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What is Green IT? The Full Deck

Autumn/Winter 2011

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John Booth - Background

30 Years in Information Technology 9 Years BT, Apprentice, T2A, T1, ST (S) City of London District (Lloyds of London, Barclays Bank) J.O. Grant & Taylor - Structured Cabling Bid/Project Manager Electrical Installations –Structured Cabling Bid/Project Manager (Corus/British Steel) Self Employed Shajiao “C” Power Station PRC Communications Equipment DHSS JSA Project Lead Engineer Woolwich BS – CSS Release 2 Project Computacenter – Systems Engineer FCO Mumbai, Phnom Penh, Minsk HSBC/LTSB/Mecca PWC Zurich, Johannesburg, Luxembourg & Madrid Koln, Amsterdam, & Utrecht Consultant @ British Energy (Nuclear) Carbon3IT Ltd – MD & Consultant

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The Path from Eden.

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The Path from Eden.

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The Path from Eden.

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The Path from Eden.

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John Booth - Background

Independent Sustainable IT Consultant – Carbon3IT Ltd 30 Years in Information Technology BSc (Honours) Tech (Open) Foundation Certificate in Green IT (BCS/ISEB) EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres (BCS/ISEB) BCS Coventry Branch Committee (CWLEP Liaison) BCS Green IT SG Committee BCS Data Centres SG Committee UKITA CSW Branch Committee EcoConnect Green IT Group Committee EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres “Best Practices” Committee Carbon3IT Ltd “endorses the EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres BCS/DCD CEEDA Lead Assessor

Introduction

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Introduction – What is Green IT?

Agenda

Introduction

• The Science.

• The Challenge

• What is Green IT?

– The 4 Themes

- IT Manufacturing

- Information Technology In Use

- IT Disposal

- Governance & Process

– What the BCS is doing.

Conclusion

Q & A’s

The Science

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BCS Green IT/DCSG Branch

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The Problem

Anthropromorphic Global Warming. (AGW)

Global warming caused by Humans!

Lots of debate on both sides.

Interpreted Data under attack.

The probable results will be the melting of the ice

sheets in Greenland & Antarctica with associated sea

level rise.

Current Weather patterns could change.

Humanity must reduce levels of Greenhouse Gases

released into the atmosphere soon to prevent or

lessen effects.

“My Lords, the most reliable measurements

we have of CO2 in the atmosphere are

those of the Mauna Loa observatory in

Hawaii. As of February 2011, those showed

levels of CO2 to be still rising. It is up to

391.76 parts per million, compared with

389.85 parts per million last year. Not only

are those rising, they are increasing at an

accelerating rate from decade to decade.

Because, as collective humanity, we are

doing so little to change the situation, it is

now unlikely that we will be able to confine

global warming to an average to two

degrees Celsius-as noble Lords will

remember, the limit that most scientists

regard as reducing risk to reasonably

manageable dimensions.”

Lord Giddens

Director, L.S.E House of Lords 24/3/11

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CO2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauna_Loa



The Greenhouse Gases

The Gases DGWP* for 100 year horizon

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) 1

Methane (CH4) 25

Nitrous Oxide (N2O) 298

Hydrofluorocarbons (HFC’s) 100-14,800 depending on gas

Perfluorocarbons (PFC’s) 7390-12,200 depending on gas

Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) 22,800

Ref: P27, “Climate Change, From science to sustainability”. Peake & Smith 2003

Oxford University Press/Open University

*Direct Global Warming Potential

The “Hockey Stick” Graph



Latest Aggregated Data Sets





Climate Change Quotes

• “On the island where I live, it is possible to throw a

stone from one side to the other. Our fears about

sea-level rise are very real. Our Cabinet has been

exploring the possibility of buying land in a nearby

country in case we become refugees of climate

change”. Teleke Lauti, Minister for the Environment,

Tuvalu.

• “Climate change is the most severe problem we are

facing today, more serious even than the threat of

terrorism” David King, UK Government Chief

Scientific Advisor, Jan 2004.

• “How could I look my grandchildren in the eye and

say I knew about this and did nothing? David

Attenborough, 2006.



