AIIA Standing Agenda

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• AIIA Standing Agenda
• Sustainability of ICT

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Ms Kayelle Wiltshire Branch Manager, Central
Facilities Branch Australian Government
Information Management Office (AGIMO)
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
OFFICE
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Outline

• The Green ICT Setting
• Gershon Review and ICT Reform Agenda
• Green ICT Quick Wins (Quick Wins)
• Green ICT Procurement Kit (Green Kit)

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The Green ICT Setting

• Government expenditure
• Large organisations can spend up to 10 of their
  ICT budget on energy costs (ANAO)
• Government usage
• In 2006/07, agencies total energy consumption
  (excluding Defence Operations) was about 9
  million gigajoules contributing over 95 of
  greenhouse gas emissions from agencies (DEWHA)

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The Green ICT Setting

• Energy
• IT can represent 40 of an organisation's energy
  bill (ANAO)
• Power management
• As at March 2009, 48 of agencies shut down their
  desktop workstations overnight (ANAO)

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Gershon Review

• Review of the Australian Government's Use of
  Information and Communication Technology
• Required the development of initiatives to better
  align the Governments
• overall sustainability agenda
• its ability to understand its energy costs and
• the footprint of its ICT estate

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Government ICT Reform Agenda

• Develop Green ICT Procurement Kit
• Green ICT quick wins
• Develop a whole-of-government ICT sustainability
  plan
• Agencies to develop an ICT energy efficiency plan

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What are Green ICT Quick Wins?

• Measures that are relatively easy to implement
  that can quickly reduce the power used by an
  agencys infrastructure
• Financial efficiencies realised by implementing
  automatic desktop workstation shutdown include
• 5 million per annum at Defence
• 237,000 per annum at Medicare Australia
• 50,000 per annum at Australian Bureau of
  Statistics

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How were the Green ICT Quick Wins selected?

• The list was created in consultation with
• over 20 Government agencies and
• AIIA
• Endorsed by our CIO Committee on 7 April 2009

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What are the Quick Wins?

• High priority options
• Black screens, or static screen savers instead of
  active screensavers.
• Automatic shutdown of desktop and laptop fleet
  after hours.
• Encourage agencies to implement initiatives to
  enable the measurement of power usage of ICT as a
  component of total power usage.

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What are the Quick Wins?

• Medium priority options (in line with agency ICT
  refresh cycles)
• Consider replacing personal computers with more
  energy efficient alternatives
• Replace inefficient monitors with more
  energy-efficient models at the end of their life
  cycle
• Consider replacing telephones with technologies
  that optimise energy efficiency and minimise
  duplication of handsets

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What are the Quick Wins?

• Medium priority options (in line with agency ICT
  refresh cycles) continued
• Encourage tools and practices to reduce printed
  pages per employee per month.
• Include green ICT requirements in all agencies
  ICT RFT documentation
• Require respondents to detail energy usage
  information for their proposed solution.
• Require that respondents indicate whether they
  are a signatory to the National Packaging
  Covenant.

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What are the Quick Wins?

• Longer term priorities
• Identify case study examples thin clients and
  virtualisation.
• Identify energy efficiency standards.
• Introduce a carbon calculator for meeting
  scheduling.

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Green ICT Procurement Kit

• Why develop a Green Kit?
• Finance, in conjunction with DEWHA, will develop
  a Green ICT Procurement Kit to support agencies
  regarding environmental issues in relation to
  acquisition of ICT products and services
• this will consider raw material acquisition,
  manufacture, distribution, use and disposal

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What will the Green Kit include?

• Green ICT requirements for inclusion in all
  agency ICT RFT documentation
• Green ICT clauses for inclusion in all agency ICT
  contracts
• Guidance on the application of available
  standards to be adopted as mandatory for relevant
  ICT acquisitions

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What is the Green Kit seeking to achieve?

• More sustainable ICT
• Increased energy efficiency levels
• Increased compliance with environmental standards

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Who will we consult with in the development of
the Green Kit?

• We intend to consult with
• Industry through AIIA and ACS
• Agencies through a working group
• Relevant stakeholders and governance committees

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Thank You

• Questions

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
OFFICE