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GrILH: Green ICT in London HEIs

The project on Green ICT in London HEIs (GrILH) is funded as part of the Green ICT programme by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC).

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This project will assess the current state of Green ICT in London, drawing on the 40+ universities and higher education colleges which are members of London Higher.

Specific objectives for GrILH include:

  • baseline data on energy use and carbon emissions using the SusteIT Energy and Carbon Footprinting toolkit
  • categorise progress by London higher education institutions in Green ICT
  • generate case studies to illustrate best practices
  • raise awareness of Green ICT issues within the HE sector in London

We aim to understand progress towards Green ICT in the higher education sector in London and identify priorities for future research, networking and investment.

Reports and Publications

Project Final Report

The project final report can be downloaded by clicking here (PDF: 0.7 MB).

A short colour leaflet summarising the project can be downloaded from this link (PDF: 0.3 MB).

 

Case Studies

Green ICT case studies collected in March 2011.

London Metropolitan University - IT transformation programme

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - PC power management (i)short version (ii) full version

London South Bank University - Managing printing and imaging

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Publicity and Dissemination

On-line publicity for the JISC-funded Green ICT project coordinated by London Higher:

(1) included in a special feature in Times Higher Education on 12 May 2011 under “Green goals”; 

(2) SusteIT electronic newlsetter for August 2011 under “ICT energy use in London HEIs”;

(3) online on 17 August 2011 at Greenbiz.com under “Lessons in Green IT from London Schools”, and

(4) a quote in the SusteIT  briefing paper on powering down personal computers for September 2011.

A presentation was made at the evening discussion on Sustainable ICT held on September 14 at the London School of Economics by Net Impact London Professional.

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Meetings and Events

GrILH Seminar - 10 February 2011

The joint London Higher/EAUC event on best practices in Green ICT covered  PC powerdown, printing services, thin clients, design of data centres, building refurbishment and co-location and cloud services.

The presentations are available for downloading:

Introduction and Agenda - Paresh Shah, London Higher

PC Powerdown: benefits of its use at your institution – Nicola Hogan, EAUC 
 
Managing printing and imaging – Alan Lee, London South Bank University 
 
Thin client: clear advantages over thick client? – Nicola Hogan, EAUC
 
RE:FIT energy performance contracting – Ian Lane, University of London

Best practice guide for data centres, a UH perspective – Steve Bowes-Phipps, University of Hertfordshire 

The contribution co-lo and cloud services can make to HEI efficiencies – Nick Loba, Eduserv

 

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GrILH Workshop - 25 January 2011

The meeting covered JISC Green IT projects, initial carbon toolkit energy returns from London HEIs, and steps to reduce energy use and electricity costs in ICT with specific examples of work outside of London region.

View and download the workshop presentations:

Overview of JISC - Rob Bristow, Green ICT Programme Manager, JISC

Carbon toolkit returns - Paresh Shah, GrILH Project Manager, London Higher

The SUSTE-TECH project - Nicola Hogan, SUSTE-TECH Project Manager, EAUC

Green ICT drivers and options - Paresh Shah, London Higher

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LUEG Meeting - 11 January 2011

A Green ICT workshop held by the London Universities Environmental Group (LUEG) at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Presentations can be downloaded from the LUEG website.

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First Project Meeting - 13 July 2010

Presentations from the meeting held at RIBA are available to view and download. Each file is in PDF format and opens in a new window. 

Greening ICT Programme - Rob Bristow, Programme Manager, JISC

Sustainable IT in Education - Ted Shann, BT Global Sustainability Practice

Print Management in Education - Mark Harris, Sector Director–Education, Canon (UK) Ltd.

The SusteIT Toolkit - Peter James,  Professor of Environmental Management, University of Bradford

Overview of the Green ICT project - Paresh Shah, Research Manager, London Higher

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Green ICT Resources

Sustainable Information Technology in Tertiary Education (SusteIT)

Environmental Association of Universities and Colleges SUSE-TECH

Other documents

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Project Proposal

Documents are in PDF format and each opens in a new window.

  • Project Plan, includes objectives, methods, risk analysis, outcomes and dissemination
  • Workpackages, summarises project activities and timings

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Did You Know? on YouTube

Two YouTube videos on information overload!

Did You Know? 2009 version

Shift Happens UK

Contacts

Please contact Paresh Shah at London Higher if you want to know more or wish to take part in the project.

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Last Updated: 15/09/2011