Making legislation work for IT
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Making legislation work for IT
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• COAG initiatives on sustainability.
• ACS & AIIA -
• Sustainability in Education.
• E3 Programme – Equipment Energy Efficiency
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• Where are we now?– Global expansion of ICT infrastructure– High power consumption PCs– Motor vehicle industry exploring carbon
saving alternatives– IT profession at bottom of learning curve of
ICT Sustainability
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Sustainability in ICT Systems
• Raising awareness of social responsibility (VET & community).
• Extension of existing IT courses to include GREEN IT.
• Benefits to industry - $avings & RoI.
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Sustainability in ICT Systems
Five new units for a short course inICT sustainability
• Install and test power saving hardware.
• Install and test power management software.
• Install and test renewable energy system for ICT networks.
• Install & test thin client low powered workstation fed by Power over Ethernet for Web 2.0.
• Implement server virtualisation for a sustainable ICT system.
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Sustainability in ICT Systems
Course status:• Developed and accredited for 2009 delivery.• Piloted at Petersham TAFE.• Will be delivered in many TAFE centres.• Delivery and Assessment resources produced.
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• Power saving hardware.
• Power management software.
• Short Video
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Comparative Savings (20 PC's)
$-$500.00
$1,000.00$1,500.00$2,000.00$2,500.00$3,000.00$3,500.00$4,000.00
1 2 3
Improved System
Sav
ing Series1
Series2
H/W & S/W
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2 Different PC’s Used• Server
- Abit Core2Duo
- Compact Media Desktop
- High performance with reduced energy inputs
• Workstation - Via MM 3500 Integrated Platform Motherboard -
- Low energy consumption (one of the lowest available)
- Energy to performance trade off
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Power Consumption
State VIA VM 3500 PC
Abit Core2duo
Off 1.28 Watts 2 Watts
Idle (Average)
19.2 Watts 40.1 Watts
Peak 25.86 Watts 59.3 Watts
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Performance
Test Abit Core2Duo Via MM 35002D 42.8 18.23D 20.4 5CPU 264.7 46.5HardDisc 71.6 27.6Memory 73.5 28.8
Passmark Rating
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Payback Period
20 Average PC's
20 High End or old PC's
ActionTotal Cost 20 PC's
Annual Gain
Payback (Yrs)
Annual Gain
Payback (Yrs)
Install and Test power saving hardware
$ 6,280.00
$ 1,017.50 6.2
$ 2,950.75 2.1
Install and Test power saving software
$ 2,200.00
$ 1,139.60 1.9
$ 2,492.88 0.9
Install and Test power saving hardware & software
$ 8,480.00
$ 1,444.85 5.9
$ 3,378.10 2.5
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Solar Panel Installation
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Wind Turbine Installation
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Concept Overview
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• Power saving over multiple physical servers
• Simplify system administration by integrating all servers into one physical machine
• Server hardware resource optimisation
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Server Virtualisation Concept
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Power Consumption Comparison
vs
5 Physical Virtual Server servers
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Virtual Server
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– The road ahead....• IT needs to quickly advance to another level on ICT
Sustainability• Promulgate results and techniques through the
profession
– How to get on the road...• Focus on training and education sector
– educating the young professionals
• TAFE NSW new course: – “Sustainability in ICT Systems”
» Technical AND Practical knowledge» Further developments will be implemented as we
progress.
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• Presenters– Franco Salaun– Manager, Telecom & Networks Programs.– Business, Arts & Information Technology Curriculum
Centre. TAFE NSW
– Stanley Tonkins– Chartered Professional Engineer– Lecturer/developer of programs at TAFE on
• Telecommunications and Networks• Information Technology