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The Sustainable Desktop: Reducing ICT Footprint for Better Environment & Efficiency

Learn about the significant environmental impact of desktop computers and ICT devices, and why sustainable practices matter. Discover potential measures for reducing your ICT footprint in the short and medium term. Explore ways to improve efficiency, lower costs, and enhance corporate responsibility through practical actions such as power optimization, equipment upgrades, and embracing new technologies. Join us in creating a more sustainable future by implementing cross-functional measures to minimize environmental impact and maximize efficiency in your IT operations.

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The Sustainable Desktop: Reducing ICT Footprint for Better Environment & Efficiency

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  1. THE SUSTAINABLE DESKTOP – AN overview Professor Peter James www.susteit.org.uk

  2. A LARGE ICT FOOTPRINT • 2% of global CO2 emissions • ICT in UK HE- 760,000 PCs- 215,000 servers- 147,000 networked printers- 512,000 Mwh of electricity- 275,000 tonnes of CO2 - over £60 million in 2009

  3. 325,000 Coal-Powered Computers

  4. A LARGE FOOTPRINT Transport Manufacture Materials Use Disposal

  5. DESKTOP LIFE CYCLE IMPACTS

  6. WHY IT MATTERS TO HE • Corporate responsibility • Cost- 50 to 100% rise in electricity prices? • Carbon- growing regulation- Carbon Reduction Commitment • Curriculum and research

  7. POTENTIAL MEASURE BY IT? Short Term Medium Term • Specifying lower power equipment • Automatic powerdown of networked devices • Powering down non-networked computers • Extending longevity • Modifying data centre layout • Increasing computer CPU utilisation • Virtualisation • Minimising storage • Thin client in specialised applications

  8. CROSS-FUNCTIONAL MEASURES Short Term Medium Term • Powerdown of non networked devices • Upgrading data centre power supply arrangements • Increasing use of videoconferencing • Maximum use of thin client where effective • Free cooling of data centres • Effective document and print management

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