Is Cloud Computing Green?
Tom Raftery's keynote address at the Digital Trends 2011
http://greenmonk.net/is-cloud-computing-green/
Information about Green ICT topics, I'm @_greenict on Twitter
Tom Raftery's keynote address at the Digital Trends 2011
http://greenmonk.net/is-cloud-computing-green/http://blogs.herts.ac.uk/rare-idc/2012/01/06/relaunched-green-ict-blog/
University of Hertfordshire have relaunched their Green ICT blog andThis workshop aimed to give IT and strategic decision-makers in HE a chance to find out more about the potential advantages and disadvantages of cloud and shared services, and the opportunity to reflect on the key factors that are likely to influence decisions in this area.
http://amplifiedeventbackupblog.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/cloud-and-shared-ser...How ICT can address Sustainability
http://ict4green.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/more-on-cloud-computing-and-green-ict/
http://www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/backgrounders/itu/12.aspx
Faronics study shows that simple efficiency measures are being overlooked by UK organisations; PCs continue to be a significant drain on resources as many organisations leave them idle
http://www.faronics.com/en-uk/news/article/new-survey-reveals-shortcomings-of...A new article by JISC Digital Media looks at this question in "Digitisation and the environment". The article examines the literature and research already available on the subject of Green ICT to establish just exactly what the environmental implications are for those involved in digitisation
http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/article/digitisation-and-the-environmenthttp://greening.it/ - 'Greening IT' is an internationally collaborative, non-profit, creative commons licensed book about leveraging the most important and potent enabler of the Low-Carbon society - Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
How Green is Green IT? blog - News on the Green revolution - http://howgreenisgreenit.blogspot.com/2011/12/information-technology-2011-q4....
IBM - Energy, the environment and IBM - Green Infrastructure - IBM has a series of services to help you baseline your current energy usage and identify ways to make quick efficiency improvements, plan longer term larger wins and remove constraints.
IBM Green IT Assessment and ROI Calculator - This web-based diagnostic tool is designed specifically to help you to assess how your Green IT initiatives compare with best-in-class implementations.
Green ICT - Environmental Impact - Sustainability Information and Communication Technologies - Research and projects on environmental impact of Information and Communication Technologies ICTs and the use of ICT applications for monitoring climate changes and sustainable development
Green ICT: Trends and Challenges - Created by UPGRADE, a bi-monthly European informatics e-journal that covers many diverse topics of particular interest to IT professionals and academics
ICT Sustainability: Assessment and Strategies for a Low Carbon Future - ICT Sustainability is about how to assess, and reduce, the carbon footprint and materials used with computers and telecommunications
Green computing - Wikipedia -Green computing or green IT, refers to environmentally sustainable computing or IT.
West of England Carbon Challenge » Green ICT Animates at Aardman - the first event aiming to tackle the subject of Green ICT. Set in Aardman Animations’ in-house cinema, speakers were Howard Arnault-Ham (Aardman), Jonathan Tapp (Capgemini) and Chris Priest (Bristol University).
Green IT refers to the study and practice of using computers and IT resources in a more efficient and environmentally responsible way - http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/testdrive/article.php/3855806/What-Is-G...
These pages have information on green agenda government papers, links to
energy tools and other useful links for the education sector - http://www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/greenict
UK Government ICT Strategy resources - On 27 October 2011, the Government published four strategies covering G-Cloud, End User Devices, ICT Capability and Greening Government: ICT
