Lightening Talk slides from the JISC Greening ICT Programme Meeting, March 2011

1. Lightening
Talks
• 5
Slides
per
project
• Speak
for
two
and
a
half
minutes
• Slides
on
screen
for
30
seconds
each
• Slides
automa<cally
advance
• You’ll
know
when
it’s
<me
to
go!

2. Virtually
Sustainable
Peter
James
and
Lisa
Hopkinson
SusteIT,
University
of
Bradford
Videoconferencing
(VC)
and
other
virtual
meeEng
technologies
as
a
means
of
reducing
travel-­‐related
energy
and
carbon
Builds
on
15
years
previous
research
CollaboraEon
with
WVN

3. Surveys
Surveys
in
5-­‐10
universi<es
on
staff
use
of
virtual
mee<ng
technologies
–
quan<fy
travel
impacts
Survey
of
university
travel
managers
from
over
40
universi<es
and
colleges
Survey
of
JANET
VC
users

4. Virtual
Events
Conferencing,
Edinburgh,
Aug
2010
The
V-­‐Factor,
4
Welsh
sites,
Feb
2011
(with
Welsh
Video
Network)
E-­‐learning
best
pracEce,
Bradford,
April
2011

5. Cases
&
Briefing
Papers
Coleg
Meirion-­‐Dwyfor/Llandrillo
-­‐
un<l
recently
~25%
of
all
the
UK-­‐wide
calls
handled
by
the
JANET
VC
Service.
Glenda Davies
University
of
Bedfordshire
-­‐
uses
VC
to
reduce
travel
and
improve
communica<on
between
5
campuses.
John Wells

6. Final
Report
Provisional
UK
conclusions:
Considerable
use,
but
JANET
a
minority
Hunger
for
more
Key
barriers
–
ease
of
use,
informa<on,
technology
focused
support

7. Carbon
Management
Plan
JISC
Greening
ICT
Programme
(Phase
II)
Computer
Room
Efficiency
Improvement

8. Carbon
Management
Plan
Background
• Our
Computer
rooms
(Data
Centres),
host
around
2,500
servers
• They
support;
Imperial
College,
Natural
History
Museum,
Royal
College
of
Music
and
Janet-­‐LMN
• This
project
focuses
on
our
primary
Data
Centre
(two
main
rooms),
housed
in
a
tradiEonal
1960’s
building
• Annual
consumpEon
is
circa:
7,500,000
kWh
£500,000
4,000
tCO2
• Room
One
PUE
=
1.32
Room
Two
PUE
=
1.52
• Target
5%
reducEon
in
PUE

9. Carbon
Management
Plan
Project
Approach
• Phase
1
–
DefiniEon,
modelling
&
recommendaEons
– Document
current
baseline
– Use
of
thermal
imaging
and
data
logging
– Model
potenEal
soluEons
and
make
recommendaEons
• Phase
2
–
ImplementaEon
recommendaEons
&
measure
effecEveness
– AnEcipated
implementaEons
include
• Cold
aisle
containment
• Free
cooling
• Elevated
computer
room
temperatures
etc
• UPS
usage
review
and
re-­‐deploy
– Measure
effecEveness
of
improvements
• Phase
3
–
ReporEng
&
disseminaEon
– Document
analysis
of
outcomes
and
place
in
public
domain

11. Carbon
Management
Plan
Data
Centre
Photos
Present Cold Aisle Containment High density CO2 Cooling
Extend Cold Aisle containment Low Ceilings: Challenge to Free Air Cooling Option:
(further 56 racks) Return Hot Air to CRACs Supplement Existing Chilled Water

12. SusTEACH:
Sustainable
Tools
for
the
Environmental
Appraisal
of
the
Carbon
impacts
of
Higher
Educa<on
teaching
models
using
ICTs.
Professor
Andy
Lane
and
Dr
Sally
Caird

13. HE
teaching
systems
use
energy
in
a
variety
of
ways

15. How
can
ICTs
reduce
energy
use
in
HE
alongside
other
factors?

16. Developing
a
toolkit
for
helping
reduce
energy
use
hbp://www.flickr.com/photos/ala_members/4742269139/sizes/z/in/photostream/

