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Oxford University - Toward Low Carbon ICThot!
The DCSG were invited to present at Oxford University's Towards Low Carbon ICT event.
Wednesday 19th March, 2008 at the Said Business School, Oxford University.
The University of Oxford is hosting the 'Towards Low Carbon ICT' conference to stimulate discussion on the practical measures that can be taken to build ICT services that both reduce carbon dioxide emissions, and mitigate the effects that higher energy prices will have on our institutions.
According to the world's top climate scientists, we need to reduce current carbon dioxide emissions by 70-80% in order to stabilise levels in the atmosphere and prevent dangerous climate change. However, current trends show that global energy demand will actually rise by 53%, leading to a 55% increase in carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 (International Energy Agency, 'The World Energy Outlook', 2006).
Computing professionals can make a significant contribution to tackling these worrying trends. To achieve substantial emission reductions we must consider energy consumption across the full life cycle of ICT systems, so include the manufacture, disposal and transport of equipment, along with the performance of systems when provided as managed services.
The academic community in the UK have an opportunity to become exemplars to the IT industry in low carbon ICT, both through reducing the energy used in ICT and in fully realising the carbon benefits ICT can provide elsewhere. The BCS is keen to support these efforts.
Grid Computing Now KTN Webinar Presentationhot!
Future_of_the_Data_Centre_DCSGhot!
FST Data Centre Excellence April 2008
This is the presentation on Data Centre Metrics given at the Financial Sector Technology Data Centre Excellence conference in April 2008.
This presentation gives an overview of the DCSG white paper on Data Centre Energy Efficiency metrics. This included where the Green Grid DCiE is effective, where it has issues and where it should not be used along with the DCSG Fixed and Proportional Overhead analysis metrics that provide the complimentary analysis and decision making metrics to the DCiE reporting metric.
Fresh_Air_Cooling_-_BCS_Presentationhot!
DCSG Grid KTN Webinar 20080507
This is the presentation given by the DCSG Secretary, Liam Newcombe in the Grid Computing Now Webinar on the 7th May 2008, "Energy Efficient Data Centres, Experience, Measurement and Models.
We recommend viewing the Webinar to see what Nic Barnes of Merrill Lynch has to say about the real world energy impacts of server and desktop virtualisation within their organisation as well as the other benefits of their program.
DCSG Future of the Data Centre Presentationhot!
This is the initial presentation on 'Crop Rotation in the Data Centre' given by Liam Newcombe for the DCSG at the Future of the Data Centre 2007 conference.
This version contains the speakers notes embedded in the PDF.
DCSG BroadGroup Power and Cooling Presentation 20071004hot!
Data Centre Dynamics - A Holistic Approach to IT Efficiencyhot!
