Posts Tagged ‘ict’

Green IT has joined with JISC to present the Greening ICT programme for UK higher and further education to reduce the large carbon footprint. It is estimated that in the sector there are one and a half million computers, 250,000 printers and 240,000 servers which collectively produce 500,000 tonnes of CO2 a year and in 2009 cost the sector around £116m in OCT related electricity bills.

Professor Colin Pattinson will be heading up the programme to investigate the environmental impacts of ICT. The whole lifecycle of ICT procurement and use consumes energy and resources both in manufacture and transportation to end users, and more in disposal - which itself can leave a legacy of waste, some of it toxic.

To find out more about the programme and the Green IT network, visit the website here.

On Tuesday 9th February at 5.30pm, the Digital Media Centre will present John McLear, leading specialist in Information Communication Technologies (ICT) and currently part of the Etherpad Open Source Leadership Team. Come and listen to John present a critical approach to business ethics and ask the question, is Google fulfilling it’s mission statement ‘Don’t be Evil’? (more…)