[CAnet - news] Tool from JISC helps universities calculate IT carbon footprint
"Bill St Arnaud" <[email protected]> Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:10:11 -0400
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============1068460120== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0060_01CA1B35.13E06490" Content-language: en-us This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0060_01CA1B35.13E06490 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit For more information on this item please visit my blog at http://green-broadband.blogspot.com/ or http://billstarnaud.blogspot.com ------------------------------------------- [JISC and UK universities in general should be applauded for their global leadership role in addressing the challenges of the carbon footprint of eInfrastructures (cyber-infrastructure) and IT in general. The Minister responsible for higher-ed in the UK has stated that future university funding will be based on how much they reduce their respective carbon footprints. And in addition to being subject to a European cap and trade system, UK universities will also be subject to a new electrical consumption cap and trade system. As the Economist magazine points out in the latest edition the UK and many other countries around the world are about to face an energy crunch as governments declare moratoriums on new coal plants and aging nuclear plants are decommissioned. Those countries and institutions that plan for this eventuality will be in the best shape to be world leaders in the future carbon constrained economy. IT and eInfrastructures, powered solely by renewable energy, independent of the electrical grid, are the best way of meeting these challenges - BSA] http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2009/08/footprinttool.aspx Carbon footprint tool from JISC helps universities and colleges tread more carefully How green is IT? A new tool from JISC is helping universities and colleges calculate just how eco-friendly they are, by estimating the carbon footprint left by their computers. Institutions can work out their carbon emissions by inputting information about the numbers of computing devices into the SUSTE-IT footprinting tool. The tool then estimates the overall amount of electricity used, and the related carbon emissions, to help the institutions target areas for energy saving. Computers, servers, monitors, routers, faxes and even OHP's are all examined as part of the process. But there's no need for time-consuming audits. Where records are limited, users are encouraged to 'guesstimate' where necessary or use Sheffield University figures as a rough rule of thumb. Rob Bristow, JISC's Green ICT programme manager, said: "I am very pleased to see this tool made available to enable universities and colleges to start understanding the carbon footprint of their ICT related activities. Using this tool is a good first step to making the significant reductions in ICT energy consumption that will be needed to meet the overall carbon reduction targets currently being mooted." Developed by Lisa Hopkinson and Peter James of SusteIT and the University of Bradford, the tool is one of the outputs of a JISC study on sustainable ICT in further and higher education, which is being highlighted next week at a free event in Edinburgh. The half-day workshop, which is part of a Scottish Funding Council initiative, will provide guidance on implementing green IT for estate and IT managers. Delegates will be able to find out more about the footprinting tool, as well as how to cut IT energy bills by 10%, minimise power consumption and take action to reduce their institution's carbon footprint. They will also hear from people who have made significant energy savings by successfully using the footprinting tool, with speakers from City College, Norwich; Napier University, University of Edinburgh; Angus College, Arbroath College, and the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges. Sign up for the event <http://www.rsc-eden.co.uk/events/event_details.asp?eid=29> 1 at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh on 24th August. Find out more about the Suste-IT footprinting tool <http://www.susteit.org.uk/files/index> 2and about JISC's study on sustainable <http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/programme_jos/susteit> ICT3. ------------------------------------- To subscribe or unsubscribe send e-mail to [email protected] These news items and comments are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect those of the CANARIE board or management. ------=_NextPart_000_0060_01CA1B35.13E06490 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:x=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" = xmlns:p=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:powerpoint" = xmlns:a=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:access" = xmlns:dt=3D"uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" = xmlns:s=3D"uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882" = xmlns:rs=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z=3D"#RowsetSchema" = xmlns:b=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:publisher" = xmlns:ss=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" = xmlns:c=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:component:spreadsheet" = xmlns:odc=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:odc" = xmlns:oa=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:activation" = xmlns:html=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" = xmlns:q=3D"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" = xmlns:rtc=3D"http://microsoft.com/officenet/conferencing" = xmlns:D=3D"DAV:" xmlns:Repl=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/repl/" = xmlns:mt=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/meetings/" = xmlns:x2=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2003/xml" = xmlns:ppda=3D"http://www.passport.com/NameSpace.xsd" = xmlns:ois=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/ois/" = xmlns:dir=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/" = xmlns:ds=3D"http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" = xmlns:dsp=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" = xmlns:udc=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc" = xmlns:xsd=3D"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" = xmlns:sub=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/2002/1/alerts/"= xmlns:ec=3D"http