17. CUSTOMER
STudents
Optimisation and Management
Energy Resources

20. Twit

22. DUALL
DeliberaEve
approach
to
the
living
lab
Dr
Richard
Bull
and
team.
March
7th,
2011

23. Aims:
• To
understand
the
role
of
ICT
in
reducing
energy
consump<on
of
a
large
scale
public
building
through
the
design
of
an
ICT
interface
connec<ng
building
users
to
their
electricity
consump<on.
ObjecEves:
• To
design
and
test
an
ICT
tool
connec<ng
building
users
to
their
energy
consump<on.
• To
engage
in
an
innova<ve,
delibera<ve
upstream
approach
in
the
design
of
the
applica<on.
• To
understand
the
extent
to
which
building
users
can
impact
the
performance
of
the
environment
they
are
in.
• To
understand
the
impact
of
ICT
interfaces
on
user
behaviour

24. Baseline
Evalua<on
&
Switch
off

25. Delibera<on/Engagement
with
users

28. Cool IT

32. PROCO2
Re-­‐engineering
procurement
(PRO)
Reducing
carbon
dioxide
emissions
(CO2)
and
enabling
sustainability
Dr.
Richard
Bull
&
team.
March
7th,
2011

33. DE
MONFORT
UNIVERSITY
World-­‐class
university
situated
in
Leicester,
with
more
than
18,000
students
and
3,000
staff,
five
facul<es
offering
around
400
courses
and
an
annual
turnover
in
the
region:
£132.5
million
INSTITUTE
OF
ENERGY
AND
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
Leading
research
ins<tute
conduc<ng
innova<ve
and
groundbreaking
research
into
renewable
energy,
sustainable
development
and
public
engagement
ARUP
Mul<disciplinary,
engineering,
design,
planning
and
environmental
consultancy.
Widespread
experience
on
scope
3
emissions
analysis,
stakeholder
engagement
and
change
management

35. DMU
Greenhouse
Gas
Emissions
by
Sector
and
by
Scope
(2008/09)

36. Aim:
To
develop
an
ICT
based
decision
making
tool
to
enable
DMU
to
reduce
scope
3
emissions,
notably
procurement
Objec<ves:
– Link
financial
and
environmental
accoun<ng
for
procurement
in
the
ICT
tool
and
database
– Increase
awareness
on
the
environmental
impacts
of
purchasing
goods/
services
and
support
decision-­‐making
towards
sustainable
procurement
– Understand
issues
of
organiza<onal
learning
and
ins<tu<onal
change.
– Contribute
to
the
financial
and
environmental
sustainability
and
resilience
of
the
organiza<on
through
reducing
procurement
spend
and
their
associated
GHG
emissions
by
reducing
consump<on.

42. U-­‐CARE:
UniversiEes’
CollaboraEve
Approach
to
Reducing
Energy
A collaboration between IT Services and Estates Services
An investigation into excess energy consumed to regulate
the temperature in:
• Lab environments
• Server rooms

43. U-­‐CARE
Aim
Reduce energy usage and carbon emissions generated
by ICT and users of ICT in specific environments by
programming heating controls based on:
• Occupancy levels
• Machine usage
Currently, overshoots in energy usage are
common due to heating/cooling triggers being
based on thresholds

44. U-­‐CARE
Methodology
3
main
work
packages:
WP1:
Establish
benchmark
energy
consump<on
levels,
(before
and
awer
technical
development)
WP2:
Monitor
facility
usage,
occupancy
levels
and
user
sa<sfac<on
WP3:
Develop
a
sowware
applica<on
in
line
with
requirements
(trended
and
analysed
data
etc)

