Green ICT

Virtualisation - Better, Cheaper, Greener?

30th October, 2009
Edinburgh Napier University

Virtualisation as a key area of interest for those interested in sustainable ICT. Edinburgh Napier University has already made great progress in virtualising a significant number of servers, and is now both extending this, and introducing server powerdown to gain the full energy and environmental benefits from its use. Scott Walkingshaw, Lead IT Developer (Servers), David Pentland, Lead IT Developer (Desktop), and Chris Smith (Senior IT Developer) shared their experiences/challenges and future plans.

Presentations

Better, Cheaper, Greener
Scott Walkingshaw and Chris Smith*
Desktop Services
Dave Pentland

*At the end of Chris's talk there were two YouTube videos mentioned. They are embedded below





Sarah Price also mentioned a new report on Sustainable ICT Procurement just published by Peter James of SUSTE-IT. You can get a copy of this from Peter's own website here: http://www.susteit.org.uk/news/info.php?refnum=51

Implementing Green IT

24th August, 2009
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

Following on from the JISC-funded Smarter Greener Learning Conference in April, which many NewsFeed readers attended, the RSCs in Scotland and the EAUC (Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges) held a folow-up event which looked more closley into issues around implementation.

Presentations

[PowerPoint Presentation]  [Sample Costs Spreadsheet]
Reducing Energy through Sustainable IT
John Pollitt, Head of IT Services, City College Norwich

[PowerPoint Presentation]
Reducing IT energy through water cooled data centres, powerdown, thin client and virtualisation
Scott Walkingshaw, Infrastructure Systems Team Leader, Edinburgh Napier University

Smarter Greener Learning Conference

Weds 22nd April, 2009
Surgeons' Hall, Edinburgh EH8 9DW

The Smarter Greener Learning Conference brought the latest strategic thinking and practical advice to managers in colleges and universities to help them accelerate their implementation of sustainable business practices.

The Smarter Greener Learning Conference:

• informed management decision-making by developing an understanding of resource and energy use across the institution
• disseminated findings from the JISC SUSTE-IT project in a context relevant to strategic managers in education
• encouraged the sharing of good practice in IT and ICT management

• Professor Peter James, Professor of Environmental Management at the University of Bradford
• Andrew Chamberlain, Manager of the Environment Agency for Universities and Colleges (Scotland)
• David Somervell, Energy & Sustainability Manager, University of Edinburgh

All of the presentations were recorded. Go to presentations. Please note you need Internet Explorer to view the presentations.