Sea Level Rise - Europe

Sea Level Rise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=skMO4GN1rns



Weather Report

• “2011 is UK's second warmest year on record - Met Office”

• “All bar one of the top 10 warmest years on record have occurred

since 1997 and all the UK's top seven warmest years happened in the

past decade”

• “Dr Chris Huntingford, of the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, said

the temperature increase was "in agreement with simulations by many

independent climate centres around the world".

• "As each year passes and we hear that a warming record has been

broken, or nearly broken again, it provides further evidence that

unfortunately we are not just seeing a natural cycle of global warming,

and that instead humans are having an effect on the climate," said Dr

Huntingford, who works with climate models to understand the

implications of increased levels of greenhouse gases.

• He said that despite the global economic crisis, emissions remained

high and there was a feeling that economic growth was "totally aligned

to the need for burning fossil fuels".

• "There is a huge challenge ahead to reduce carbon dioxide emissions

to stay below 2C of global warming, and without damaging the

economy," he said.

• "At present, there is an almost one-to-one correlation between global

GDP and magnitude of carbon dioxide emissions, so new energy

technologies are desperately needed that break that link.“

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16366078 - Accessed 4th January 2012

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16366078





Sea Level Rise - UK

The Netherlands & UK

http://geology.com/sea-level-rise/netherlands.shtml

The 1st Elephant (Mammoth)

• A massive reduction in grasslands and the spread of forests may have been the primary

cause of the decline of mammals such as the woolly mammoth, woolly rhino and cave

lion, according to Durham University scientists.

• The findings of the new study challenge the theory that human beings were the primary

cause of the extinction of mammals through hunting, competition for land and increased

pressure on habitats.

• The research is part of the most comprehensive study to date of Northern Hemisphere

climate and vegetation during and after the height of the last Ice Age, 21,000 years ago. It

shows that, over a huge part of the Earth’s surface, there was a massive decline in the

productivity and extent of grasslands due to climatic warming and the spread of forests.

• Last Glacial Vegetation of Northern Eurasia. Allen, Judy R.M. et al., Quaternary Science

Reviews doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.05.031.



The 1st Elephant (Mammoth)



The Challenge

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What is the challenge?

• The UK Carbon Reduction Targets.

• The Energy Gap.

• Maintaining BAU

• GHG Protocol Scopes



Current UK Reduction Target & Policy Tools

• Net UK Carbon Account 80% of 1990 baseline by 2050

• 1990 baseline 3900 MtCO2e

• Latest Carbon Budget – 2023-2027 set at 1750 MtCO2e (50% Reduction) (8/6/11)

Target = 780MtCO2e

The Tools

• Carbon Reduction Commitment (Energy Efficiency Scheme)

• Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD)

• NI 185/186 (LA’s CRC)

• FIT’s (Feed In Tariffs) for renewables

• Growth of Wind (NIMBYism)

• New Nukes (Long Lead Times)

• Infrastructure Smart Grid (for renewables)

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The Energy Gap

• What is the Energy Gap?

– 8 UK Nuclear PS’s Decommissioned by 2023 (16% of Capacity!)

– Large Combustion Plant Directive either close by 2015 or after 20,000hours (2.2yrs)

– Coal/Oil PS Closing under LCPD = 16% of Capacity

– Total Potential Loss of Generation Capacity = 32% 1/3 of Total

– UK Energy Planning, Too Little, Too Late ?

– Black-Outs/Rationing from 2015?

Energy Costs Rise !

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Large Combustion Plant Directive

• Large Combustion Plant Directive

• The introduction of the Large Combustion Plants Directive (LCPD) has required large

electricity generators to meet more stringent air quality standards since 1 January 2008.

Plant that has “opted out” of this obligation will have to close by the end of 2015 or after

20,000 hours of operation from 1 January 2008, whichever is the sooner. This affects

some 12 GW of coal and oil-fired generating plant which will therefore now close by 1st

January 2016. However, the exact timing of these closures is a commercial matter for

plant owners, taking into account factors such as other environmental restrictions and the

state of repair of the plants.

Energy Costs Rise !

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Maintaining BAU

Pace of Change

Vicious Circle of IT

Software – Hardware – Software – Hardware etc

Threat of the Cloud

Device independence (User Owned?)