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#" = xmlns:sp=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/" = xmlns:sps=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/" = xmlns:xsi=3D"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" = xmlns:udcs=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/soap" = xmlns:udcxf=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/xmlfile" = xmlns:udcp2p=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/parttopart" = xmlns:wf=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/workflow/" = xmlns:dsss=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig-setup" = xmlns:dssi=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig" = xmlns:mdssi=3D"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/digital-sig= nature" = xmlns:mver=3D"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006= " xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" = xmlns:mrels=3D"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationshi= ps" xmlns:spwp=3D"http://microsoft.com/sharepoint/webpartpages" = xmlns:ex12t=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types"= = xmlns:ex12m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messag= es" = xmlns:pptsl=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/SlideLibrary/= " = xmlns:spsl=3D"http://microsoft.com/webservices/SharePointPortalServer/Pub= lishedLinksService" xmlns:Z=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" = xmlns:st=3D"" xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; 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The Minister responsible for higher-ed in the UK has stated that future university funding will be based on how much they reduce their = respective carbon footprints. And in addition to being subject to a European cap and trade system, UK universities will also be subject to a new electrical = consumption cap and trade system. As the Economist magazine points out in the = latest edition the UK and many other countries around the world are about to = face an energy crunch as governments declare moratoriums on new coal plants and = aging nuclear plants are decommissioned. Those countries and = institutions that plan for this eventuality will be in the best shape to be world leaders = in the future carbon constrained economy. IT and eInfrastructures, powered = solely by renewable energy, independent of the electrical grid, are the best way of meeting = these challenges – BSA]<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p = class=3DMsoPlainText> http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2009/08/foo= tprinttool.aspx <o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <h2>Carbon footprint tool from JISC helps universities and colleges = tread more carefully<o:p></o:p></h2> <p>How green is IT? A new tool from JISC is helping universities = and colleges calculate just how eco-friendly they are, by estimating the = carbon footprint left by their computers.<o:p></o:p></p> <p>Institutions can work out their carbon emissions by inputting = information about the numbers of computing devices into the SUSTE-IT footprinting = tool.<o:p></o:p></p> <p>The tool then estimates the overall amount of electricity used, = and the related carbon emissions, to help the institutions target areas for = energy saving.<o:p></o:p></p> <p>Computers, servers, monitors, routers, faxes and even OHP’s are = all examined as part of the process.<o:p></o:p></p> <p>But there’s no need for time-consuming audits. = Where records are limited, users are encouraged to ‘guesstimate’ = where necessary or use Sheffield University figures as a rough rule of thumb. = <o:p></o:p></p> <p>Rob Bristow, JISC’s Green <acronym>ICT</acronym> programme = manager, said: “I am very pleased to see this tool made available to enable universities and colleges to start understanding the carbon footprint of = their <acronym>ICT</acronym> related activities. Using this tool is a good first step to making the significant reductions in <acronym>ICT</acronym> energy consumption that = will be needed to meet the overall carbon reduction targets currently being mooted.”<o:p></o:p></p> <p>Developed by Lisa Hopkinson and Peter James of SusteIT and the = University of Bradford, the tool is one of the outputs of a JISC study on sustainable = <acronym>ICT</acronym> in further and higher education, which is being highlighted next week at = a free event in Edinburgh.<o:p></o:p></p> <p>The half-day workshop, which is part of a Scottish Funding Council initiative, will provide guidance on implementing green IT = for estate and IT managers.<o:p></o:p></p> <p>Delegates will be able to find out more about the footprinting = tool, as well as how to cut IT energy bills by 10%, minimise power consumption = and take action to reduce their institution’s carbon footprint. = <o:p></o:p></p> <p>They will also hear from people who have made significant energy = savings by successfully using the footprinting tool, with speakers from City = College, Norwich; Napier University, University of Edinburgh; Angus College, = Arbroath College, and the Environmental Association for Universities and = Colleges.<o:p></o:p></p> <p><a = href=3D"http://www.rsc-eden.co.uk/events/event_details.asp?eid=3D29" title=3D"(external site)">Sign up for the event</a><sup>1</sup> at Queen = Margaret University in Edinburgh on 24th August.<o:p></o:p></p> <p>Find out more about the <a = href=3D"http://www.susteit.org.uk/files/index" title=3D"(external site)">Suste-IT footprinting tool </a><sup>2</sup>and = about JISC’s study on <a href=3D"http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/programme_jos/susteit">= sustainable ICT</a><sup>3</sup>. <o:p></o:p></p> <p><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p = class=3DMsoPlainText>-------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>= <p class=3DMsoPlainText>To subscribe or unsubscribe send e-mail to <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><o= :p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText>These news items and comments are mine alone and = do not necessarily reflect those of the CANARIE board or = management.<o:p></o:p></p> <p><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> </body> </html> ------=_NextPart_000_0060_01CA1B35.13E06490-- --===============1068460120== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ news mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canarie.ca/mailman/listinfo/news --===============1068460120==--