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How green is technology? A new tool from JISC is helping universities and colleges calculate just how eco-friendly they are, by estimating the carbon footprint left by their computers.
Institutions can work out their carbon emissions by inputting information about the numbers of computing devices into the SUSTE-IT footprinting tool.
The tool then estimates the overall amount of electricity used, and the related carbon emissions, to help the institutions target areas for energy saving.
Computers, servers, monitors, routers, faxes and even OHPs are all examined as part of the process.
But theres no need for time-consuming audits. Where records are limited, users are encouraged to guesstimate where necessary or use Sheffield University figures as a rough rule of thumb.
Rob Bristow, JISCs Green ICT programme manager, said:
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