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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
2020 is the target set by the government for every UK home to be fitted with a smart meter.
If you’re wondering what a ’smart meter’ is, it’s an advanced meter that identifies power consumption in more detail than a conventional meter; and communicates that information in real-time to the user and / or [...]
We have created some new web pages to start to share our work on Green ICT here
On March 12, 2009, the European Commission adopted a Communication on mobilising Information and Communication Technologies to facilitate the transition to an energy-efficient, low-carbon economy.
Over the last year, we have been developing and piloting a methodology for [...]
Residents will be able to reduce the amount of energy they use and save money at the same time thanks to a pioneering new loan scheme from Bristol City Council.
The city’s library network has taken delivery of nearly 200 Energy Saving Monitors, which library users can take home and simply plug into a socket to [...]
We are pleased to invite you to help finalise the Techno Footprint project.
What is a Techno Footprint?
In partnership with The Carbon Trust, Connecting Bristol and Bristol City Council Sustainable City Team have been working with ESD Ltd. to develop a way of understanding and visualising how business-use of ICT adds to local carbon emissions. [...]