Results of Participants Green ICT Action Plans

To date, the SUSTE-TECH project has recruited 15 institutions. It has received 10 completed Suste- IT tools with 14 accompanying Action Plans from 7 York & Humberside, 3 Welsh and 5 South West FHE institutions. The participants are a mixture of HE & FE institutions with one participant offering both HE and FE courses. The Suste-IT tool results indicated that Servers, PC’s and Networks are the main consumers of ICT related energy followed by Imaging and to lesser extent HPC’s, Telephones and VC equipment. Each of the institutions, regardless of size, are experiencing similar ICT related energy use problems and are choosing to avail of the same types of sustainable solutions.

12 institutions are decommissioning, virtualising, or consolidating their servers or moving servers off site altogether. That are Leeds Met, NSCD, University of Bradford, University of Lincoln, University of Sheffield and Wigan & Leigh. In Wales its Cardiff University and Pembrokeshire College and in the south west of the UK its Bicton College, Gloucestershire College, Strode College and the University of Exeter.

14 institutions are tackling their PC & monitor energy consumption by replacing them with Thin Client technology, installing PC power down, virtualizing their desktops and procuring for greener computers. They include Leeds Met, NSCD, University of Bradford, University of Lincoln, University of Sheffield, Wigan & Leigh College, Cardiff University, Pembrokeshire College, Bicton College, Gloucestershire College, Strode College and the University of Exeter.

Addressing other Data Centres Issues are Leeds Met, NSCD, University of Bradford, University of Sheffield, Wigan & Leigh, Cardiff University and Bournemouth University.

Implementing a Greening of ICT Procurement Policy; are Leeds Met, Sheffield Hallam, University of Bradford, Wigan & Leigh, Cardiff University, Strode College and the University of Exeter.

In terms of reducing paper use, 7 institutions are either consolidating to MFD’s, introducing charged or code printing or setting their printers to print double sided by default. These institutions are Leeds Met, NSCD, University of Bradford, University of Lincoln, University of Sheffield and Wigan & Leigh.
In Wales its Cardiff University and Pembrokeshire College and in the south west institutions Gloucestershire College, Strode College and the University of Exeter are employing the initiative.

Just 2 institutions are tackling their Networks energy use. They are the University of Bradford and Strode College.

Leeds Met, Cardiff University, Gloucestershire College, Strode College have stated they intend on increasing their use of Video Conferencing and 2 more institutions Pembrokeshire college and Exeter College, will be addressing their IP phone use to reduce their overall carbon footprint.

Below is the full list of Participating institutions and their Action Plans

York and Humberside Participating Institutions
Leeds Metropolitan University
Sheffiled Hallam University
Northern School of Contemporary Dance (NSCD)
University of Bradford,
University of Lincoln,
University of Sheffield,
Wigan & Leigh College.

South Wales Participating Institutions
Cardiff University
Pembrokshire College
University of Glamorgan

South West Participating Institutions
Bicton College
Bournemouth University
Exeter College
Gloucestershire College
Strode College
University of Exeter

The Royal Forest of Dean College in Gloucestershire submitted a completed Suste IT Tool but have since become part of Gloucestershire College.
Below is a selection of SUSTE-TECH institution's Action Plans.
 

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