Green IT for Sustainable Business Practice

Business Benefits of Green IT

As organisations enter an era of austerity and what some social commentators are calling the sustainability revolution, businesses are now beginning to ask what is IT doing to reduce costs and just as importantly, what are they doing to help organisations reduce their carbon footprint? Recent studies have shown that globally, the electricity consumption of PCs is growing by 5% year on year. In an average Small to Medium sized Enterprise electricity consumption accounts for at least 10% of an IT departments budget, alarmingly rising to over 50% in some extreme cases. Industry surveys have also found that the cost of electricity to run a typical computer over its lifetime is now even greater than its purchase price. Perhaps the most worrying consideration is in the last 10 years, the amount of electricity consumed by data centres worldwide has doubled and it is reported by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that by the end of 2011, in the United States Sustainable Reflecting the Working aspirations of the alone, ten new power stations will needed to have been business built to cope with this ever-growing demand. But how do organisations reverse this trend? How can they be expected to reduce energy consumption and related carbon emissions in their organisation against the demand for more computing and technical solutions to their business requirements? The most obvious answer is to invest in Green IT.
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Green IT is a collection of strategic and tactical initiatives Energy Costs that directly reduces the carbon footprint of an organisations computing operation. However, Green IT is not just focused on reducing the environmental impact of the ICT industry. It is also focused on using the services of ICT to help reduce the organisations overall carbon footprint, regardless of the type, shape or size of the organisation. It has never been more critical for organisations and individuals to understand the importance of not only the environmental but political, financial, social and legal drivers surrounding Green IT.

Green IT BAU

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Best Practice Academy is delighted to announce that the following Green IT training is now available: Green IT Full & Half Day Awareness
This course provides an introduction to the subject of Green IT and familiarises delegates with the following concepts: Understanding the definition of Green IT Identify the political, environmental, social & legal drivers Explain the business benefits of adopting a Green IT strategy Identify an organisations external drivers for change Understand the practicalities of energy efficiencies Understand Green IT roles and responsibilities How to identify an organisations Green IT credentials

ISEB Foundation Certificate in Green IT

This course is aimed at the decision makers, both IT and Business Managers and Green IT champions in the organisation. Upon successful completion of this course, delegates will be able to: Assist their organisation in understanding the impact of Green IT regulations, legislation and policy Recognise the importance of, and compile a Green IT strategy for their organisation Identify and baseline their organisations current Green IT credentials Did Advise the organisation how to move forward in delivering greener IT Have a comprehensive understanding of the definition of Green IT you know that Identify the political, environmental, social and legal drivers for Green IT globally an estimated 50 Understand the practicalities of energy efficiencies million tons of EExplain the business benefits of adopting a Green IT strategy waste is produced Have a fundamental understanding of the importance of IT when each year? trying to achieve an organisations green objectives Compile an action list to identify their organisations Green IT requirements, and be able to implement them

On successfully passing the accompanying exam, the delegate will also attain the ISEB Certificate in Green IT qualification

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