deploy green it
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The presentation is based on a minibook I wrote for ICAEW on using IT to green the organisation, not just IT itself. It was presented as a webinar on October 15 2009TRANSCRIPT
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Deploying Green IT in your organisation
David TebbuttFreeform Dynamics Ltd
+44 1895 677845
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The publication
http://www.icaew.com/shop
Free to members of, and subscribers to, the IT Faculty.
Others can buy it at the ICAEW shop.
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Organisations are being squeezed
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IT’s environmental impact
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Areas for attention
TransportConsumablesITMeasurement
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Quick wins
Involve staffSwitch offUse lessUse for longerNeeds not desiresBits not atoms
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BehaviourBoard commitment + championsPart of employee thinking (like ‘quality’)Use social tools for dialogueSign up to helpful websitesEmbed sustainability in job descriptionsSilent reminders (bins, printers)
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Longer term winsTelepresenceRemote monitoringVirtualise (& cloud?)Free coolingRe-use waste heatCentral management (go thin?)Manage supply chain
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ConclusionsFinance: you can make savingsRegulations: you can be ahead of the gameReputation: you can hold your head highStaff: they’ll willingly help
Good luck!
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Thank you
David TebbuttFreeform Dynamics Ltd
+44 1895 677845
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Access: http://www.theaccessgroup.com/
Act On CO2: http://campaigns2.direct.gov.uk/actonco2/home.html
AMEE: http://www.amee.com/
BASDA Green Charter: http://www.basda.org/BASDA-Green-Charter-39099.htm
ByeByeStandy: http://www.byebyestandby.co.uk/
CA, ecoSoftware: http://www.ca.com/us/energy-software.aspx
Carbon Footprint: http://www.carbonfootprint.co.uk/
Carbon Trust: http://www.carbontrust.co.uk/
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Climate Futures: the economic, political, social and psychological consequences of climate change: http://www.forumforthefuture.org/files/Climate%20Futures_WEB.pdf
ComputerAid: http://www.computeraid.org/
Cradle to Cradle: remaking the way we make things by Michael Braungart andWilliam McDonough: http://www.mcdonough.com/cradle_to_cradle.htm
Energy Star – energy efficient products and practices: http://www.energystar.gov/
EPEAT – desktop computers, notebooks and monitors with environmentalattributes: http://www.epeat.net/
Footprinter: http://fp1.footprinter.com/
GaBi Software: http://www.gabi-software.com/
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Getting to Zero: defining corporate carbon neutrality: http://www.forumforthefuture.org/files/Getting%20to%20Zero_UK%20version_June%202008.Pdf
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Environmental Sustainability Dashboard: http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/environment.mspx
PAS-2050 Guide: http://www.bsigroup.com/en/Standards-and-Publications/Industry-Sectors/Energy/PAS-2050/
SimaPro: http://www.pre.nl/simapro/
WWF: IT solutions that help business and the planet: http://assets.panda.org/downloads/it_user_guide_a4.pdf
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