Greening ict programme meeting slides

JISC Greening ICT Programme Meeting

March 2011Lightning Talks Slides

RESEARCH & EXPLORATION PROJECTS

JISC Greening ICT Programme

Virtually SustainablePeter James and Lisa HopkinsonSusteIT, University of Bradford

Videoconferencing (VC) and other virtual meeting technologies as a means of reducing travel-related energy and carbonBuilds on 15 years previous researchCollaboration with WVN

SurveysSurveys in 5-10 universities on staff use of virtual meeting technologies – quantify travel impactsSurvey of university travel managers from over 40 universities and collegesSurvey of JANET VC users

Virtual EventsConferencing, Edinburgh, Aug 2010The V-Factor, 4 Welsh sites, Feb 2011 (with Welsh Video Network)E-learning best practice, Bradford, April 2011

Cases & Briefing PapersColeg Meirion-Dwyfor/Llandrillo - until recently ~25% of all the UK-wide calls handled by the JANET VC Service.

University of Bedfordshire - uses VC to reduce travel and improve communication between 5 campuses.

Glenda Davies

John Wells

Final ReportProvisional UK conclusions:Considerable use, but JANET a minorityHunger for moreKey barriers – ease of use, information, technology focused support

Open to Change

Open data + social capital = altruistic punishment

University of Oxford

Do we believe this kind of graphic will persuade people to act?

Will this make it better?

What do individuals need to feel comfortable in doing their bit?

1. To believe others in their groups are contributing2. To believe the contribution is meaningful in the real world

in other words:

• To feel confident a few people are not cheating the system• At least not enough to mean net energy consumption

continues to rise

Towards altruistic punishment by

University of Oxford:• David Balch• David White• Howard Noble• Ken Kahn

De Montfort University:• Richard Hall• Richard Bull

Lincoln University:• Joss Winn

DUALLDeliberative approach to the living lab

Dr Richard Bull and team.

March 7th, 2011

Aims:• To understand the role of ICT in reducing energy consumption of a

large scale public building through the design of an ICT interface connecting building users to their electricity consumption.

Objectives:• To design and test an ICT tool connecting building users to their

energy consumption. • To engage in an innovative, deliberative upstream approach in the

design of the application. • To understand the extent to which building users can impact the

performance of the environment they are in.• To understand the impact of ICT interfaces on user behaviour

Baseline Evaluation & Switch off

Deliberation/Engagement with users

Successful outcomes

Green In SilicoPeter James and Lisa HopkinsonSusteIT, University of Bradford

• Highlighting the growth & environmental impacts of scientific & technical computing

• Supporting improvement through information, networks & research

• Maximising synergies with our S-Lab project

The Problem

• The 1GW supercomputer

• The 1 exabyte a day research project

• The smart laboratory

The Means• Two audiences

- high performance computing- everyday science computing

• Briefing papers• Cases• Events• Technical papers

The Solutions• Green Data Centre

Refurbishment at Herts- 1st university to comply with the EU Code of Conduct on Data Centres

• 1.2 PUE Data Centre at St Andrews - energy efficiency features financed by Salix

Steve Bowes Phipps

Heidi Fraser- Krauss

The Solutions• World’s greenest

commercial building?• Net energy supply from

on-site renewables• Data centre PUE < 1.15.• Real time display of

data centre energy and water consumption

ER4SeR ProjectJem Taylor

University of the Highlands and Islands

• Campus typically has a single central server room where

recoverable heat is concentrated, but what to use it for?

• Space heating:o Maybe a single central plant, but might not be near server roomo Not required all year round – in winter can use all the heat we can

giveo Need to turn warm air into hot water – Air-Source heat pump ?

• Hot Water (kitchens, toilet blocks):o Might be fed from main heat plant, or individual cylinderso Used all year round but might not need enough input energy

• Easiest way to use server room heat is to pipe warm air

directlyo Check building codes (especially fire safety) and seasonal demand

• Outcomes might inform future building design rather than

lead to interventions in existing building . . .

• Campus typically has a single central server room where

recoverable heat is concentrated, but what to use it for?

• Space heating:o Maybe a single central plant, but might not be near server roomo Not required all year round – in winter can use all the heat we can

giveo Need to turn warm air into hot water – Air-Source heat pump ?

• Hot Water (kitchens, toilet blocks):o Might be fed from main heat plant, or individual cylinderso Used all year round but might not need enough input energy

• Easiest way to use server room heat is to pipe warm air

directlyo Check building codes (especially fire safety) and seasonal demand

• Outcomes might inform future building design rather than

lead to interventions in existing building . . .

