rationale Beyond thin-client: green ICT at QMU Fraser Muir, Director, Information and Learning Services challenges and outcomes technology SusteIT project ICT contribution

university of 5000 students and 450 staff applied health sciences, drama and business originally the Edinburgh School of Cookery and Domestic Science; 1875 Queen Margaret College in 1970s Queen Margaret University College in 1990s full university title in 2007 the university cookery class, late 1880s

Re:Locate first New Campus development in Scotland for 40 years first Campus development of 21st Century complete University Relocation benchmark in UK HE for Space Efficiency benchmark in UK for Sustainability BREEAM – highest scoring HE in UK case Study for IT influence in work methods case Study for Modern learning spaces

space efficiency significant reduction in total net internal area…..except Library & IT

print, copy and scan smartcards wireless & TC laptops VoIP halls AV & VC RFID self-issue thin- client technology

estate and information strategy unify the campus and the information provision formally ratify the dependencies on each other enshrine spending dependencies key: enable ease of access to information to drive the business

technology strategy centralise simplify; for the user efficient; space, energy and financially location independent

thin-client

what is thin-client? A thin-client is a client computer in a client-server architecture network which depends primarily on the central server for processing activities, and mainly focuses on conveying input and output between the user and the remote server. In contrast, a thick or fat client does as much processing as possible and passes only data for communications and storage to the server. Definition courtesy of WikipediaWikipedia not new technology

power consumption figures DescriptionPCthin-client power100W15W server component07W total100W22W yearly consumption 438kWh96kWh yearly cost£52.56£11.52 CO 2 for year kg51.552kg *actual measured values

beyond thin- client

greatly improved the flexibility of work practice support distance learning travel to campus up to 300 simultaneous connections over 80 countries facilitates international collaborations remote access

20:1 virtualisation ratio average 60% reduction in hardware costs £35k savings on hardware kWh/year, ~£5k savings on energy per fully loaded host server embodied energy server virtualisation

PCs and terminals saving of nearly kWh per year, £12k Ergo Powerman for PCs bespoke app for WYSE terminals ROI < 3 months PCs now powered only 9% of the day power-down

commissioned at 18C in 2007 increased gradually to 25C in 2010 will increase further as equipment allows 27C? 30C? 4% energy savings per degree the data room

efficient, centralised scheduling no local ownership room utilisation of over 40% in turn allows the building size and accommodation to be minimised timetable software

echo360 & Smartboard recordings all rooms on campus covered flexibility and efficiency in space usage as academic events can be recorded once and delivered many times web, VLE and iTunesU lecture capture

remove the need to print room bookings or timetable info allows for the greatest flexibility in dynamic updating of room information data available over web too room info screens

250+ mixed, unmanaged devices Replaced by 45 MFDs in 2007 only kWh/year energy savings ~£100k savings in print costs ??? in other efficiencies like toner management and support printing/imaging

centrally managed PCs power managed equipment centrally controlled 2011 replacement of all projectors with LED 20% more efficient never need replacement lamps pay for themselves! audio-visual

SusteIT ICT Footprinting Tool

2004 – the olden days Breakdown of ICT Energy Use by Category Category Total Energy Kwh/y % Total CO 2 kg/y HPC00%0 Servers226,66523% PCs579,22458% Networks80,1548%43044 Telephony59,4806%31942 Imaging43,2394%23220 AV7,6821%4125 TOTAL ICT ENERGY & CARBON996,443100%535,110

2007 – after thin-client Breakdown of ICT Energy Use by Category Category Total Energy Kwh/y % Total CO 2 kg/y HPC00%0 Servers336,82440% PCs292,35335% Networks80,15410%43044 Telephony59,4807%31942 Imaging30,0294%16126 AV41,3245%22192 TOTAL ICT ENERGY & CARBON840,165100%451,185

where we are now Breakdown of ICT Energy Use by Category Category Total Energy Kwh/y % Total CO 2 kg/y HPC7,5291%4043 Servers261,26941% PCs161,41225%86682 Networks80,15413%43044 Telephony59,4809%31942 Imaging30,0295%16126 AV41,3246%22192 TOTAL ICT ENERGY & CARBON641,198100%344,336

challenges and barriers technology, easy – people, hard perceptions and misconceptions NIMBY communication change management …but the technology is seen as enabling

outcomes to support the university sustainability goals and ambitions to provide a better service to support UCCCfS to save money!

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