Green ICT

ICT is currently responsible for the same volume of carbon emissions as the airline industry. Our programme is helping Bristol to meet Carbon reduction targets by commissioning research, raising awareness, supporting behaviour change and piloting new approaches to ICT and Energy Efficiency. Visit our dedicated Bristol’s Green ICT website.

Event: Green, Open and Social: 6pm, 22 March @ Watershed

by Kevin 24/02/2010 in Bristol

Bristol is an unorthodox city. This is certainly true when it comes to ICT. The city is home to businesses, public bodies and community groups who are leading the way in open source and energy efficient uses of technology and who are exploiting the power of social media to engage the city’s communities.
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ICT should help the Public Sector travel greener

by Kevin 27/01/2010 in Bristol

The Sustainable Development Commission has released a report encouraging the Public Sector to deploy the latest ICT innovations to cut down on unnecessary journeys, improve fuel consumption on the journeys we need to take, and make the time we spend travelling more useful and enjoyable.
The report called ‘Smarter Moves: How Information Communications Technology can promote [...]

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Bristol project on saving energy by using ICT shortlisted for European Award only a month after its launch

by Kevin 23/11/2009 in Bristol

A major new Bristol project on saving energy by using information and communication technology has been shortlisted for the European ICT for Energy Efficiency Project Award – only a month after its launch.
On 1st November Connecting Bristol launched www.greenaddict.eu a web site on the greener use of ICT.
The website was developed [...]

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Showcase of Bristol and Bath Green ICT solutions: 12 November 2009, 6:00pm – 8:15pm

by Kevin 09/11/2009 in Events

In a smart and Connected City, ICT increasingly underpins the sustainable development of new homes and businesses, intelligent transport, flexible jobs, efficient public services and future energy supply. As the prominence of ICT increases, so does its impact on the environment and carbon emissions. Whilst ICT consumes energy it is also an enabler of new [...]

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Bristol Green ICT Champion – Bristol Wireless

by Matt 25/10/2009 in Bristol

Bristol Wireless is committed to social improvement through the building of a wireless computer network. This volunteer run co-operative research and develop services and products to help people to reduce the carbon footprint and cost of their ICT, including low power hardware, open source software and wireless networking. Bristol Wireless also wipe and refurbish old [...]

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Bristol Green ICT Champion – Ethical IT

by Matt 25/10/2009 in Green ICT

Ethical IT is part of The Ethical Property Company who buy properties and develop them as centres that bring charities, social enterprises, community and campaign groups together to share skills and ideas. Ethical IT specialises in the communication requirements and system issues of the social change sector, and provides tailored, cost-effective solutions.
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Bristol Green ICT Champion – University of Bristol

by Matt 24/10/2009 in Green ICT

The University of Bristol is ranked as one of the top 10 universities in the UK, and although one of the oldest institutions, it is riding the crest of the digital wave and becoming a Green ICT Champion.
One of the key aims of the University’s IT Strategy is the Environment: to develop sustainable approaches to [...]

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Seeing your Carbon Footprint

by Kevin 13/10/2009 in Green ICT

Have you ever wonder what your carbon footprint actually looks like? Measuring green house gas emissions gives an accurate, but abstract, calculation of the quantity of CO2 released into the atmosphere but it can be difficult to visualise precisely what this means.

The Carbon Quilt is an online application that translates these calculations into a visual [...]

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Green ICT solutions database …. a taster

by Bryn 15/06/2009 in Bristol

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 [...]

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