• Inverness College – Longman Campus– Limited life building – five years max before move to new out-of-town

campus– Largest of the three sites – most potential to use recovered energy ?– Urban 1960’s style technical college and now a UHI datacentre

• UHI – Ness Walk buildingo HQ building – under 100 occupantso Original UHI datacentre – largest potential source of recoverable

energy ?o Three heating plants (one per floor)o Basic design: 1802 listed building shell, refurbished 2005

• Lews Castle College – Stornoway campuso Small semi-rural further education collegeo Basic design: several standalone buildings from 1960’s to present

dayo IT energy use planned to shrink and move away to main UHI

datacentres

• Perth College – Brahan Building, Crieff Road Campuso Longer planned life building, with no recent floodingo Largest of the three sites – most potential to use recovered energy ?o Urban 1960’s style building will be a UHI datacentre

Ness Walk

DatacentreServer Room

Boiler Plant (x3)Per floor

VC Suite and Board

Lews Castle College UHI

Stornoway Campus MainServer Room

MainServer Room

Boiler PlantBoiler Plant

Research Group Server Room

Inverness College UHILongman Campus

Server RoomServer Room

Boiler Plant

We have learned that …We have learned that …

• There may be an existing Building Management System– That does NOT mean that anyone ever looks at it – You can’t trust the electrical power drawings either

• It takes a LONG time to get permanent per-circuit metering installed:– Enrolment Change Freeze– Negotiate power-downs where needed – Negotiate whether power-downs are needed!– Long lead time for supply of equipment – need to select then bulk order

• PhD Researchers and Electrical Contractors don’t really mix . . . – Choose the right equipment – DIN enclosure, not laboratory panel– Take an IT services approach to power – just give researchers the data

• Warm Air is potentially usable directly– Could change server room to forced air cooling, and– Duct warm air (at 25 C or above) into central stairwell – Much cheaper than alternative solutions – low risk investment– Would slash winter-time building heating costs

• Will still need cooling or venting plant for summer-time

• There may be an existing Building Management System– That does NOT mean that anyone ever looks at it – You can’t trust the electrical power drawings either

• It takes a LONG time to get permanent per-circuit metering installed:– Enrolment Change Freeze– Negotiate power-downs where needed – Negotiate whether power-downs are needed!– Long lead time for supply of equipment – need to select then bulk order

• PhD Researchers and Electrical Contractors don’t really mix . . . – Choose the right equipment – DIN enclosure, not laboratory panel– Take an IT services approach to power – just give researchers the data

• Warm Air is potentially usable directly– Could change server room to forced air cooling, and– Duct warm air (at 25 C or above) into central stairwell – Much cheaper than alternative solutions – low risk investment– Would slash winter-time building heating costs

• Will still need cooling or venting plant for summer-time

TECHNICAL INNOVATION PROJECTSJISC Greening ICT Programme

P A W S

What is it?

How long is the project?

External institutions involved

What’s PAWS?

Why PAWS?

Commercial Products

Free products

Customise it to our requirements

Features of PAWS?

Server Controlled

End user has the power!Savings stats are auto generated

Environmental Impact?1 computer will

typically consume 2.5 KW/h units of

electricity per daySo 750 computers will consume a total of

685,000 KW/h units a year!

The PAWS prototype at Aber is currently saving an average of 28 tonnes

per month of CO2 on public computers

That’s approximately £100,000 a year

electricity saving!

PAWS will potentially carry this to an extra 1100

Staff computers and double the savings.

Goals?

Open Source

Institutional benefits

View our blog at http://paws.aber.ac.uk

Build on Previous Green ICT Projects

Contact: Rob Johnson, rob.johnson@aber.ac.uk

Help meet CO2 reduction aspirations

Greenview

Dr. Richard Bull & Prof. Martin Rieser

March 7th, 2011

DE MONFORT UNIVERSITYWorld-class university situated in Leicester, with more than 18,000 students and 3,000 staff, five faculties offering around 400 courses and an annual turnover in the region: £132.5 million

INSTITUTE OF ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Leading research institute conducting innovative and groundbreaking research into renewable energy, sustainable development and public engagement

INSTITUTE OF CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIESThe Institute Of Creative Technologies (IOCT) is a unique research environment which sits at the intersection of science and

technology, the arts and the humanities.

Aim: To design a smart phone and web based application enabling building users to understand the energy consumption of the buildings across DMU.

Objectives:• To help the extent building users impact the

performance of the environment they are in.• To further understand the potential of

augmented reality tools to engage individuals in behaviour change initiatives.

The principle idea is to reveal the level of energy variations in near real time in precise university building locations using augmented reality tools on common smartphones.

Empedia and Augmented Reality

The Empedia (www.empedia.info) platform has been developed under a KTP agreementbetween De Montfort and Cuttlefish Multimedia for iphone and Android platformsIt will be enhanced with an Augmented reality browser for Greenview applications

Planet Filestore and StorC Projects

Cardiff University

The Growth of Unstructured Data

How much Power do Idle Disks Consume?

NB: These disk arrays do not have “spin-down” features.