Loss of Control

Who pays for your IT energy?

Facilities?

You?



GHG Protocol Scopes

• The GHG Protocol defines direct and indirect emissions as follows:

• Direct GHG emissions are emissions from sources that are owned or controlled by the

reporting entity.

• Indirect GHG emissions are emissions that are a consequence of the activities of the

reporting entity, but occur at sources owned or controlled by another entity.

• The GHG Protocol further categorizes these direct and indirect emissions into three

broad scopes:

• Scope 1: All direct GHG emissions.

• Scope 2: Indirect GHG emissions from consumption of purchased electricity, heat or

steam.

• Scope 3: Other indirect emissions, such as the extraction and production of purchased

materials and fuels, transport-related activities in vehicles not owned or controlled by the

reporting entity, electricity-related activities (e.g. T&D losses) not covered in Scope 2,

outsourced activities, waste disposal, etc.



GHG Protocol Scopes

• Scope 3: Other indirect emissions, such as the extraction and production of purchased

materials and fuels, transport-related activities in vehicles not owned or controlled by the

reporting entity, electricity-related activities (e.g. T&D losses) not covered in Scope 2,

outsourced activities, waste disposal, etc.

• Your scope 1 is going to be your customers (direct or indirect) scope 3

• If you trade with a large entity that uses GHG Protocol for Carbon reporting you will be

asked to provide information.

• GHG Protocol ICT Sector Guidance can help you to calculate your ICT emissions.



Be Prepared!

For MD/CEO/CIO/Finance/ Facilities scrutiny

For radical change

To calculate Energy Costs for IT

To evaluate your CMDB (Asset Register)

To review or implement (Green) IT Governance

Review Disaster Recovery & Data Management Policy

Develop Internal Cloud

Think Lean, Think Lean IT

Budget Constraints

Nothing will be off the table when it comes to IT.



Now a short break...

What is Green IT?

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BCS GreenIT & Data Centres SG

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Definitions

• By Information and Communications Technology (ICT) we mean, the Equipment,

systems, services, technologies and methods (voice, data, visual, digital) used for

communicating, processing, managing, using, storing and destroying information.

• By Green ICT we mean, the tools, techniques and approaches that reduce the material

impact of ICT on the environment across its lifecycle, ranging from the resources and

materials used in the manufacture/development of ICT, the conditions under which ICT is

manufactured or developed, the delivery of ICT to customers and users, the energy

consumed in using ICT, and, the disposal of ICT at the end of its life

• Ref: HMG GDU (Green Delivery Unit)

• However, ICT not only has the capacity to reduce its own energy use and carbon

emissions but also across the entire supply chain in virtually all other commercial, public

and educational activities.


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Introduction – What is Green IT?

Virtualisation

Thin Clients

PC Energy Monitoring

Low Energy PC’s

Printing

Carbon Counting

Cloud Services

SaaS

PaaS

IaaS

Data Centre Infrastructure Management

IT Governance

Answer: All of the above!


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What is Green IT?

– The Four Themes

- Manufacturing

- IT in use

- IT Disposal

- Governance & Process


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Green IT Governance & Process

Definition: IT Governance is a subset discipline of Corporate Governance focused on

information technology (IT) systems and their performance and risk management

Green IT Governance is the embedding of Green principles throughout the IT

Governance framework. (Green IT Policy)

Should align with AND support C.S.R

Example

http://www.opengreenitpolicy.org/

http://www.fivee.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Green-IT-Policy-0910.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_Governance

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performance_management

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_management












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Green IT Governance & Process


7 Elements:

Framework

Office Environment

Data Centre & Infrastructure

Procurement & Lifecycle

Processes & Governance

Metrics & Reporting

IT as Enabler



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Manufacturing ICT is interesting.

For PC’s

240kgs on fossil fuels

21lbs of chemicals

1500 Litres of Water

1000 Different materials

FOR ONE PC.

In 2009, 367.8 million PC’s were manufactured.

And that in 2008, the number of PC’s on the planet exceeded...

1 billion units.

Totals

- Fossil Fuel 240 Billion Kgs

- Chemicals 22 Billion Kgs

- Water 1500 Billion Litres


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Manufacturing ICT is interesting.

