experiences of havering sixth form college graham francis director of it services

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Experiences of Havering Sixth Form CollegeGraham Francis

Director of IT Services

Havering Sixth Form College

HSFC from above .....Newcourt

Main Building

Current status – Category C (51-75)◦ Main Building scored 61◦ Newcourt scored 58◦ Typical College 100

Target by 2010 – Category B (26-50)

New Build – Category A (0-25)◦ BREEAM (Energy Efficient Design) Excellent◦ Architects advised

Green College?

Maximises potential of available resources: Use of Ground Source Water for heating and

cooling Use of Termodeck roof planks for movement

of Hot/Cold air Use of IT controlled Building Management

Systems (BMS) Increased control over current systems in

place

New Build

2007 – Carbon Trust assessment of buildings◦ Suggestions mainly IT based◦ College ‘Green Group’ established◦ Environmental policy in place, reviewed and

updated. 2008 – £150k Salix Grant received

◦ Used to fund first year lease of desktop computers Benefit: Lower power consumption Benefit: Single image required

◦ Increased ratio of Laptops to Desktops Benefit: Laptops turned off when not in use unlike

desktops which hibernate

Green IT – Current Position

Use of Software applications to turn off Desktop computers.

◦ Deepfreeze: Turns off desktops at preset time (7 p.m.) PC’s next turned on when required

◦ Lanschool Allows Teacher to turn off all desktops in a single

room from a central location◦ Lightspeed

Allows Technicians to turn off all desktops in part or all of the College from a central location.

Green IT – Current Position

Server Virtualisation:◦ Current Position: 33 Traditional Servers

Average CPU Performance 4% Peak CPU Performance 8%

◦ Future Position: 3 to 5 Blade Servers Issues to consider: (Move to a single Server Room)

Opportunity for centralisation of resources Reduced need for distributed Air Conditioning Reduced energy consumption Less hardware

Green IT – Current Position

Consideration for WEEE regulations:◦ Lease v Purchase◦ Return to Base v Arrange for Recycling

Strategy for recycling of old stock◦ Use of recycling company◦ Donation of equipment to overseas school◦ Long term loan to staff for home use

Green IT – Current Position

At present all printers are purchased Must conform to HSFC requirements

◦ Must be capable of double-sided printing (default)◦ Sleep mode◦ Toner efficient

Planned move to Multi Function Devices◦ Reduced number of devices◦ ‘Follow me’ printing◦ ‘Print release’

Green IT - Printing

Adopted ways of working which don’t require hard copy◦ Moodle (Teaching and Learning)◦ Sharepoint (College Administration)◦ Parentmail (Reduced printing and postage)◦ Email (College Bulletin)

Paper format◦ Change to standard format allows for extra print

area◦ Must consider requirements of DDA

Paper recycling policy

Green IT - Printing

Questions

Contact details:◦ Graham Francis◦ Director of IT Services◦ grahamfrancis@havering-sfc.ac.uk◦ T: 01708 514462 (Direct)

Are we a Green College?