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Energy Efficient ICT Salix Technical Workshop Professor Colin Pattinson & Roland Cross Nottingham Trent University 23 rd September 2010. The Green University Sustainable Policy.
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Energy Efficient ICTSalix Technical WorkshopProfessor Colin Pattinson & Roland CrossNottingham Trent University23rd September 2010
The Green University • Sustainable Policy • “Sustainability is development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”.” • “Leeds Metropolitan University recognises that in order to realise this definition we must look at our social, economic and environmental impacts and give each area equal weighting. As students will be our biggest impact in each of these areas we are committed to improving our sustainable development by a programme of continuous improvement.”
Sustainable ICT or Green ICT
The Green University • Governance
The Green University • GREEN IT STRATEGY
Green IT Strategy • Objectives • • Reduce the costs of ICT within the University • • Reduce the carbon footprint of ICT within the University • • Contribute to the University’s carbon reduction objectives • • Support other areas with reducing their carbon reduction plans e.g. Estates, transport strategy etc.
The strategy • Print & Copy • Integrated print/ copy strategy • Digital forms • Procurement • Consider managed services • Include “green” in tender documents • End user equipment • DTPM • Appliance consolidation
The strategy –cont’d • Data centre • Server / Storage virtualisation • Desktop issues • Environmental control • Legislation • Awareness raising • Recycling & Disposal • Best practice • Network services • UC / Video conferencing
Print/Copy Progress • KPI #1: Number of Devices
Print/Copy Progress • KPI #2: Number of pages deleted
Print/Copy Progress • Other KPIs • Decreased toner and ink usage • Decreased paper usage • Decreased electricity consumption
End User Equipment Progress • KPI #1: Number of Devices Power Managed
The strategy has allowed us to do… • MSc Green Computing • Research projects • Thin client measurements • Energy costs of the cloud • Wake up on LAN • Software energy • Student projects • Energy measurements • Low-cost, low-energy network • Environmental impact of a data server