AN INDIVIDUAL PROJECT FOCUSED ON A SMALL SCHOOL

Integrating ICT Sustainability

Perform an audit of the existing ICT environment including its practices and equipment.

analysing energy audit data on enterprise resource consumption Negotiate with the stakeholders to establish the extent to which sustainability is to

be integrated Research and identify suitable technology solutions applicable to the project

develop and monitor policies for review and improvements, benchmarking against industry best practice and attempting new approaches continuously over time.

THE BASICS OF PREPARING TO INTEGRATE SUSTAINABILITY INTO ICT PLANNING AND

DESIGN PROJECTS

I nve s t i n g t o i n t e g r a t e s u s t a i n a b i l i t y f o r b u s i n e s s e s h a s b e c o m e i m p e r a t i v e t o h e l p d r i v e t h e i r c o m p e t i t i v e a d v a n t a g e b y e s t a b l i s h i n g a s o c i a l s t a t u s t h a t s u p p o r t s t h e e n v i r o n m e n t , c o m m u n i t i e s a n d i t s o w n o p e r a t i o n s . M o r e s p e c i f i c a l l y i n c a s e o f s c h o o l s , t h i s w i l l g a i n t h e s u p p o r t o f t h e i r t a r g e t c o m m u n i t y a n d w i l l e s t a b l i s h a p o s i t i v e i m a g e f r o m t h e i r m a r k e t .

I n a d d i t i o n t o i m p r o v i n g a b u s i n e s s ’ s o c i a l p e r c e p t i o n f r o m t h e p u b l i c , i n t e g r a t i n g s u s t a i n a b i l i t y i n I C T w i l l a l s o i m p r o v e e f f i c i e n c y a n d u l t i m a t e l y r e d u c e c o s t w i t h i n i t s o p e r a t i o n s .

ICT sustainability from a business standpoint

E n e r g y E f f i c i e n c y c a n b e i n t e r p r e t e d a s t h e r e d u c t i o n o f e n e r g y u s e f o r a g i v e n s e r v i c e o r l e v e l o f a c t i v i t y, o r m o r e a p t l y a s t h e a r t o f “ D o i n g m o r e w i t h l e s s ”. T h e n o t i o n o f e n e r g y e f f i c i e n c y i s o f t e n a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t e c h n o l o g i c a l i m p r o v e m e n t s ( s u s t a i n a b l e p r o d u c t i o n , w h i c h r e q u i r e s i n n o v a t i o n a n d l e g i s l a t i o n / o b l i g a t i o n ) ; i t h o w e v e r c a n a l s o b e a c h i e v e d t h r o u g h b e t t e r o r g a n i z a t i o n o r m a n a g e m e n t , a n d t h r o u g h b e h a v i o u r a l c h a n g e s .

T h e r e f o r e , t a k i n g t h e i n i t i a t i v e t o i m p l e m e n t e n e r g y e f f i c i e n c y i n a n o r g a n i s a t i o n s p a r k s t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n t o w a r d s s u s t a i n a b i l i t y.

Energy efficiency as a stepping stone to

sustainability

Individual Project Strategy

• Ana l yse cur ren t l i gh t i ng cond i t i on and pos i t i on ing i n the rooms and cor r i dor s• P l an and ensure tha t l i gh t i ng a rch i tec tu re w i l l mee t AS 1680 .2 .3 s tandard .• Ca l cu l a te , compare and ana l y se re su l t s • Source i n fo rmat i on on ava i l ab i l i t y and cos t o f so lu t i on• Research on fu tu re t r ends o f the so lu t i on on the i n te rne t .• I n s ta l l mot i on sensor l i gh t i ng and program fo r op t imum eff i c i ency.• Deve l op , i mp lement and promote po l i c i e s and procedures to improve sus ta inab i l i t y i n the schoo l .

• Enab le access l i s t and rev i ew fi rewa l l ru l e s on the rou te r• Ensure tha t ne tbook opera t i ng sys tem ho tfi xes and pa tches a re up - to -da te .• Se tup l im i ted access to ne twork shares and ne tbooks . Emp loy bes t p rac t i ces when access i nd i v i dua l o r g roup access f o r end use r s .• I n s ta l l An t i -V i rus on the ne tbooks and se rve r• Run schedu le task to backup da ta on the se rve r• Ensure regu la r backup cyc l e s a re i n p l ace f o r impor tan t da ta .

Network Operation and Security

Sketch of the recommended project

system

SensorsUse sensors to automatically switch lights by detecting light levels and/or room occupancy.

Sensors should cover all the occupied areas to avoid false switching. Rooms used at night should not be lefttotally dark if automatic controls switch off lighting. Minimal lighting should still be available.

Short term technology solutions to achieve reduction of power

consumption;

I m p l e m e n t a n d p r o m o t e p o l i c i e s t o t u r n o f f d e v i c e s s u c h a s m o n i t o r s , c o m p u t e r s a n d l i g h t i n g .R e p l a c e a l l i n c a n d e s c e n t a n d f l u o r e s c e n t w i t h e n e r g y e f f i c i e n t c f l b u l b s .R e d u c e n u m b e r o f l i g h t b u l b s ( d e - l a m p i n g ) i n u s e w h i l e s t i l l a d h e r i n g t o a s 1 6 8 0 . 2 . 3 b y u s i n g h i g h e f f i c i e n c y l i g h t .I n s t a l l m o t i o n s e n s o r s w i t c h e s f o r l i g h t i n gM a x i m i s e u s e o f n a t u r a l l i g h t a n d v e n t i l a t i o n – p r o m o t e t h e u s e o f d a y l i g h t a s m u c h a s p o s s i b l e . S k y l i g h t s m a y a l s o b e i n s t a l l e d i n a r e a s s u c h a s t o i l e t s , c h a n g i n g r o o m s , e t c . O p e n i n g d o o r s a n d w i n d o w s t o i m p r o v e a i r f l o w c a n d e c r e a s e t h e n e e d f o r a i r c o n d i t i o n i n g i n c l a s s r o o m s .

Turn off devices or appliances that consume energy while in standby mode when not in use.Prevent unnecessary printing of documents. Use emails or print to pdfs and publish documents online. This saves consumables (e.g. Electricity, paper, toner, diffuser, etc.) And time.

Energy usage within the ICT project - graph

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