For Servers (x3)

27,282,000 in use 2009

- Fossil Fuels 625.5 x 27,282,000 = 17,064,891,000 Kgs

- Chemicals 64.53 x 27,282,000 = 1,760,507,460 Kgs

- Water 3,150 x 27,282,000 = 85,938,300,000 Kgs/Litres

Total Fossil Fuels used in Computing to date = 241,323,304,572.50Kgs or

24.1 Billion Tonnes (estimated)

Total amount of fossil fuels to produce the 1Billion Desktops and 27 Million Servers to

date would run Drax for...

2400 Years.

NB Drax provides 7% of UK Generation Capacity


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Manufacturing ICT is...

Energy Intensive

Resource Hungry (rare earths, and conflict materials)

Hard to dispose of.

All in all, seriously bad for the environment.

Mining

Resources & fossil fuels

Toxic

Disposal in 3rd World, e Waste Mountains

Energy Consumption

N Carolina Data Centre Belt (Coal Fired) Yahoo, Facebook, Google


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Manufacturing ICT is...

Not directly our responsibility...

Yes, it is.

Procurement & Standards will make manufacturers THINK!

And is already doing so...


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Manufacturing/In Use/Carbon Footprinting of ICT is...

Being looked at by:

GHG Protocol, GeSI, WRI & Carbon Trust and Vendors/SI’s

A new GHG Protocol ICT Sector is under development and it covers:

Infrastructure Building Blocks

Hardware/Equipment, Data Centres & Software

Service Applications

Networks, Managed Desktop Services, Cloud &...

Enablement Applications

Transport Substitution, Transport Logistics, eCommerce & Energy Management

Effectively an End to End ICT Lifecycle Analysis, including use.


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Manufacturing - Epeat

Based on IEEE 1680.1 standards (in revision)

Bronze – Meets Standard

Silver – Meets Standard + at least 50% of optional criteria

Gold – Meets Standard + at least 75% of optional criteria

Standard Includes:

- Reduction/elimination of environmentally sensitive materials

- Material selection

- Design for end of life

- Product longevity/life extension

- Energy conservation

- End-of-life management

- Corporate performance

- Packaging

Further information can be found at www.epeat.net

http://www.epeat.net/


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Manufacturing – Energy Star - Desktops

Computers - An ENERGY STAR qualified computer delivers substantial savings over a

conventional computer. Desktop, integrated desktop, and notebook (laptop)

computers, workstations, small-scale servers, and thin clients are all eligible to earn

the ENERGY STAR, and those that do are now more efficient than ever.

Ref:http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=computers.pr_crit_computers

http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/product_specs/program_reqs/Computers_Progra

m_Requirements.pdf

This is Version 5.2, Version 6 is in development

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=computers.pr_crit_computers







http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/product_specs/program_reqs/Computers_Program_Requirements.pdf

http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/product_specs/program_reqs/Computers_Program_Requirements.pdf


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Manufacturing – Energy Star - Monitors

Displays - ENERGY STAR qualified displays include computer monitors, digital picture

frames and professional signage which meet stringent energy efficiency requirements

in On, Sleep, and Off Modes.

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=find_a_product.ShowProductGroup&p

gw_code=MO

http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/product_specs/program_reqs/Displays_Program

_Requirements.pdf

This is Version 5.1, Version 6 is in development

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=find_a_product.ShowProductGroup&pgw_code=MO

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=find_a_product.ShowProductGroup&pgw_code=MO

http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/product_specs/program_reqs/Displays_Program_Requirements.pdf

http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/product_specs/program_reqs/Displays_Program_Requirements.pdf


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Manufacturing – Energy Star - Servers

Servers - Computer servers that earn the ENERGY STAR will, on average, be 30

percent more energy efficient than standard servers. If all servers sold in the United

States meet this new specification, energy cost savings would approach $800 million

per year and prevent greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from over one

million vehicles.

