Appendix A. Description of Audit Sites
Site 1
Health insurance offices
San Francisco CA
May 28, 2000
Sunday afternoon, 2-4 p.m.
Floor area: 2,602 m2
Notes: The area audited was primarily occupied by information services. Employees are instructed to leave their computers on at night for software installs. Employees are also instructed not to turn off their monitors, apparently because of complaints of switch failure. Computer power management may have been disabled to facilitate remote access (program: Tivoli). Almost everyone runs Windows NT. An estimated 98 percent of desktop computers and docking stations were manufactured by Compaq. An estimated 98 percent of printers were Hewlett-Packard. Monitors were a mix of NEC and Compaq dating back to at least 1992, so some were non-E NERGY S TAR. Many monitors displayed a log-in screen. Our guide’s computer was one of these: she leaves her computer on at night in compliance with policy but restarts her computer each evening (because leaving it on for long periods without rebooting destabilizes the operating system).
Site 2
Headquarters for a Restaurant Chain
San Francisco CA
June 12, 2000
Monday evening 7-8:30 p.m.
Floor area: 2,881 m2
Notes: At some point, employees were instructed to leave their computers on on Monday evenings to update virus software. Although that policy was no longer in effect, there might have been some holdovers still adhering to the old policy.
Site 3
Medical Device Company
Alameda CA
July 19, 2000
Wednesday evening, 6-8 p.m.
Floor area: 2,258 m2
Notes: The building is about 5,017 m2 and includes a laboratory, warehouse, offices, meeting rooms, and manufacturing. Only office areas, about 45 percent of the total floor area (based on visual inspection of the floor plan), were audited, adding up to a total audited floor area of 2,258 m2.