Jisc

Jisc's mission is to enable people in higher education, further education and skills in the UK to perform at the forefront of international practice by exploiting fully the possibilities of modern digital empowerment, content and connectivity. As part of that mission Jisc helps higher and further education institutions to improve their environmental performance and efficiency through improvements in their use of ICT.

To find out more about Jisc, visit www.jisc.ac.uk

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Estimating ICT electricity use at the University of Sheffield – 1st Jun 2012

This case study explains how the University of Sheffield has undertaken a detailed estimate of the energy/carbon footprint of its ICT estate.

Tags: university | ICT | jisc | electricity | Sheffield
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Beaumont College’s ICT gives people with communication difficulties a voice – 1st Jun 2012

This case study explores how the Wheeltop Project of Beaumont College uses ICT to support the learning and development of physically disabled students.

Tags: students | inclusion | commuication | disabled | technolgy
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Green research at Sheffield University – 1st Jun 2012

By investing in low energy PC and server systems, the research team has lowered the environmental impacts of their computational-intensive modelling

Tags: research | Sheffield
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Cooling crays at the University of Edinburgh – 29th May 2012

A case study from SUSTEIT about free cooling, avoidance of hot/cold air arrangements, and variable speed drives, which can save in energy costs, compared to older, unoptimised,...

Tags: energy | ICT | cooling | computing
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Green IT building at the University of Dundee – 29th May 2012

Purpose-built to house the School of Computing, a simple, low energy design, which saves energy, reduces environmental impacts and enhances productivity

Tags: it | building | Dundee
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PC PowerDown at the University of Liverpool – 29th May 2012

At the University of Liverpool, the self-developed software powers down around 3,500 participating computers that are idle for over 10 hours daily, bringing numerous benefits.

Tags: efficiency | ICT | it | power | computers | software
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Systematic environmental improvement at the University of Gloucestershire – 29th May 2012

Case study of the University of Gloucestershire realizing that computer and printer procurement and usage was a significant contributor to the university’s environmental...

Tags: ICT | computer | printer
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Virtualisation at City of Bristol College – 26th May 2012

When City of Bristol College encountered a growing number of servers with the related power and cooling requirements, it looked at virtualisation mainly for server...

Tags: college | case study | resource efficiency and waste | development | Operational | estates operations | Utilities | Sustainable ICT | it | virtualisation
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Data Centre Cooling at University of Edinburgh's HECToR Facility – 26th May 2012

This case study introduces "HECToR" (High End Computing Terascale Resources)

Tags: Edinburgh | data | jisc | cooling | HECToR
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Energy Efficient Data Centre Cooling at Cardiff University – 26th May 2012

This case study explains how Jisc were able to provide Cardiff University with new technology allowing twice as many servers in less space and the total cost.

Tags: university | data | cooling | centre | Cardiff | Energy Efficient
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Energy Efficient Grid Computing at Cardiff University – 26th May 2012

A case study, from Cardiff University, explaining how using Condor could help cut your electricity use.

Tags: energy | university | computing | efficient | Cardiff | Grid
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Thin clients at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh – 26th May 2012

In the Queen Margaret University campus a key feature is thin client IT infrastructure, which produces less heat and allows the building to be mostly naturally lit and ventilated.

Tags: estates | it | ventilation | thinclient
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Virtualisation at Sheffield Hallam University – 26th May 2012

Replacing 120 physical servers with 13 VMware ESX host servers has enabled Sheffield Hallam University to expand server capacity considerably, while reducing energy costs and...

Tags: case study | higher education institution | resource efficiency and waste | Operational | estates operations | Utilities | Sustainable ICT | it | england | operating system
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Suste IT Carbon Accounting Tool – 25th May 2012

The Suste IT Tool is a simple carbon accounting tool that calculates the amount of energy (kWh), carbon (CO2) and money (£) is spent on ICT related energy use.

Tags: carbon | ICT | suste
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How does the Climate Change Act 2008 affect colleges and universities? - JISC Legal – 9th Mar 2012

Sustainable ICT in Further and Higher Education, a JISC report, provides useful information on good practice in environmentally sustainable ICT

Tags: jisc | act | 2008 | FAQ
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Green ICT briefing paper – 9th Mar 2012

ICT briefing by JISC for the senior management team in November 2011, elaborating on the ways available for institutions to use ICT to go green, employing a couple of case studies

Tags: ICT | briefing
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Sustainable ICT in further and higher education: SusteIT final report – 18th Jan 2012

This report on sustainable ICT, produced for the Joint Information Services Committee (JISC) was by Professor Peter James and Lisa Hopkinson at the University of Bradford.

Tag: ICT
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Jisc Guide: Improving energy efficiency in your data centre – 18th Jan 2012

Most colleges and universities have some sort of data centre. Ever-increasing data storage and processing needs mean that the energy needed to run the computers and to deal with...

Tags: higher education institution | environment | energy efficiency | retrofit | electricity | cost reduction | engineering | Further Education Institution | data centre | information technology | comsumption

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Estimating ICT electricity use at the University of Sheffield – 1st Jun 2012

Beaumont College’s ICT gives people with communication difficulties a voice – 1st Jun 2012

Green research at Sheffield University – 1st Jun 2012

Cooling crays at the University of Edinburgh – 29th May 2012

Green IT building at the University of Dundee – 29th May 2012

PC PowerDown at the University of Liverpool – 29th May 2012

Systematic environmental improvement at the University of Gloucestershire – 29th May 2012

Virtualisation at City of Bristol College – 26th May 2012

Data Centre Cooling at University of Edinburgh's HECToR Facility – 26th May 2012

Energy Efficient Data Centre Cooling at Cardiff University – 26th May 2012

Energy Efficient Grid Computing at Cardiff University – 26th May 2012

Thin clients at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh – 26th May 2012

Virtualisation at Sheffield Hallam University – 26th May 2012

Suste IT Carbon Accounting Tool – 25th May 2012

How does the Climate Change Act 2008 affect colleges and universities? - JISC Legal – 9th Mar 2012

Green ICT briefing paper – 9th Mar 2012

Sustainable ICT in further and higher education: SusteIT final report – 18th Jan 2012

Jisc Guide: Improving energy efficiency in your data centre – 18th Jan 2012

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