JISC Green ICT

 I’m in the process of creating a survey  to be completed by procurement mangers only. The results of a similar ICT manager only survey carried out a few months ago indicated that ICT managers and procurement […]

The agenda for the July 20th Networks Greening Your Institution’s Networks System event was circulated to 100’s of contacts earlier today. The event has only 4 speakers in total (including the SUSTE-TECH project […]

I attended the  Metering and Managing Energy Consumption in Data Centres workshop in Leeds last Tuesday. The event, attended by at least 20 delegates and had 4 speakers, offered real insight into how to manage and […]

I skyped Sam Fernandes, of the Green ICT dept at the Australian National University (ANU) two nights ago to catch up on what his institution had been doing to green their ICT systems. I had sent Sam the Suste-IT […]

The EAUC’s 2011 Annual GGA have gotten of to a good start. Since its launch date, 239 institutions have submitted applications in 13 different categories, one of which is Green ICT. Of the 13 different award […]

I met earlier this week with members of the SYMPACT team at the Folk House in Bristol for lunch.  The SYMPACT project is being led by Dr. Chris Preist and Dr. Mike Yearworth and is being assisted by Paul Shabajee […]

Despite just 3 expert presenters at last Wednesday’s Greening your Institutions Network System workshop in Bristol, delegates graded the workshop 8.45/10.Consisting mainly of FHE Network and ICT managers concerned […]

 I recently circulated an e mail to all FHE procurement staff inviting them to participate in a survey that I’d created on behalf of the Sustainable Procurement’s Centre for Excellence (SPCE’s) Green ICT advisory […]

Just some recommened reading for anyone interested in the subject of Campus Space Planning and related topics.  First Questions for Designing Higher Education Learning Spaces by  !– articleText –Scott Bennett!– […]

There are 46 delegates registered to attend next Wednesdays Utilisation of Space Across Campus through the Use of ICT workshop. This is the largest number of delegates that have registered to attend any of the […]

Last week’s Utilisation of Space Across Campus was one of the most interesting and popular SUSTE-TECH workshops. The event was attended by over 50 delegates from various estates, ICT and e-learning departments […]

Last January a survey was circulated to almost a thousand members of staff at various UK Further and Higher education institutions (FHE’s). 113 FHE managers participated in the survey with 74 of those managers […]

I participated in a webinar some time ago, but for various reasons have only now gotten round to blogging about it.The webinar was an introduction to Manage CO2, a cleverly designed and easy to use energy […]

I realise this blog is mainly read by UK FHE managers so feel free to forward it onto any business contacts you think may be interested in sponsoring  the event.The EAUC’s 2012 Annual Conference will be taking […]

Last week I wrote and circulated a survey, the purpose of which was to obtain a clearer picture of how the 2010, £600 million cuts in funding to the sector have affected sustainable initiatives across University […]

A big thanks to everyone who completed the most recent SUSTE-TECH related surveys; the Procurement Managers survey and the Green ICT survey. The winner of the £100 on line gift certificate for participating in the […]

 Last April I wrote a blog on the results of Green ICT Policy Survey (see April 26th, 2011′s blog).   The PhD student conducting the research, Ian St John, is now conducting a follow-up of the survey.  Ian is […]

I was just about to blog about the Fujitsu’s ICT Sustainability : the Global Benchmark  2011 report but someone beat me to it. A link to the actual report is contained in this blog. Enjoy green ICT’ers <a […]

I’ve finally gotten round to examining the results of the Procurement managers survey I circulated some time ago. The number of participants in this survey was the highest so far of any survey I’ve circulated.  53 […]

I’d advertised that I was hosting a green ICT workshop at the university of Sydney on Oct 4th. I  hadn’t realised that I was hosting an event in the middle of the Australian midterm break. Turnout was low but the […]