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A Greener Future. ILT & Sustainable Development JISC ACL FORUM 20 th January, 2012. Joni Cunningham, Principal Emma Bara, Greener Future Project Co-ordinator Alex Hanrahan, IT Technician. Sustainable Development Strategy & Plan. FOUR priority areas Capacity Buildings and Estates
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A Greener Future ILT & Sustainable Development JISC ACL FORUM 20th January, 2012 Joni Cunningham, Principal Emma Bara, Greener Future Project Co-ordinator Alex Hanrahan, IT Technician
Sustainable Development Strategy & Plan FOUR priority areas • Capacity • Buildings and Estates • Curriculum • Community Participation Where does ILT fit in?
SD Plan Priority: CAPACITY Staff suggestions made at annual staff meeting : • Make all handouts available on Moodle • Consider emailing/texting instead of posting • Supply handouts on students USB keys • Put prospectus online and do not send to existing students • Try to get students and tutors to access e-books • Reduce printing by putting all course packs online Key action for supporting behaviour change across the organisation:
Green Office Week – May 2011 • Make a start Monday Green offices for dummies book • Switch off Tuesday Switch Off campaign • Waste not Wednesday Notepads & ideas on saving paper • Think ahead Thursday Recycling scheme • Feel Good Friday Toner saving tips
SD Plan Priority: Buildings & Estates • Key action for reducing the impact of our campus and building projects: • undertake an audit of the existing consumption and management of energy and waste • make sure that all procurement practices reflect social and environmental as well as economic costs
JISC SusteIT toolkit Admin Network
JISC SusteIT toolkit Teaching Network
Server replacement programme • New servers installed • Consultation with Winchester University on server replacement programme 16th May 2011 • New electric meter installed so energy usage can be measured monthly. Measurements started March 2011 • New energy efficient computers purchased
Shutdownertron software designed to save power overnight by minimising workstation left running • New energy efficient computers purchased • Switched to remanufactured toners & saved money!
SD Plan Priority: Curriculum • Key action for promoting sustainable development through our teaching and learning : • implement a whole-institutionapproach to SD, taking account ofboth institution-based provisionand virtual learning environments,and both informal and formal learningapproaches
SD Plan Priority: Community Participation • Key action for building on the links and partnerships with the communities within which we work • support local markets, ethical and fairtrade, and socially responsible initiatives within the community
Donated to Computer Aid so far: • 134 desktop PCs • 6 laptops • 63 flat screen monitors (and 1 CRT monitor) Working in the Community 10 Athlon x2 dual Core 4200+ PCs will be donated to LifeLine to replace their Dell OptiPlex 2010L
A Greener Future We can make a difference... For further information contact: 4 4 4 4 Joni.Cunningham@redbridge-iae.ac.uk Emma.Bara@redbridge-iae.ac.uk Alex.Hanrahan@redbridge-iae.ac.uk Reaching Forward Index http://rfi.excellencegateway.org.uk