Blog entries - January 2010

Car Sharing...

Stephen Welch — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:26:50 +0100

Is your business or school encouraging people to car share in your organisation, either as part of their every day work or for people attending your venues for meetings and other events?

This website might help get people to car share; it manages all the logistical organisation for you. Try it out: https://www.liftshare.com/uk/ NB Other car sharing websites may be available

Computer Power Down: Power-Saving for £0 or not - your choice

Stephen Welch — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:13:51 +0100

Measuring waste is key! Maybe you are already thinking about an IT energy management initiative for your organisation? Maybe you have already tried, but can you really tell the board how effective your solution is? Deploying PowerMAN will quickly tell you about your IT energy usage and waste. You can use this information to develop you...

ICT Energy and Carbon Footprinting Tool Updated August 2009

Stephen Welch — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:10:15 +0100

The SusteIT Project also produced a tool to help estimate the energy and carbon footprint of an institution's ICT estate.

http://www.susteit.org.uk/files/category.php?catID=4

Cost and Carbon Comparison Tool: Thick Vs Thin Clients

Stephen Welch — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:05:08 +0100

From the SusteIT Project, a tool to help you decide on what kind of client to use:

This is an Excel tool designed to help Education Institutions and businesses estimate the costs and carbon emissions of thick (PCs) versus thin clients over a given evaluation period. The tool is designed to be easy to use and contains a number of default assumptions which can be easily modified. Based on the input assumptions, the results are displayed in a worksheet within the tool.

This is an...