Ref: http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=ent_servers.enterprise_servers

http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/product_specs/program_reqs/Computer_Servers

_Program_Requirements.pdf

This is Version 1.2, Version 2 is in Development

UPS and Storage specifications are also in Development

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=ent_servers.enterprise_servers

http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/product_specs/program_reqs/Computer_Servers_Program_Requirements.pdf

http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/product_specs/program_reqs/Computer_Servers_Program_Requirements.pdf


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Manufacturing – Energy Star - Printers

Printers - ENERGY STAR qualified imaging equipment includes copiers and fax

machines; digital duplicators; printers, scanners and all-in-one devices; and, mailing

machines. Models that meet the most recent ENERGY STAR requirements are 40%

more energy efficient, and feature efficient designs that help equipment run cooler

and last longer.

Ref:

http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/product_specs/program_reqs/Imaging_Equipm

ent_Program_Requirements.pdf

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=find_a_product.ShowProductGroup&p

gw_code=IEQ

This is Version 1.2

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=find_a_product.ShowProductGroup&pgw_code=IEQ

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=find_a_product.ShowProductGroup&pgw_code=IEQ


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In use – Office Environment

First, create IT Energy baseline, 37 PC Power management products available

Review yearly (minimum) recommend quarterly.

Good products will allow variable policies to be applied.

When circumstances permit, procure EPEAT Gold /Energy Star products.

Consider Thin Clients and Low Energy Computers.

Do not over specify user equipment!


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In use – Data Centres - Europe

Data Centre Energy Use in the 27 EU States is equal to the entire consumption of

Portugal!


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In use – Data Centre(s)

First, create IT Energy baseline, 37 PC Power management products available

Review yearly (minimum) recommend quarterly.

Good products will allow variable policies to be applied.

Beware, not all products are suitable for Servers.

Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM)

Dashboards, Utilisation, Energy Consumption, Cooling, Resilience

When circumstances permit, procure EPEAT Gold /Energy Star products.

Consider Virtualisation & Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).

Do not over specify Server equipment!


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Think about it?

Consider your peers and the industry.

Design

5 x 9’s ?

24/7/365 Availability?

DR?

Data Management/Policy?

Refer to

Green Grid Maturity Model

EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres (Energy Efficiency) (BCS)

Certified Energy Efficient Datacentre Award (CEEDA)


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Weblinks:

Green Grid Maturity Model

http://www.thegreengrid.org/en/Global/Content/white-papers/DataCenterMaturityModel

EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres (Energy Efficiency) (BCS)

http://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/energyefficiency/html/standby_initiative_data_centers.htm

Certified Energy Efficient Datacentre Award (CEEDA)

http://www.ceeda-award.org/




http://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/energyefficiency/html/standby_initiative_data_centers.htm





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Data Centre Energy Efficiency (Tips)


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Cooling

Chillers/Humidity Control/CRAC’s – Account for 45% of Power Use (33%/3%/9%)

Hot Aisle/Cold Aisle

Air Flow Management (CFD)

Blanking Plates (Install to all open spaces)

Plenum Access Tiles (In the right place?)

Temperature?

Humidity?


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Hot Aisle/Cool Aisle


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IT Equipment (30% of Power use)

Servers (Power Capping/Energy Management Features)

Networking (Port Management)

Storage (Hot/Warm/Cold/Frozen)

OZZO (Green IT Consortium Amsterdam)

Virtualisation

PDU’s/UPS (23% of Power use)

Upgrade to newer UPS’s when prudent to do so (retrofit)

Most energy efficient (in new builds)

Managed PDU’s

DCIM is a must in New Builds, consider retrofit!


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Data Centre Energy Efficiency Tips

Consider the Future:

Cloud Definition

“Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product,

whereby shared resources, software and information are provided to computers and

other devices as a utility (like the electricity grid) over a network (typically the Internet).”

Ref: Wikipedia, Accessed 23rd August 2011

Cloud Services (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS)

Software as a Service – Google Docs/Hotmail/Salesforce etc

Platform as a Service - Hosted Email/CRM/ERP/SAP etc

Infrastructure as a Service – Outsourcing/Managed Services

Device Independence

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_(economics)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_(business)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_computing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_grid

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_network

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet


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One Problem with the Cloud

Cloud Definition

“Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product,

whereby shared resources, software and information are provided to computers and

other devices as a utility (like the electricity grid) over a network (typically the Internet).”

Ref: Wikipedia, Accessed 23rd August 2011

Someone, somewhere has to design, procure, maintain and dispose of IT equipment.

