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What is Green IT?
Part 3
Autumn/Winter 2011
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Introduction – What is Green IT?
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Definitions
• By Information and Communications Technology (ICT) we mean, the Equipment,
systems, services, technologies and methods (voice, data, visual, digital) used for
communicating, processing, managing, using, storing and destroying information.
• By Green ICT we mean, the tools, techniques and approaches that reduce the material
impact of ICT on the environment across its lifecycle, ranging from the resources and
materials used in the manufacture/development of ICT, the conditions under which ICT is
manufactured or developed, the delivery of ICT to customers and users, the energy
consumed in using ICT, and, the disposal of ICT at the end of its life
• Ref: HMG GDU (Green Delivery Unit)
• However, ICT not only has the capacity to reduce its own energy use and carbon
emissions but also across the entire supply chain in virtually all other commercial, public
and educational activities.
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Introduction – What is Green IT?
Virtualisation
Thin Clients
PC Energy Monitoring
Low Energy PC’s
Printing
Carbon Counting
Cloud Services
SaaS
PaaS
IaaS
Data Centre Infrastructure Management
IT Governance
Answer: All of the above!
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What is Green IT?
– The Four Themes
- Manufacturing
- IT in use
- IT Disposal
- Governance & Process
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Green IT Governance & Process
Definition: IT Governance is a subset discipline of Corporate Governance focused on
information technology (IT) systems and their performance and risk management
Green IT Governance is the embedding of Green principles throughout the IT
Governance framework. (Green IT Policy)
Should align with AND support C.S.R
Example
http://www.opengreenitpolicy.org/
http://www.fivee.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Green-IT-Policy-0910.pdf
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Green IT Governance & Process
http://www.opengreenitpolicy.org/
7 Elements:
Framework
Office Environment
Data Centre & Infrastructure
Procurement & Lifecycle
Processes & Governance
Metrics & Reporting
IT as Enabler
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Manufacturing ICT is interesting.
For PC’s
240kgs on fossil fuels
21lbs of chemicals
1500 Litres of Water
1000 Different materials
FOR ONE PC.
In 2009, 367.8 million PC’s were manufactured.
And that in 2008, the number of PC’s on the planet exceeded...
1 billion units.
Totals
- Fossil Fuel
240 Billion Kgs
- Chemicals
22 Billion Kgs
- Water
1500 Billion Litres
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Manufacturing ICT is interesting.
For Servers (x3)
27,282,000 in use 2009
- Fossil Fuels
625.5 x 27,282,000 = 17,064,891,000 Kgs
- Chemicals
64.53 x 27,282,000 = 1,760,507,460 Kgs
- Water
3,150 x 27,282,000 = 85,938,300,000 Kgs/Litres
Total Fossil Fuels used in Computing to date = 241,323,304,572.50Kgs or
24.1 Billion Tonnes (estimated)
Total amount of fossil fuels to produce the 1Billion Desktops and 27 Million Servers to
date would run Drax for...
2400 Years.
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Manufacturing ICT is...
Energy Intensive
Resource Hungry (rare earths, and conflict materials)
Hard to dispose of.
All in all, seriously bad for the environment.
Mining
Resources & fossil fuels
Toxic
Disposal in 3rd World, e Waste Mountains
Energy Consumption
N Carolina Data Centre Belt (Coal Fired) Yahoo, Facebook, Google
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Manufacturing ICT is...
Not directly our responsibility...
Yes, it is.
Procurement & Standards will make manufacturers THINK!
And is already doing so...
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Manufacturing - Epeat
Based on IEEE 1680.1 standards (in revision)
Bronze –
Meets Standard
Silver –
Meets Standard + at least 50% of optional criteria
Gold –
Meets Standard + at least 75% of optional criteria
Standard Includes:
- Reduction/elimination of environmentally sensitive materials
- Material selection
- Design for end of life
- Product longevity/life extension
- Energy conservation
- End-of-life management
- Corporate performance
- Packaging
Further information can be found at www.epeat.net
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ENERGY STAR
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Manufacturing – Energy Star - Desktops
Computers - An ENERGY STAR qualified computer delivers substantial savings over a
conventional computer. Desktop, integrated desktop, and notebook (laptop)
computers, workstations, small-scale servers, and thin clients are all eligible to earn
the ENERGY STAR, and those that do are now more efficient than ever.
Ref:http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=computers.pr_crit_computers
http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/product_specs/program_reqs/Computers_Progra
m_Requirements.pdf
This is Version 5.2, Version 6 is in development
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Manufacturing – Energy Star - Monitors
Displays - ENERGY STAR qualified displays include computer monitors, digital picture
frames and professional signage which meet stringent energy efficiency requirements
in On, Sleep, and Off Modes.
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=find_a_product.ShowProductGroup&p
gw_code=MO
http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/product_specs/program_reqs/Displays_Program
_Requirements.pdf
This is Version 5.1, Version 6 is in development
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Manufacturing – Energy Star - Servers
Servers - Computer servers that earn the ENERGY STAR will, on average, be 30
percent more energy efficient than standard servers. If all servers sold in the United
States meet this new specification, energy cost savings would approach $800 million
per year and prevent greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from over one
million vehicles.
Ref: http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=ent_servers.enterprise_servers
http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/product_specs/program_reqs/Computer_Servers
_Program_Requirements.pdf
This is Version 1.2, Version 2 is in Development
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Manufacturing – Energy Star - Printers
Printers - ENERGY STAR qualified imaging equipment includes copiers and fax
machines; digital duplicators; printers, scanners and all-in-one devices; and, mailing
machines. Models that meet the most recent ENERGY STAR requirements are 40%
more energy efficient, and feature efficient designs that help equipment run cooler
and last longer.
