ICTSUS601 Advanced Diploma: Sustainability in ICT Planning & Design

This presentation focuses on sustainability in ICT planning and design, emphasizing environmentally friendly computing practices. It highlights technological solutions for ICT sustainability, including reducing harmful materials and maximizing power efficiency throughout the IT asset's lifetime. Short-term solutions to reduce power consumption, such as turning off computers and bulbs when not in use, server virtualization, cloud computing, using environment-friendly refrigerators, and installing green PCs, are discussed. The presentation also outlines how to initiate and progress sustainable management principles, ensuring comprehensive and transparent techniques for quantitative assessment of environmental impacts. References to relevant articles and resources are provided to support the information presented.

A PRESENTATION ON
SUSTAINABILITY IN ICT
PLANNING AND DESIGN
PROJECT
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TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS TO ICT
SUSTAINABILITY
• ICT sustainability involves environment friendly computing.
• It helps in reduction of harmful materials and maximizes
power efficiency throughout the IT asset’s lifetime thus it
promotes biodegradable recyclable materials.

SHORT TERM SOLUTIONS TO ACHIEVE
REDUCTION OF POWER CONSUMPTION
• Turning off computers and
bulbs when not in use will
save over 43200 KWh per
month.

SHORT TERM SOLUTIONS TO ACHIEVE
REDUCTION OF POWER CONSUMPTION
• Server virtualization and
cloud computing.
• This save energy and reduce
carbon (iv) oxide emission.

SHORT TERM SOLUTIONS TO ACHIEVE
REDUCTION OF POWER CONSUMPTION
• Using environment friendly
refrigerators.
• This reduce power
consumption.

SHORT TERM SOLUTIONS TO ACHIEVE
REDUCTION OF POWER CONSUMPTION
• Installing green PCs.
• This will help to reduce land
fills.

HOW TO INITIATE AND PROGRESS SUSTAINABLE
MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES WHICH RESULT IN
REDUCED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
In order to incorporate an effective sustainability within IDMC, the
organization must consider sustainable management principle
strategies that will guide in selection of appropriate sustainability
tool. These include but not limited to the following:
The principle should ensure that all sustainability technique should be
comprehensive.
It should ensure that all techniques are aimed to deliver quantitative
assessment of impacts to the greatest feasible extent.
The methods should be transparent and can be easily explained.

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