a practical guide to deploying green it for icaew

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A practical guide to deploying green IT

David TebbuttFreeform Dynamics Ltd

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davidt@freeformdynamics.comwww.freeformdynamics.com

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The publication

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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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Finance

Regulation

Employees Reputation

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IT’s environmental impact

IT

itself+

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business +

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Areas for attention

ConsumablesITTransportMeasurement

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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’)Embed sustainability in job descriptionsSilent reminders (bins, printers)Use social tools for dialogueSign up to helpful websites (links in download)

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Longer term winsTelepresenceVirtualise (& ‘cloud’?)Central management (go thin?)Remote monitoringFree coolingRe-use waste heatManage 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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David TebbuttFreeform Dynamics Ltd

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davidt@freeformdynamics.comwww.freeformdynamics.com

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Thank youNow it’s your turn

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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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