Green ICT
There are many incentives for educational institutions to address green issues in the use of information and communications technologies (ICT): While ICT accounts for around 2% of global carbon emissions it can also play a key role in saving time, energy and money. Furthermore, the new Climate Change Act has set out legal obligations relating to environmental issues and students are increasingly attracted to environmentally-conscious institutions.
JISC's report on Sustainable ICT in Further and Higher Education is driving new work to explore and provide guidance in areas including video conferencing, ‘intelligent' building design, carbon-efficient data centres, and sustainable procurement.
Key green ICT activities
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Programmes
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Greening ICT programme
The Getting Greener Programme will allow JISC to deliver on its key strategic priority of enabling the greening of ICT in the Higher and Further Education sectors through organisational change and...
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Institutional Innovation Programme
The Institutional Innovation programme represents a £13.08m investment aimed at supporting existing institutional strategies by providing solutions to institution-wide problems, based upon proven...
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Institutional Exemplars Programme
The institutional exemplars programme is a £1.4 million programme to generate exemplar projects demonstrating change at the institutional level.
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JISC Organisational Support Programme
To harness the potential offered by ICT requires the consideration and understanding of a range of issues. These focus on the implications associated with using ICT rather than the technology...
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Projects
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Managing environmentally sustainable ICT in FE & HE (Suste-IT)
This project will investigate the management of environmentally sustainable developments in ICT (and associated practices) that take a realistic and strategic approach to the adoption, inclusion and...
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Using Cloud Computing for Research
Cloud computing is a relatively recent concept that has arisen out of developments in grid computing, virtualisation and web technologies. The term covers an entire stack from infrastructure through...
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Deliberative user approach in a living lab (DUALL)
This project will develop a socio-technical, deliberative approach enabling users of a large-scale, public-sector building to understand the potential for ICT to reduce energy consumption. The...
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Low Carbon ICT
The Low Carbon ICT project will reduce the University of Oxford’s carbon footprint that results from the operation of its ICT infrastructure. It is likely to reduce annual power use by a minimum of...
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Review of the environmental & organisational implications of cloud computing in HE & FE
The aims of the proposed project are to review the current evidence for the environmental costs and benefits of cloud computing; review the implications of cloud computing for institutional...
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Services
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Technology and Standards Watch (TechWatch)
TechWatch anticipates developments in information and communication technologies that might have high impact on the core business of Further and Higher Education in five to ten years' time.
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JISC Advance
Advancing education, research and management through expertise, advice and inspiration in the use of technology.
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JISC Procureweb
JISC Procureweb is a Procurement Support service for the UK Higher and Further Education Sectors and Research Councils.
