How to be Green Skills for the present and future

Skills needed Technical –To understand how the technology works Measurement –To gather the necessary data Statistical / presentational –To report results / assess changes Organisational –management of change Legal –Awareness of compliance and regulatory processes

Looking ahead “Technology change, entrepreneurial and creative imagination and network infrastructure … over the next five years, will transform our living and working patterns” »The Digital Britain report New career paths –Developing and using new technologies –Using existing technologies differently What is the future for collaborative manufacturing? –Internet based collaborations

Changes in technology Shared data (cloud computing) –Efficiency in data centres But not “the green data centre” Alternatives to the desktop PC –Thin client –Personal, portable devices Remember disposal costs –Replacement v. “sweating the assets”

Changes in working practices Home-working / telecommuting –Heating costs –The shoppers’ dilemma Teleconference –Replacement for face-to-face meetings –Always? Data storage and control –Remove unwanted / out of date / duplicate data

Doing the job Information –Measuring, monitoring energy use –Data gathering tools –Carbon calculators, estimation Acting –Changing behaviour –Changing technology –Changing buildings

Making changes Switch off campaigns Enforcement vs. encouragement –Information awareness Using the technology –Print queue management –Power management / Wake up on LAN –Virtualisation –Screensaver policies –Energy monitoring and management software –See pdfhttp:// pdf

Technology as enabler Share devices –Do you really need both PC and laptop Audio, web, video conferencing Electronic document exchange –Just don’t print it out to read it! Understand and use energy monitoring and control software

To learn more British Computer Society / Information Systems Examination Board –foundation certificate in sustainable ITfoundation certificate in sustainable IT Leeds Metropolitan University –Master of Science in Green ComputingMaster of Science in Green Computing