making legislation work for it

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Making legislation work for IT

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• COAG initiatives on sustainability.

• ACS & AIIA -

• Sustainability in Education.

• E3 Programme – Equipment Energy Efficiency

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• Where are we now?– Global expansion of ICT infrastructure– High power consumption PCs– Motor vehicle industry exploring carbon

saving alternatives– IT profession at bottom of learning curve of

ICT Sustainability

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Sustainability in ICT Systems

• Raising awareness of social responsibility (VET & community).

• Extension of existing IT courses to include GREEN IT.

• Benefits to industry - $avings & RoI.

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Sustainability in ICT Systems

Five new units for a short course inICT sustainability

• Install and test power saving hardware.

• Install and test power management software.

• Install and test renewable energy system for ICT networks.

• Install & test thin client low powered workstation fed by Power over Ethernet for Web 2.0.

• Implement server virtualisation for a sustainable ICT system.

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Sustainability in ICT Systems

Course status:• Developed and accredited for 2009 delivery.• Piloted at Petersham TAFE.• Will be delivered in many TAFE centres.• Delivery and Assessment resources produced.

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• Power saving hardware.

• Power management software.

• Short Video

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Comparative Savings (20 PC's)

$-$500.00

$1,000.00$1,500.00$2,000.00$2,500.00$3,000.00$3,500.00$4,000.00

1 2 3

Improved System

Sav

ing Series1

Series2

H/W & S/W

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2 Different PC’s Used• Server

- Abit Core2Duo

- Compact Media Desktop

- High performance with reduced energy inputs

• Workstation - Via MM 3500 Integrated Platform Motherboard -

- Low energy consumption (one of the lowest available)

- Energy to performance trade off

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Power Consumption

State VIA VM 3500 PC

Abit Core2duo

Off 1.28 Watts 2 Watts

Idle (Average)

19.2 Watts 40.1 Watts

Peak 25.86 Watts 59.3 Watts

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Performance

Test Abit Core2Duo Via MM 35002D 42.8 18.23D 20.4 5CPU 264.7 46.5HardDisc 71.6 27.6Memory 73.5 28.8

Passmark Rating

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Payback Period

20 Average PC's

20 High End or old PC's

ActionTotal Cost 20 PC's

Annual Gain

Payback (Yrs)

Annual Gain

Payback (Yrs)

Install and Test power saving hardware

$ 6,280.00

$ 1,017.50 6.2

$ 2,950.75 2.1

Install and Test power saving software

$ 2,200.00

$ 1,139.60 1.9

$ 2,492.88 0.9

Install and Test power saving hardware & software

$ 8,480.00

$ 1,444.85 5.9

$ 3,378.10 2.5

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Solar Panel Installation

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Wind Turbine Installation

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Concept Overview

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• Power saving over multiple physical servers

• Simplify system administration by integrating all servers into one physical machine

• Server hardware resource optimisation

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Server Virtualisation Concept

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Power Consumption Comparison

vs

5 Physical Virtual Server servers

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Virtual Server

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– The road ahead....• IT needs to quickly advance to another level on ICT

Sustainability• Promulgate results and techniques through the

profession

– How to get on the road...• Focus on training and education sector

– educating the young professionals

• TAFE NSW new course: – “Sustainability in ICT Systems”

» Technical AND Practical knowledge» Further developments will be implemented as we

progress.

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• Presenters– Franco Salaun– Manager, Telecom & Networks Programs.– Business, Arts & Information Technology Curriculum

Centre. TAFE NSW

– Stanley Tonkins– Chartered Professional Engineer– Lecturer/developer of programs at TAFE on

• Telecommunications and Networks• Information Technology