Cisco Cisco Energy Management for Distributed Offices White Paper

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The ideal solution makes implementing energy management simple, fast, and cost-effective, with no software

agents to install and no network reconfiguration or expensive hardware meters required. The benefits of energy

management for the distributed office include:

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Cost savings: As energy use management follows productive users, automated policies can power down

idle or unused equipment until it is needed.

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Energy visibility and intelligence: Comprehensive visibility of actual energy consumption, cost, and

utilization helps with comparisons, analysis, strategic planning, and more.

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Carbon emission reductions: Supports sustainability goals and compliance with emerging regulations.

How Does It Work? Four Functions of Enterprise Energy Management

A network-based solution for enterprise energy management gives organizations the ability to see, measure, and

manage electricity use for distributed office equipment through policy-based energy optimization. Four technology

functions enable the see, measure, manage process, including:

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Discovery and measurement: Finds all the network-connected devices, systems, and facilities assets in

the enterprise.

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Assessment and simulation: Analyzes energy usage, temperature, carbon emissions, utilization, and

costs by device, location, division, business unit, department, cost center, and more; simulates policy

scenarios to determine highest cost savings and preserve productivity.

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Policy and control: Executes automated energy management policies or alerts by device, time, location, or

event, resulting in energy that follows the productive user and cost savings.

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Reporting and decision support: Delivers comprehensive reporting about the way energy is used and

cost/carbon savings for individual offices or the entire enterprise.

Figure 1 shows four major functions of Cisco Energy Management Suite.

Figure 1. Cisco Energy Management