File Modification Dates

How much Energy can we Save?

Helping people to demonstrate savings

StorC (Storage Calculator) Web-based modelling tool

For: Engineers Decision Makers IT Managers

Shibbolized to simplify returning to previous work.

United Kingdom

Loughborough University, UK

An open source online system to Catalogue your valuable and useful University Kit. Making your assets findable, useful and used. For your own staff, students and beyond.

“I need access to a 3D printer for my research student. I don’t really want to buy one from my budget and there is nowhere to put it in our department. Ah, thank goodness for the Kit-Catalogue! I know who to speak to, when I can use it and how it’s used.”

Thermoplastic 3D Printer

Established in 2008 and contains details of 800 pieces of specialist equipment.

Bench-top fully automated CHN elemental analyzer.

Bench-top sedimentation jar test system.

When a number of institutions install and use Kit-Catalogue the possibilities are endless.

“My University doesn’t have the equipment I need. I wonder if I can search for an electron microscope within 50 miles of LE11.”

FLICKR @reedster

“WE NEED YOU!”

HELP YOUR INSTITUTION or COMPANY By installing Kit-Catalogue

Environmentally sustainable benefits include; 1.Reduced need for heating and occupation of additional space within buildings for duplicated equipment.

2.Avoid unnecessary purchasing, manufacturing and shipping of products.

3.Maximise opportunity for re-use of kit locally by HEIs, industry and Small to Medium Enterprises (SME).

United Kingdom

FIND OUT MORE: http://kit-catalogue.lboro.ac.uk/

Measuring Data Centre EfficiencyColin Pattinson, Roland Cross

Leeds Metropolitan University

OOPS! A perfect example of the difference between precision and accuracy. The grid reference … is precise to within 10m however its accuracy is somewhat limited! TL9137 9726 is near the village of Thompson in Norfolk. Even allowing for the typo on the sheet letters it would be about 74m out. If the sign had said “somewhere in Essex” it would have been accurate but not precise

ESTATES ENGAGEMENT PROJECTSJISC Greening ICT Programme

iBuilding

Lucy Nelson &

Ruth TaylorUniversity of Central Lancashire

What is iBuildingEnergy dashboard showing energy consumption of UCLan

buildings

A tool for two way communicationand...

Witnessed some good practice?Got an Issue you want to report?

All in one place!Building(s)

DatesJune 10

EnergyDec 10

Team of Team of the the

Month – Month – LIS!LIS!

Please note this is a mock up –

the real dashboard will look much better!

• Changing attitudes towards energy consumption• Cut energy bills• Reduce impact on the environment

Carbon Management Plan

JISC Greening ICT Programme (Phase II)

Computer Room Efficiency Improvement

Carbon Management PlanBackground

• Our Computer rooms (Data Centres), host around 2,500 servers

• They support; Imperial College, Natural History Museum, Royal College of Music and Janet-LMN

• This project focuses on our primary Data Centre (two main rooms), housed in a traditional 1960’s building

• Annual consumption is circa:

7,500,000 kWh £500,000 4,000 tCO2

• Room One PUE = 1.32 Room Two PUE = 1.52

• Target 5% reduction in PUE

Carbon Management Plan

Carbon Management PlanData Centre Plan – Room Two

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PDU 4CRACCRACPDU 5CRAC

CRAC CRAC CRAC

Dist. Boards UPS 3

UPSLMN1

Plant area

Carbon Management PlanData Centre Photos

Present Cold Aisle Containment High density CO2 Cooling

Extend Cold Aisle containment (further 56 racks)

Low Ceilings: Challenge to Return Hot Air to CRACs

Free Air Cooling Option:Supplement Existing Chilled Water

U-CARE: Universities’ Collaborative Approach to Reducing Energy

A collaboration between IT Services and Estates Services

An investigation into excess energy consumed to regulate the temperature in:

•Lab environments

•Server rooms

U-CARE Aim

• Occupancy levels

• Machine usage

Currently, overshoots in energy usage are common due to heating/cooling triggers being based on thresholds

Reduce energy usage and carbon emissions generated by ICT and users of ICT in specific environments by programming heating controls based on:

U-CARE Methodology3 main work packages:

WP1: Establish benchmark energy consumption levels, (before and after technical development)

WP2: Monitor facility usage, occupancy levels and user satisfaction

WP3: Develop a software application in line with requirements (trended and analysed data etc)

U-CARE Outputs/Deliverables• Software application capable of interoperating with

heating/cooling system to reduce overshoots in energy usage

• Open source software where possible• Scalable solution across Strathclyde’s estate• Transferable to other institutions?