In order to meet conventional computer thinking:

Provide services that are 24/7/365

99.999% Uptime

Which means:

Resilient Power/Network/Storage/Cooling at 2 x, perhaps 4 times actual needs.

IT is NOT and can NEVER be a UTILITY, its NOT regulated (Ofgem/Ofwat) and assets

are not fixed like electricity/water/gas and transport and are not long term fixed cost.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_(economics)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_(business)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_computing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_grid

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_network

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet


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The Cloud.


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The Cloud.


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The Cloud.


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The Cloud.


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Is the Cloud Green?

Maybe!

Its open season for Cloud SP’s to promote Green claims!

And on the face of it, it may be true, but.....

No independent verification of Pre & Post Cloud energy consumption.

Lots of assumptions are being made.

More analysis needs to be done


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Disposal (Not much!)

Sweat Assets

Go beyond warranty 3-7 years

Consider low priority uses (monitoring/internet access etc)

Convert Fat to Thin (go on a diet!)

If you must dispose of kit then..

Donate to charity (be careful, use approved schemes)

Use Recyclers (Again use approved schemes)


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Conclusion – What is Green IT?

Green IT Governance

Change in Manufacturing?

New Procurement Standards/Better R&D/Recycling

Manufacturing

Green IT by default?

In use – User Devices

Right Kit for the Job?/Thin Clients/Low Energy PC’s/PC Power Management

In use – Data Centres

Energy Efficiency Measures/DCIM/EU CoC/CEEDA/GGMM

Disposal

Reuse/Recycle

Green IT = Reduction in Costs (Energy/Staff/Environment)

What the BCS is doing!

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What the BCS is doing: Green IT SG

Green IT SG – 1700 Members Worldwide

Committee has representatives from Govt, Academia & Private Sector

Communications Plan (Under development)

Development of Green IT Metrics

Green IT Qualifications with DCSG

Foundation (2009), EU Code of Conduct (2010),

New Courses & Exams - Energy & Cost Management (DC’s) (2011)

Practitioner (In Development)

Green IT/Data Centre/Branch programme (West Midlands)

Recycling Competition (Pilot 2011) (Under Review)

0 Entries in Technology Section

4 Entries in Art & Design Section

- Open to FE Establishments only


What the BCS is doing: DCSG

1379 DCSG Members 1103 – UK, 276 ROW

Close ties with Green IT SG (2 Committee Members on both SG’s)

Regular events schedule –

Last : Visit to SCC DC Birmingham (27/09/11) & DCIM Overview (BCS HQ 2/11/11)

Next: Major Events Architecture & Sustainability – BT Olympics (7/3/12)

Instrumental in EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres 148 Participants (500MW)

Links with DCD/Green Grid/Data Centre Pulse/Green IT Consortium (Amsterdam)

MOU with GIPC (Japan)

MOU with South Korea

MOU with South American DC Group

2 Committee Members on EU CoC Best Practices Panel

(Liam Newcombe/John Booth) + BCS SG Members

Developed Certificated Energy Efficiency Datacentre Award (CEEDA)

Zahl Limbuwala (Chair) Global Speaker on DC Energy Efficiency.


What the BCS is doing: HQ

Excellent Support from Chris Wallace (BCS Green)

HQ Assistance in Greenpeace/Green IT support for IT Metrics Transparency PR (June ‘11)

Promotes Green IT Qualifications

Attends & Sponsors Green IT Events (External, Green IT Awards)

Prominent Position on BCS website:

http://www.bcs.org/category/12876

Supports EU Code of Conduct & CEEDA programme

http://www.bcs.org/category/12876


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The Elephant! & Q&A’s Session


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Q&A’s point to consider!

Some Q’s already raised:

“Why all the fuss?” (Parts 1 & 2)

“What is the Energy Gap?” (Clue: The Elephants!)

“Isn’t all IT Green?”

“Does it Cost?

“Is the Cloud evitable?”

“What does the future hold for IT support?”

“Where are the elephants?”

“What are the BCS doing?”

“Where can I get some guidance on Green IT?”

Plus whatever you come up with!

The End

• Thank you

• John Booth

• Carbon3IT Ltd

• [email protected]

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