SAVE Award 2011 Ideas

There are no slam dunks --- we need to find little ways to save and help them multiply.

$150,000,000.00 can be saved INSTANTLY, with NO overhead by completing three steps.*

1. Use ¼ Less Flourescent bulbs in the Office
2. Initiate a Mandatory FULL computer shutdown (PC’s, Monitors and Speakers) @ COB everyday, and,
3. Remove ALL personal Printers.

These three steps require no oversight, overhead or special planning/equipment.... more »

Through employment of simple conservational methods, the United States government stands to realize a reduced financial expenditure for the electrical services it purchases.

Such methods could include a sticker-like label for light switch plates that encourage staff to turn off the lights.

Another idea involves installing auto-off light switch modules that could be set to power down lighting a short duration of time... more »

The available options for documenting care in the medical record at the VA are limited. Keyboards are slow, distract caregivers from their interaction with the patient, and tasks some of our most highly trained and highly paid employees with data input instead of patient care. Templates are time-consuming to create, inflexible, and still require keyboard input. The notes created are similar or identical, as if they were... more »

Mandate via Presidential Directive: all federal offices, employees and contract staff once off-duty shall turn off monitors (not simply sleep mode), fans, cubicle lighting, overhead lighting, ceiling lighting and all other non-essential electrical devices.

Too many lights, fans & monitors remain on after hours. The savings will be tens of millions of dollars (or more). This will also create added synergy in regard... more »

As information flows through an organization documents are the key component that drives it. The cost of maintaining and printing documents are very costly to every organization. A good portion of the cost is printing, which includes paper, consumables, power/cooling (i.e., AC) and maintenance. These costs can be controlled or at the very least reduced. A recent Info Trends market research study indicates that the... more »

CBP has an enormous work force and with that an enormous waste of paper. Everything is electronically saved present day, but CBP requires paper copies of everything creating an abundance that ultimately ends up in waste bins w/in a few short years anyway. I think we should reduce the paper trail to a bare minimum, everything can be saved electronically. If paper is needed, it can always be printed later, ultimately it... more »

I work at an Airport for the TSA. The TSA controls various operations at the airport, and therefore has our 800 person staff stationed in many areas and locations including the checkpoints, baggage, lunchrooms, offices, the Jet Center, among others. All these areas and operations require a lot of power and Electric. The Government (TSA) pays a large portion of the power bill. The Airport usually closes operations between... more »