Ref:
http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/product_specs/program_reqs/Imaging_Equipm
ent_Program_Requirements.pdf
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=find_a_product.ShowProductGroup&p
gw_code=IEQ
This is Version 1.2
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In use – Office Environment
First, create IT Energy baseline, 37 PC Power management products available
Review yearly (minimum) recommend quarterly.
Good products will allow variable policies to be applied.
When circumstances permit, procure EPEAT Gold /Energy Star products.
Consider Thin Clients and Low Energy Computers.
Do not over specify user equipment!
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In use – Data Centre(s)
First, create IT Energy baseline, 37 PC Power management products available
Review yearly (minimum) recommend quarterly.
Good products will allow variable policies to be applied.
Beware, not all products are suitable for Servers.
Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM)
Dashboards, Utilisation, Energy Consumption, Cooling, Resilience
When circumstances permit, procure EPEAT Gold /Energy Star products.
Consider Virtualisation & Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).
Do not over specify Server equipment!
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In use – Data Centre(s)
Think about it?
Consider your peers and the industry.
Design
5 x 9’s ?
24/7/365 Availability?
DR?
Data Management/Policy?
Refer to
Green Grid Maturity Model
EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres (Energy Efficiency) (BCS)
Certified Energy Efficient Datacentre Award (CEEDA)
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In use – Data Centre(s)
Weblinks:
Green Grid Maturity Model
http://www.thegreengrid.org/en/Global/Content/white-papers/DataCenterMaturityModel
EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres (Energy Efficiency) (BCS)
http://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/energyefficiency/html/standby_initiative_data_centers.htm
Certified Energy Efficient Datacentre Award (CEEDA)
http://www.ceeda-award.org/
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Data Centre Energy Efficiency (Tips)
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Data Centre Energy Efficiency (Tips)
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Data Centre Energy Efficiency (Tips)
Cooling
Chillers/Humidity Control/CRAC’s – Account for 45% of Power Use (33%/3%/9%)
Hot Aisle/Cold Aisle
Air Flow Management (CFD)
Blanking Plates (Install to all open spaces)
Plenum Access Tiles (In the right place?)
Temperature?
Humidity?
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Data Centre Energy Efficiency (Tips)
IT Equipment (30% of Power use)
Servers (Power Capping/Energy Management Features)
Networking (Port Management)
Storage (Hot/Warm/Cold/Frozen)
OZZO (Green IT Consortium Amsterdam)
Virtualisation
PDU’s/UPS (23% of Power use)
Upgrade to newer UPS’s when prudent to do so (retrofit)
Most energy efficient (in new builds)
Managed PDU’s
DCIM is a must in New Builds, consider retrofit!
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Data Centre Energy Efficiency Tips
Consider the Future:
Cloud Definition
“Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product,
whereby shared resources, software and information are provided to computers and
other devices as a utility (like the electricity grid) over a network (typically the Internet).”
Ref: Wikipedia, Accessed 23rd August 2011
Cloud Services (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS)
Software as a Service – Google Docs/Hotmail/Salesforce etc
Platform as a Service - Hosted Email/CRM/ERP/SAP etc
Infrastructure as a Service – Outsourcing/Managed Services
Device Independence
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One Problem with the Cloud
Cloud Definition
“Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product,
whereby shared resources, software and information are provided to computers and
other devices as a utility (like the electricity grid) over a network (typically the Internet).”
Ref: Wikipedia, Accessed 23rd August 2011
Someone, somewhere has to design, procure, maintain and dispose of IT equipment.
In order to meet conventional computer thinking:
Provide services that are 24/7/365
99.999% Uptime
Which means:
Resilient Power/Network/Storage/Cooling at 2 x, perhaps 4 times actual needs.
IT is NOT and can NEVER be a UTILITY, its NOT regulated (Ofgem/Ofwat) and assets
are not fixed like electricity/water/gas and transport and are not long term fixed cost.
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Data Centre Energy Efficiency (Tips)
The Cloud.
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Data Centre Energy Efficiency (Tips)
The Cloud.
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Data Centre Energy Efficiency (Tips)
The Cloud.
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Data Centre Energy Efficiency (Tips)
The Cloud.
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Data Centre Energy Efficiency (Tips)
Is the Cloud Green?
Maybe!
Its open season for Cloud SP’s to promote Green claims!
And on the face of it, it may be true, but.....
No independent verification of Pre & Post Cloud energy consumption.
Lots of assumptions are being made.
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Disposal (Not much!)
Sweat Assets
Go beyond warranty 3-7 years
Consider low priority uses (monitoring/internet access etc)
Convert Fat to Thin (go on a diet!)
If you must dispose of kit then..
Donate to charity (be careful, use approved schemes)
Use Recyclers (Again use approved schemes)
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Conclusion – What is Green IT?
Green IT Governance
Change in Manufacturing?
New Procurement Standards/Better R&D/Recycling
Manufacturing
Green IT by default?
In use – User Devices
Right Kit for the Job?/Thin Clients/Low Energy PC’s/PC Power Management
In use – Data Centres
Energy Efficiency Measures/DCIM/EU CoC/CEEDA/GGMM
Disposal
Reuse/Recycle
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The Elephant! & Q&A’s Session
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Q&A’s point to consider!
Some Q’s already raised:
“Why all the fuss?” (Parts 1 & 2)
“What is the Energy Gap?” (Clue: The Elephants!)
“Isn’t all IT Green?”
“Does it Cost?
“Is the Cloud evitable?”
“What does the future hold for IT support?”
“Where are the elephants?”
“What are the BCS doing?”
“Where can I get some guidance on Green IT?”
Plus whatever you come up with!
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