45. U-­‐CARE
Outputs/Deliverables
• Sowware
applica<on
capable
of
interopera<ng
with
hea<ng/
cooling
system
to
reduce
overshoots
in
energy
usage
• Open
source
sowware
where
possible
• Scalable
solu<on
across
Strathclyde’s
estate
• Transferable
to
other
ins<tu<ons?
• Suppor<ng
informa<on,
FAQ,
installa<on
guide
• Reports
• Metering
and
monitoring
data
• Evalua<on
of
outcomes
including
energy
and
cost
savings,
changes
in
user
sa<sfac<on
levels
• Feasibility
of
informing
building
usage
op<misa<on
and
mobile
phone
applica<on
development

46. U-­‐CARE
Date
of
comple<on:
30th
June
2012
Contact:
e.mcculloch@strath.ac.uk
donna.cullen@strath.ac.uk
Tel:
0141
548
4753

47. Green
ICT
in
London
HEIs
Baseline
study
of
pan-­‐London
Green
ICT
issues
• 19
of
42
publicly
funded
London
HEIs
• Suste-­‐IT
carbon
footprin<ng
toolkit
• Case
studies
of
best
prac<ce
• Explore
work
outside
of
HE
sector
• Recommenda<ons
on
funding
priori<es
• Officers

56. Why?
• Changing
aztudes
towards
energy
consump<on
• Cut
energy
bills
• Reduce
impact
on
the
environment

57. Greening
Events
II
Building
on
Greening
Events
1

58. Stakeholder
Engagement

59. Baseline
‘scope
3’
data

60. Toolkit
Produc<on

61. Culture
Change

62. Measuring
Data
Centre
Efficiency
Colin
Paznson,
Roland
Cross
Leeds
Metropolitan
University

66. OOPS! A perfect example of the difference between precision and accuracy.
The grid reference … is precise to within 10m however its accuracy is somewhat limited!
TL9137 9726 is near the village of Thompson in Norfolk.
Even allowing for the typo on the sheet letters it would be about 74m out.
If the sign had said “somewhere in Essex” it would have been accurate but not precise

69. Sites
• Inverness
College
–
Longman
Campus
• Perth College – Brahan Building, Crieff Road Campus
– Limited
life
building
–
five
years
max
before
move
to
new
out-­‐of-­‐town
Longer planned life building, with no recent flooding
o
campus
o Largest of the three sites – most potential to use recovered energy ?
– Largest
of
the
three
sites
–
most
poten<al
to
use
recovered
energy
?
Urban 1960’s style building will be a UHI datacentre
o – Urban
1960’s
style
technical
college
and
now
a
UHI
datacentre
• UHI – Ness Walk building
o HQ building – under 100 occupants
o Original UHI datacentre – largest potential source of recoverable energy ?
o Three heating plants (one per floor)
o Basic design: 1802 listed building shell, refurbished 2005
• Lews Castle College – Stornoway campus
o Small semi-rural further education college
o Basic design: several standalone buildings from 1960’s to present day
o IT energy use planned to shrink and move away to main UHI datacentres

73. Heat
and
Light
by
Timetable
Colin
Paznson,
Roland
Cross,
Mark
Warner,
Jim
Fisher
Leeds
Metropolitan
University

79. What’s
PAWS? W S
PA
What is it?
How long is the project?
External institutions involved

80. Why
PAWS?
Commercial Products
Free products
Customise it to our requirements

83. Goals?
Build on Previous Green ICT
Projects
Open Source
Institutional benefits
Help meet CO2 reduction
aspirations
Contact: Rob Johnson,
rob.johnson@aber.ac.uk
View our blog at http://paws.aber.ac.uk

84. The
Growth
of
Unstructured
Data

85. How
much
Power
do
Idle
Disks
Consume?
 NB:
These
disk
arrays
do
not
have
“spin-­‐down”
features.

86. File
Modifica<on
Dates

87. How
much
Energy
can
we
Save?

88. Helping
people
to
demonstrate
savings
 StorC
(Storage
Calculator)
 Web-­‐based
modelling
tool
 For:
 Engineers
 Decision
Makers
 IT
Managers
 Shibbolized
to
simplify
returning
to
previous
work.

