Here at Connecting Bristol, we are involved with the Bristol Green ICT (energy for efficiency) project. As part of the project a Green ICT Solutions Database has been complied and will shortly be published on the Green ICT section of this site. The database contains over 100 green ICT solutions, ranging in difficulty and capital cost.
Before the full database is published, we wanted to give a taster of some of the solutions presented:
- Consider switching to blade servers – Blade servers are entire computers contained on a card that can be inserted into a larger device. This can reduce space requirements by a factor of 20 and consume about 10% less power than rack mounted servers. You can also consolidate server use by repurposing existing servers for other tasks.
- Use Energy star equipment – 20-60% less energy is used by an energy star monitor than a non energy star monitor. For a printer to qualify for an energy star rating it must: use 25% less energy than non-energy star printers, be able to print on both sides, run cooler and last longer.
- Defragment hard discs – Defragmentation of discs reduces the amount of travel required from the hard drives, reducing energy use.
- Set up individual printing accounts – Set up individual printing accounts through ‘Follow Me’ printing. Users can be told how much printing they do in relation to colleagues. Consider publishing a league table of prolific printers.
We will keep you updated when the full database is ready to be downloaded.
