Tune In April 3: Sustainable IT at Stanford

Created by Peggy Kurkowski (EDUCAUSE) on March 30, 2009

Stanford has created the position of sustainable IT, a dual report to the facilities and IT services departments. By pulling resources from both of these areas, Stanford has been able to develop energy- and cost-saving programs that address desktop computing, administrative computing, and research computing. In addition, Stanford is using the IT infrastructure to enable energy savings for the rest of campus through innovative "work anywhere" programs and is building a bridge between faculty conducting research on IT energy savings and staff seeking innovative solutions to their energy-saving efforts.

In this free April 3 EDUCAUSE Live! Web Seminar, From Desktops to Data Centers: Sustainable IT at Stanford, presenter Joyce Dickerson, director, sustainable IT, Stanford University, will describe how Stanford has framed these efforts, what specific projects it is embarking on, and how it calculates both ROI and payback for each initiative it deploys.

Those unable to attend may wish to visit the archives after the event or browse related EDUCAUSE resources on Green IT and Sustainability.

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Green ICT Course Content

Submitted by Tom Worthington (Australian National University) on April 7, 2009 - 12:19am.

For those wanting to incorporate sustainable IT into the curriculum, the content of the course "Green ICT Strategies" is available for use, under a creative commons licence.

The course primarily covers how to:

Estimate the carbon footprint of the ICT operations of an organisation,
Assess ways to reduce the carbon footprint of an organisation, by changes to polices for procurement of ICT, changes to the ICT operations and revising business processes.

The embodied energy and lifecycle of the materials used in the design, manufacture and reuse and recycling of equipment and components are also discussed.

This course was prepared for the Australian Computer Society as part of a professional postgraduate program, globally accredited in conjunction with other national professional bodies. The course was first delivered via the Internet using e-learning techniques, in January 2009.

The Australian National Unviersity is offering a masters level course, using the same materials from July 2009: "Green ICT Strategies COMP7310".

Other institutions may wish to contribute content for the course.

		Tune In April 3: Sustainable IT at Stanford Created by Peggy Kurkowski (EDUCAUSE) on March 30, 2009 Stanford has created the position of sustainable IT, a dual report to the facilities and IT services departments. By pulling resources from both of these areas, Stanford has been able to develop energy- and cost-saving programs that address desktop computing, administrative computing, and research computing. In addition, Stanford is using the IT infrastructure to enable energy savings for the rest of campus through innovative "work anywhere" programs and is building a bridge between faculty conducting research on IT energy savings and staff seeking innovative solutions to their energy-saving efforts. In this free April 3 EDUCAUSE Live! Web Seminar, From Desktops to Data Centers: Sustainable IT at Stanford, presenter Joyce Dickerson, director, sustainable IT, Stanford University, will describe how Stanford has framed these efforts, what specific projects it is embarking on, and how it calculates both ROI and payback for each initiative it deploys. Those unable to attend may wish to visit the archives after the event or browse related EDUCAUSE resources on Green IT and Sustainability. EDUCAUSE News \| EDUCAUSE Live! \| ELIVE \| Energy Savings \| free web seminar \| Green IT \| IT Sustainability \| Sustainability Peggy's blog Login or register to post comments 1098 reads Green ICT Course Content Submitted by Tom Worthington (Australian National University) on April 7, 2009 - 12:19am. For those wanting to incorporate sustainable IT into the curriculum, the content of the course "Green ICT Strategies" is available for use, under a creative commons licence. The course primarily covers how to: Estimate the carbon footprint of the ICT operations of an organisation, Assess ways to reduce the carbon footprint of an organisation, by changes to polices for procurement of ICT, changes to the ICT operations and revising business processes. The embodied energy and lifecycle of the materials used in the design, manufacture and reuse and recycling of equipment and components are also discussed. This course was prepared for the Australian Computer Society as part of a professional postgraduate program, globally accredited in conjunction with other national professional bodies. The course was first delivered via the Internet using e-learning techniques, in January 2009. The Australian National Unviersity is offering a masters level course, using the same materials from July 2009: "Green ICT Strategies COMP7310". Other institutions may wish to contribute content for the course. Login or register to post comments
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