JISC Green ICT

ECO-APT was developed by Michael Lees and Stuart Swindells to analyse existing computer lab occupancy data and to facilitate future prediction of occupancy levels. The application is designed to parse the raw […]

ECO-APT was developed by Michael Lees and Stuart Swindells to analyse existing computer lab occupancy data and to facilitate future prediction of occupancy levels. The application is designed to parse the raw […]

The above graph shows power consumption (the upper line graph, denoted in Watts) plotted against occupancy levels. The premise behind U-CARE is that heating and cooling can be programmed according to […]

 

The above graph shows power consumption (the upper line graph, denoted in Watts) plotted against occupancy levels. The premise behind U-CARE is that heating and cooling can be programmed according to predicted […]

Usage levels of all computer labs across Strathclyde’s campus is currently monitored; this data will give an indication of the number of people in a lab at any given time.

Assumptions

1 machine logged in = […]

Usage levels of all computer labs across Strathclyde’s campus is currently monitored; this data will give an indication of the number of people in a lab at any given time.
Assumptions

1 machine logged in = 1 […]

U-CARE aims to establish a heating/cooling cycle based on predicted occupancy figures. We discovered that the control interface of the outdated air conditioning unit within our selected James Weir lab could not be […]

U-CARE aims to establish a heating/cooling cycle based on predicted occupancy figures. We discovered that the control interface of the outdated air conditioning unit within our selected James Weir lab could not be […]

Inefficient cooling results in unnecessarily high levels of energy consumption. At Strathclyde the entire Graham Hills server room is continuously cooled; cool air is not restricted to cold aisles, nor is it […]

Inefficient cooling results in unnecessarily high levels of energy consumption. At Strathclyde the entire Graham Hills server room is continuously cooled; cool air is not restricted to cold aisles, nor is it […]

We are already aware that we should reduce our energy consumption. Switch appliances off when not in use, turn lights off when you leave a room, minimise the use of heaters, and so on.
But what happens when ICT […]

The Graham Hills server room on level 1 and computer lab 1.07 in the James Weir building have been selected as sites to be investigated for Strathclyde’s U-CARE project. The server room uses one quarter of all power consumption for the Graham Hills building. The Engineering faculty’s high performance computing hardware is situated here. The Graham [...]

The Graham Hills server room on level 1 and computer lab 1.07 in the James Weir building have been selected as sites to be investigated for Strathclyde’s U-CARE project.
The server room uses one quarter of all […]

We are already aware that we should reduce our energy consumption. Switch appliances off when not in use, turn lights off when you leave a room, minimise the use of heaters, and so on. But what happens when ICT has to run 24/7? A device consuming 1kW of energy per hour costs around £700 to [...]