is closely tied to energy demand reduction and serves as an initial dive into computers at UCSD and the UCSD Energy Dashboard.

SYN 100 Project

Computer Lab Research

A research study conducted by us to analyze firsthand current trends in student interaction with computers in one the Geisel Library computer labs.

Computer Lab Research

The Psychology of Climate Action

Though you may not think, there are many psychological implications when it comes to shutting down computers.

Additional Project Materials

Dashboard Survey

Google Form survey to collect data on the Energy Use Dashboard

Computer Wallpaper

Wallpaper to be used on computers to notify them to shut down computers

Smart Plug Data

Data collected from Cristian Cortes-aguirre which was published publicly, but double check with him for further use and for navigation of the drive

Jupyter Notebook

Jupyter notebook written in python code to analyze the data from the drive mentioned above. Use of this file is explicitly stated in the file

Project Notes

Notes about progress and meetings that happened throughout the quarter

Computer Lab Research Raw Data

The raw data collected for the Computer Lab Research deliverable

Future Directions & Remaining Questions

Collaborate with IT to see about changing the wallpaper to an energy saver reminder on all computers campus wide.
Collaborate with a small IT department on campus such as Geisel IT to run an experiment with automated shutdown of computers. If results prove successful, then propose other IT departments to adopt the change.
Work with Michelle Perez to implement changes to the Energy Dashboard. The survey has nowhere near enough responses and the response group is not diverse enough. Roll out survey to all users of the dashboard and analyze the feedback to propose changes for future iterations of the dashboard.
Michelle Perez and Keaton Chia are wonderful contacts that really want to help and share any information. Send them emails earlier than later so they can meet and help you achieve your goals.

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