The federal government is getting very serious about reducing its energy bill, and it is looking to partner with tech vendors to come up with better ways to do it. That could add up to billions of dollars in contracts awarded -- and provide a road-map for other enterprises interested in similar strategies. Here are the top technology solutions that federal agencies are looking for, according to INPUT. (To get the report, click here.)
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$19 billion Projected value of federal IT spending on "green tech" by 2015.
$7 billion Annual power bill for the federal government's estimated 9,000 facilities, according to the Department of Energy.
Chief Greening Officer Title of Eleni Reed, hired by the General Services Administration to oversee tech-driven projects to reduce consumption at those 9,000 buildings.
Building Management Systems Needed: Automation, unified energy-monitoring, sensors, integration for building sub-systems and enterprise applications.
In-demand Professional Services: Energy auditing and analysis/data collection of energy consumption and efficiencies.
Key Solutions Cloud computing, Computing-as-a-Service (thin clients/desktop virtualization) and systems integration.
Data-center Opportunities: Information lifecycle management, data de-duplication, server consolidation/virtualization, network consolidation.
Early Progress Agencies are now looking to integrate BMS with business software, e.g. network/enterprise management systems, ERP, BI, to identify/implement/measure energy efficiencies.
Partner Qualification Winning IT vendors must prove their own business operations are green by reducing energy consumption.
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