Integrate Sustainability in ICT Planning and Design Projects

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INTEGRATE SUSTAINABILITY IN ICT PLANNING AND DESIGN PROJECTS
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction..............................................................................................................................6
2 sustainable projects..................................................................................................................6
2.1 Suitable Sustainable Projects............................................................................................6
2.1.1 E-Waste Management System...................................................................................6
2.1.2 Paperless Office.........................................................................................................7
2.1.3 SSD............................................................................................................................7
2.1.4 Consolidated Software Licensing..............................................................................7
2.1.5 Installation of McAfee...............................................................................................7
2.2 Virtualization Or Cloud Computing.................................................................................7
2.3 Online Collaboration Forums............................................................................................8
2.3.1 Dropbox Business......................................................................................................8
2.3.2 ClickMeeting.............................................................................................................8
2.3.3 Team Viewer.............................................................................................................8
2.3.4 GitHub.......................................................................................................................8
3 Sustainability In Integration....................................................................................................9
3.1 Impacts of Cloud Computing............................................................................................9
3.2 Transferable Operations....................................................................................................9
3.3 Non Transferable Operations..........................................................................................10

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4 solutions.................................................................................................................................10
4.1 Technology Solutions.....................................................................................................10
4.1.1 Dropbox...................................................................................................................10
4.1.2 TeamViewer............................................................................................................11
4.1.3 Github......................................................................................................................11
4.2 Green Solutions...............................................................................................................11
4.2.1 SSDs (Solid State Drives)........................................................................................11
4.2.2 Energy Saving Bulbs...............................................................................................11
4.2.3 LED Monitors..........................................................................................................12
4.3 Cost-Benefit Analysis.....................................................................................................12
4.4 Power Supply Audit........................................................................................................14
4.4.1 Energy Consumption Estimates...............................................................................14
5 Short-Term Solutions.............................................................................................................20
5.1 Reduce Paper Usage........................................................................................................20
5.2 Virtualization..................................................................................................................20
5.3 Environment-Friendly Bulb............................................................................................21
5.4 Environment-Friendly Monitors.....................................................................................21
5.5 Energy Friendly Refrigerators........................................................................................21
6 Sustainable Management Principles......................................................................................21
6.1 Depend On Solar.............................................................................................................21

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6.2 Biodiversity.....................................................................................................................22
6.3 Chemical Recycling........................................................................................................22
7 Key Performance Indicators(KPIs)........................................................................................22
7.1 KPIs For Optus................................................................................................................22
7.2 Smallest Carbon Footprint..............................................................................................22
7.3 Most Connect Community..............................................................................................23
7.4 Best experience...............................................................................................................23
7.5 KPI FOR ADMC............................................................................................................23
7.5.1 Cost Saving..............................................................................................................23
7.5.2 Power usage.............................................................................................................23
7.5.3 Regulatory Compliance...........................................................................................23
7.5.4 Wastes......................................................................................................................24
8 Best Practices.........................................................................................................................24
9 Virtualization Opportunities..................................................................................................24
10 Energy Cost Estimation.........................................................................................................26
10.1 College.........................................................................................................................26
10.1.1 Computers................................................................................................................26
10.1.2 Light Bulbs..............................................................................................................27
10.1.3 Refrigerator..............................................................................................................28
10.2 IDMC...........................................................................................................................29

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10.2.1 Computers................................................................................................................29
10.2.2 Light Bulbs..............................................................................................................30
10.2.3 Microwave...............................................................................................................31
10.2.4 Microwave...............................................................................................................31
10.2.5 Fridges.....................................................................................................................33
10.2.6 Microwave...............................................................................................................34
11 Energy Saving Report............................................................................................................34
12 ROI (Return On Investment).................................................................................................35
13 CO2 Emission.........................................................................................................................35
13.1 Estimates.....................................................................................................................35
13.2 Benchmarks.................................................................................................................35
Recommendation...........................................................................................................................37
14 Conclusion.............................................................................................................................37
References......................................................................................................................................38
List of Tables
Table 1 Cost-Benefit Analysis.......................................................................................................13

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List of Figures
Figure 1 Computer Power Usage...................................................................................................15
Figure 2 Light Bulbs Power Usage................................................................................................16
Figure 3 Microwave Power Usage................................................................................................17
Figure 4 Fridges Power Consumption...........................................................................................18
Figure 5 Air Conditioner Power Consumption..............................................................................19
Figure 6 Computer Power Utilisation............................................................................................26
Figure 7 Light Bulbs Utility..........................................................................................................27
Figure 8 Refrigerator Utility..........................................................................................................28
Figure 9 IDMC Computer Usage..................................................................................................29
Figure 10 IDMC Bulbs Power Usage............................................................................................30
Figure 11 Microwave Power Utility..............................................................................................31
Figure 12 Fridge Power utility.......................................................................................................32
Figure 13 Microwave utility Consumption....................................................................................34

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1 INTRODUCTION
Environment conservation should be a key consideration when executing plans to undertake
an ICT project to ensure the project meets the laid down regulatory standards and industry-based
standards. The Australian government came up with the EPBC (Environment Protection and
Biodiversity Conservation) act, to provide a national framework for companies to use in setting
up their e-waste policy and environment conservation procedures. This report highlights the
various sustainable methods that IDMC (International Digital Marketing Company) can use to
ensure not only compliance with the law but also make them have competitive advantages
(Sayeed and Gill, 2008).
2 SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS
2.1 SUITABLE SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS
IDMC can embark on the following projects that will strategically make the company be
sustainable and reduce environment pollution effects,
2.1.1 E-Waste Management System
This project will provide the company with a framework to dispose the wastes from
electronic parts including computers and other electronic devices with the view of reuse,
recycle and reduce approach (Klimova et al., 2016).

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2.1.2 Paperless Office
The company can embark on a Project to reduce paper use in the office by ensuring most
if not all business documents are digitized and can be filed electronically without printing
to help reduce not only the negative impact on the environment but also save the
company recurrent cost of rims of paper procurement (Elliott, 2012).
2.1.3 SSD
Solid State Drives(SSD) should be a minimum requirement when procuring laptops and
desktop computers to reduce not only the energy consumption but also read and write
time of data to storage (Park, Kim, and Jeong, 2014).
2.1.4 Consolidated Software Licensing
The company can endeavor to consolidate all the software licenses buy buying bulk
licenses online instead of purchasing a license for each computer which normally comes
in CD format. The online version is much sustainable as only one license is purchased for
the given number of users.
2.1.5 Installation of McAfee
McAfee antivirus has strong email protection using its real-time spam filters reducing
energy used in processing spam emails.
2.2 VIRTUALIZATION OR CLOUD COMPUTING
Cloud computing is more sustainable since the company will not have to spend money
purchasing the heavy infrastructure which is not only expensive but also consumes a lot of power
energy. Through cloud computing, the company will only pay for what they actually use
bringing more efficiency in operations of the company. Through the cloud, the company is