• Supporting information, FAQ, installation guide

• Reports• Metering and monitoring data• Evaluation of outcomes including energy and cost savings, changes in

user satisfaction levels• Feasibility of informing building usage optimisation and mobile phone

application development

U-CAREDate of completion: 30th June 2012

Contact:e.mcculloch@strath.ac.uk

donna.cullen@strath.ac.uk

Tel: 0141 548 4753

Heat and Light by Timetable

Cool IT

Greening the Data CentreWorcester College of Technology

Cool IT

Where we want to go

Evaporative Cooling claims of up to 90% greater efficiency

The interesting bit…..

Photovoltaic Cells

Cool IT

The Process….

Cool IT

• Project Director– Clive Baker – Estates Manager

• Project Officer– Dave Kings – Deputy Communications and Systems Manager

• External Project Design and Supplier– Celsius Design Limited

http://projects.wortech.ac.uk/cool-it

The Team….

Cool IT

INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION PROJECTS

RECSO - Responsible Energy Costs in IT

David Aaron Thomas & Martin Bennett Forum for the Future

Stage 1 Report• Few IT centres or departments pay their own

energy bills or have a good knowledge of what their energy costs are

• Creating a situation where IT functions can benefit directly from reduced energy consumption, either financially or otherwise, is vital if the sector is to develop greener IT

Stage 2 – Target Areas

• Devolved energy budgeting• Shared savings schemes• Whole life costing• Sub-metering

Stage 2 - Outputs• Guidance documents and case studies (from

within and outside the sector)• Working with partner institutions to assist

action in the target areas• Organising events to highlight best practice

and develop practitioner networks• Developing linkages between key

stakeholders, such as finance and IT

SusTEACH: Sustainable Tools for the Environmental Appraisal of the Carbon impacts of

Higher Education teaching models using ICTs.

Professor Andy Lane and Dr Sally Caird

HE teaching systems use energy in a variety of ways

Modelling and measuring energy use in teaching that uses ICTs

How can ICTs reduce energy use in HE alongside other factors?

Developing a toolkit for helping reduce energy use

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ala_members/4742269139/sizes/z/in/photostream/

CUSTOMER

STudents

Optimisation and Management Energy Resources

PROCO2 Re-engineering procurement (PRO) Reducing carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and enabling

sustainability

Dr. Richard Bull & team.

March 7th, 2011

DE MONFORT UNIVERSITYWorld-class university situated in Leicester, with more than 18,000 students and 3,000 staff, five faculties offering around 400 courses and an annual turnover in the region: £132.5 million

INSTITUTE OF ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Leading research institute conducting innovative and groundbreaking research into renewable energy, sustainable development and public engagement

Multidisciplinary, engineering, design, planning and environmental consultancy. Widespread experience on scope 3 emissions analysis, stakeholder engagement and change management

DMU Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector and by Scope (2008/09)

Aim: To develop an ICT based decision making tool to enable DMU to reduce scope 3 emissions, notably procurement

Objectives:– Link financial and environmental accounting for procurement in the ICT tool

and database– Increase awareness on the environmental impacts of purchasing

goods/services and support decision-making towards sustainable procurement

– Understand issues of organizational learning and institutional change.– Contribute to the financial and environmental sustainability and resilience

of the organization through reducing procurement spend and their associated GHG emissions by reducing consumption.

Building on Greening Events 1

Greening Events II

University of Bristol

Stakeholder Engagement

Baseline ‘scope 3’ data

Toolkit Production

Culture Change

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROJECTS

Green ICT in London HEIs Baseline study of pan-London Green ICT issues

•19 of 42 publicly funded London HEIs

•Suste-IT carbon footprinting toolkit

•Case studies of best practice

•Explore work outside of HE sector

•Recommendations on funding priorities

•Officers

Initial energy use data (1)

Initial energy use data (2)

Comparing HEIs: student numbers

Regional estimatesusing median values for energy use

Category Teaching-led Research-led Creatives/Specialists TOTAL

No. public HEIs 15 4 23 42

energy usemillion kWh/year 58 94 20 171

electricity costs £million 4.6 – 7.0 7.5-11.0 1.6-2.4 13.7-20.6

C02 emissionsmillion kg / year 31 50 10.5 92

% energy use 34% 55% 11%

CO2 emissions: 92 kt ~ 12% of Hackney’s emissions (2008 figures)

Nicola Hogan, Project Manager JISC funded SUSTE-TECH project

examining Sustainable ICT in UK FHE’s

Principle Aims of the SUSTE-TECH Project• To help Universities and Colleges across the UK

become more sustainable in their (a) choice (b) use (c) disposal of ICT equipment

• demonstrate reductions in ICT related energy use• Report outcomes of their ICT initiatives

Recruited 16 institutions, mix of FE and HE, from Y&H, SW and SWa. Each submitted a completed Suste–IT Tool and/or an Action Plan: Results of which indicated :

• Servers , PC’s and Networks are the main consumers of ICT related energy.

Followed by Imaging, HPC, and VC equipment

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