1. Sustainably buying and using PCs Simon Redding

2. The benefits of ICT  Reduction in corporate and domestic travel  Reduction in paper use  Dematerialisation of goods  Increased process efficiency  Better energy management

3. Breaking down the energy footprint Information on this slide sourced from Gartner, Intellect and Cisco

4. ICT service environmental balance Neutral impact Negative impact Positive impact 0 + _

5. Top Tips for PCs / laptops From “Greening ICT in Government” (2008):  Consolidate  Basic power management on PCs (including turning off active screensavers)  Trickle-down re-use  High-efficiency and eco-labelled PCs  Consider thin client for fixed office users (will be viable for mobile users soon)

6. Reducing our desktop impact  Understanding the needs of your users  Consolidate by buying appropriate technology  Use second screens rather than second PCs  Use thin client where practical  Specify EPEAT gold systems (www.epeat.net)www.epeat.net  Incorporates EnergyStar 4 efficiency standards  PC sharing for smaller organisations

7. Other things to consider  Strong asset management  Look at the full lifecycle  Projects and programmes should perform an environmental impact assessment  Service management can include a KPI for “Service Environmental Balance”

8. Summary: key tips for procurement  Understand users needs  Target a number of devices that you’ll be procuring  Use eco-labels (EPEAT/ECMA/EnergyStar) as an aid  Incorporate whole-life costs into procurement model  Don’t forget end of life re-use and disposal

9. Top Tips for printing From “Greening ICT in Government” (2008):  Consolidate !  Print on collect  Apply standby and/or timer switches

10. Top Tips for storage/servers From “Greening ICT in Government” (2008):  Information Lifecycle Management  Virtualisation  Design to the actual requirements  Audit and decommission  Trickle-down re-use  Turn it off outside of the SLA

11. Panel Discussion For further information: simon.redding@environment-agency.gov.uk Tel: 07884 235311