89. Open to Change
Open data + social capital =
altruistic punishment

90. Do we believe this kind of graphic will
persuade people to act?

91. Will this make it better?

92. What do individuals need to feel comfortable in doing
their bit?
1. To believe others in their groups are contributing
2. To believe the contribution is meaningful in the real world
in other words:
• To feel confident a few people are not cheating the system
• At least not enough to mean net energy consumption
continues to rise

93. Towards altruistic punishment by
University of Oxford:
• David Balch
• David White
• Howard Noble
• Ken Kahn
De Montfort University:
• Richard Hall
• Richard Bull
Lincoln University:
• Joss Winn

94. Greenview
Dr.
Richard
Bull
&
Prof.
Mar<n
Rieser
March
7th,
2011

95. DE
MONFORT
UNIVERSITY
World-­‐class
university
situated
in
Leicester,
with
more
than
18,000
students
and
3,000
staff,
five
facul<es
offering
around
400
courses
and
an
annual
turnover
in
the
region:
£132.5
million
INSTITUTE
OF
ENERGY
AND
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
Leading
research
ins<tute
conduc<ng
innova<ve
and
groundbreaking
research
into
renewable
energy,
sustainable
development
and
public
engagement
INSTITUTE
OF
CREATIVE
TECHNOLOGIES
The
Ins<tute
Of
Crea<ve
Technologies
(IOCT)
is
a
unique
research
environment
which
sits
at
the
intersec<on
of
science
and
technology,
the
arts
and
the
humani<es.

96. Aim:
To
design
a
smart
phone
and
web
based
applica<on
enabling
building
users
to
understand
the
energy
consump<on
of
the
buildings
across
DMU.
Objec<ves:
• To
help
the
extent
building
users
impact
the
performance
of
the
environment
they
are
in.
• To
further
understand
the
poten<al
of
augmented
reality
tools
to
engage
individuals
in
behaviour
change
ini<a<ves.
The
principle
idea
is
to
reveal
the
level
of
energy
varia5ons
in
near
real
5me
in
precise
university
building
loca5ons
using
augmented
reality
tools
on
common
smartphones.

98. Empedia
and
Augmented
Reality
The Empedia (www.empedia.info) platform has been developed under a KTP agreement
between De Montfort and Cuttlefish Multimedia for iphone and Android platforms
It will be enhanced with an Augmented reality browser for Greenview applications

99.
Nicola
Hogan,
Project
Manager
JISC
funded
SUSTE-­‐TECH
project
examining
Sustainable
ICT
in
UK
FHE’s

101. Recruited
16
ins<tu<ons,
mix
of
FE
and
HE,
from
Y&H,
SW
and
SWa.
Each
submibed
a
completed
Suste–IT
Tool
and/or
an
Ac<on
Plan:
Results
of
which
indicated
:
• Servers
,
PC’s
and
Networks
are
the
main
consumers
of
ICT
related
energy.
Followed
by
Imaging,
HPC,
and
VC
equipment

104. RECSO
-­‐
Responsible
Energy
Costs
in
IT
David
Aaron
Thomas
&
MarEn
Bennel
Forum
for
the
Future

105. Stage
1
Report
• Few
IT
centres
or
departments
pay
their
own
energy
bills
or
have
a
good
knowledge
of
what
their
energy
costs
are
• Crea<ng
a
situa<on
where
IT
func<ons
can
benefit
directly
from
reduced
energy
consump<on,
either
financially
or
otherwise,
is
vital
if
the
sector
is
to
develop
greener
IT

106. Stage
2
–
Target
Areas
• Devolved
energy
budge<ng
• Shared
savings
schemes
• Whole
life
cos<ng
• Sub-­‐metering

107. Stage
2
-­‐
Outputs
• Guidance
documents
and
case
studies
(from
within
and
outside
the
sector)
• Working
with
partner
ins<tu<ons
to
assist
ac<on
in
the
target
areas
• Organising
events
to
highlight
best
prac<ce
and
develop
prac<<oner
networks
• Developing
linkages
between
key
stakeholders,
such
as
finance
and
IT