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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We would like to give special thanks to the following people, without whom this project would not have been possible: Our primary sponsors Nathan Brostrom, Beth Burnside, and Shelton Waggener, and functional sponsor Peggy Huston, for giving us this challenging project and their unflagging support, and the staff in all their offices, for their invaluable assistance; Lisa McNeilly, Office of Sustainability, for serving as an unofficial, enthusiastic fourth sponsor; Quig Driver, our process consultant, for all the support and sustenance he provided to our team; Robert Lee, Survey Research Center, for his invaluable assistance with survey design; All of our interview subjects and focus group participants, for sharing their knowledge and opinions with us so thoughtfully and candidly; Steve Dias, Sue Levy, Jo Magaraci, Laura Paulini, and Zee Zeleski for their editorial and design assistance; Lance Johnson, for his valuable contributions to our team during the first two months; Inette Dishler, Leadership Development Program Coordinator, for her remarkable leadership and insightful advice; Everyone who contributed to our LDP learning experience: our mentors Teresa Costantinidas, Beata FitzPatrick, and Peter Hoenig, our LDP “buddies,” and our entire cohort of LDP participants; Our supervisors and colleagues, for their patience and support during this intensive process; And our partners and families, for reminding us of the most important reasons to “go green.”

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Change Management for Energy Efficient Computing: Project Context Under the aegis of the Leadership Development Program and the sponsorship of Vice Chancellor for Administration Nathan Brostrom, Vice Chancellor for Research Beth Burnside, and Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer Shelton Waggener, a team of UC Berkeley staff were charged with investigating how the university could encourage and support faster adoption of energy...