Nicola Hogan, Sustainable ICT Project Manager with the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC).

The Business Case for Green ICT

What is ICT ? What is ICT ? : Phones, PC’s & monitors, printers and copiers, data centres, HPC’s, Networks (routers, modems, cables etc.) Technology we use daily to communicate and work, learn and research..

• So Green ICT or sustainable ICT is … the same concept except the manufacture , use and disposal of equipment has less of an impact on the environment, costs less to manufacture, purchase, operate and dispose. *

• Uses less energy to make (smaller manufacturing and purchase costs)

• less energy to operate (smaller electricity bill)

• Last longer and are smaller in size (smaller disposal costs)

(*Relative to brand, model circumstance)

What is Green ICT ?

Green ICT is typically..

• Smaller, lighter ; 20kg’s down to 3kgs

• made of less toxic materials; fewer acids, precious metals etc.

• are made from recycled and recyclable materials

• consolidated pieces of technology : MFD’s, virtualised servers, stored data in a shared cloud.

• Allows for mobility and flexibility :

• Reports sustainable information

Examples of Green ICT in practice •Printing & Copying :

Using a MDF and printing and copying double sided saves on paper purchase costs, energy and waste disposal costs. Example UL saved €40,000 in A4 paper purchase costs and €10,000 in waste paper disposal costs through double sided printing & copying and electronic means of communicating

Virtualising your servers or desktops

Virtulaising “Tricks” the PC, server into thinking it has more storage space than it actually has : Swapping stuff: access to much more “stuff” without actually having to pay for or store any of them. Just using what you need when you need

Edinburg Napier University made significant savings by virtualising their servers 100’s of thousand of pounds annually.

The Cloud : Storing data in the cloud (Google mail, Amazon, Yahoo and other applications) offers •more secure storage of data •more flexibility in terms of accessing data •Its free and shared services are a fraction of the cost of running a data centre

Thin Client Technology : Using smaller more streamlined pieces of “kit” that are more energy efficient Lower running costs, more space, less clutter, improved office appearance* (not always the case when replacing many older

pieces of kit)

QMU: saving of £ 40,090 replacement of older PC’s with thin client ones and automatic shutdown of non 24/7 PC hardware. (Fantastic case study)

Automatic Shutdown of Equipment

Can be applied to PC’s and monitors, Printers & Copiers, some servers, and Timetabling of light & heat for classrooms. PC Powerdown saved the Uni. of Liverpool £64,000 by automatically switching off student PC’s when not in use. Leeds Met have anticipated savings £1,000’s by time-tabling Light & Heat in lecture theatres

Video Conferencing

VC-ing saves on

• travel costs,

• CO2 emissions and time

Don’t need expensive equipment or software:

Skype, BT Conference Call Meetme?, Powwownow, illuminate, are all free.

But Green ICT also helps you to do business more efficiently . Using technology to monitor and measure your energy use : Dashboards or energy monitors/ meters report energy use encourages staff to switch off equipment instantly engage in behavioural change continued savings.

Green ICT also Improves Business

Using sustainable technology and operating sustainably • Win green awards and raise your businesses profile : achieve ISO14001 accreditation. ISO14001 can only do business with other ISO14001 accredited companies •Increases your networking circle : part of a wide community

Energy Reduction is Important

Saves Money Reach Carbon Targets, Improve Businesses‘ Green Credentials, Greener Technology is the way of the future Green ICT makes life easier for everyone

What is EAUC : Environmental Association for

Universities and Colleges, ..“the EAUC is the

environmental and sustainability champion within

Further and Higher Education in the UK”

EAUC’s aim : To assist institutions in becoming more

sustainable in their operations by providing support

…. Environmental Legislation, Green ICT, Waste

Management, Energy Management, …Sustainability

has expanded to Procurement Research, Business,

Law etc,….

How do you become a member ? : By paying an annual

subscription. (fee dependant on size of inst.)

Company Members : businesses, government

organisations, local councils, prisons, charities etc.

Benefits of Membership: Access to a wide range of

sustainable information, case studies, toolkits, training

programmes, CPD’s government organisations, sector

contacts, publications etc.,

Over 320 U&C are members…..with 70 company

members …..and growing

Nicola Hogan’s Contact Details.

• E-mail : Nhogan@eauc.org.uk

• Twitter: NicICT

• Blog: nicict.blogspot.com/

• Weblink :http://www.eauc.org.uk/sustetech/home

JISC: ww.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/topics/greenict.aspx

• GoodCampus:http://www.goodcampus.org/susteit/

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