Making legislation work for IT

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Making legislation work for IT
Where to from here ?
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Background

• COAG initiatives on sustainability.
• ACS AIIA -
• Sustainability in Education.
• E3 Programme Equipment Energy Efficiency

GREEN IT
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• Where are we now?
• Global expansion of ICT infrastructure
• High power consumption PCs
• Motor vehicle industry exploring carbon saving
  alternatives
• IT profession at bottom of learning curve of ICT
  Sustainability

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Sustainability in ICT Systems

• Raising awareness of social responsibility (VET
  community).
• Extension of existing IT courses to include GREEN
  IT.
• Benefits to industry - avings RoI.

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Sustainability in ICT Systems

• Five new units for a short course in
• ICT sustainability
• Install and test power saving hardware.
• Install and test power management software.
• Install and test renewable energy system for ICT
  networks.
• Install test thin client low powered
  workstation fed by Power over Ethernet for Web
  2.0.
• Implement server virtualisation for a sustainable
  ICT system.

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Sustainability in ICT Systems

• Course status
• Developed and accredited for 2009 delivery.
• Piloted at Petersham TAFE.
• Will be delivered in many TAFE centres.
• Delivery and Assessment resources produced.

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Power saving strategies

• Power saving hardware.
• Power management software.
• Short Video

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2 Different PCs Used

• Server
• - Abit Core2Duo
• - Compact Media Desktop
• - High performance with reduced energy inputs
• Workstation
• - Via MM 3500 Integrated Platform Motherboard -
• - Low energy consumption (one of the lowest
  available)
• - Energy to performance trade off

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Power Consumption
State VIA VM 3500 PC Abit Core2duo
Off 1.28 Watts 2 Watts
Idle (Average) 19.2 Watts 40.1 Watts
Peak 25.86 Watts 59.3 Watts
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Performance
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Payback Period
20 Average PC's 20 Average PC's 20 High End or old PC's 20 High End or old PC's
Action Total Cost 20 PC's Annual Gain Payback (Yrs) Annual Gain Payback (Yrs)
Install and Test power saving hardware 6,280.00 1,017.50 6.2 2,950.75 2.1
Install and Test power saving software 2,200.00 1,139.60 1.9 2,492.88 0.9
Install and Test power saving hardware software 8,480.00 1,444.85 5.9 3,378.10 2.5
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Renewable Energy
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Solar Panel Installation
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Wind Turbine Installation
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Concept Overview
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Server Virtualisation

• Power saving over multiple physical servers
• Simplify system administration by integrating all
  servers into one physical machine
• Server hardware resource optimisation

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Server Virtualisation Concept
Applications
Operating System
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Power Consumption Comparison

• vs
• 5 Physical Virtual Server
• servers

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Virtual Server
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• The road ahead....
• IT needs to quickly advance to another level on
  ICT Sustainability
• Promulgate results and techniques through the
  profession
• How to get on the road...
• Focus on training and education sector
• educating the young professionals
• TAFE NSW new course
• Sustainability in ICT Systems
• Technical AND Practical knowledge
• Further developments will be implemented as we
  progress.

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• Presenters
• Franco Salaun
• Manager, Telecom Networks Programs.
• Business, Arts Information Technology
  Curriculum Centre. TAFE NSW
• Stanley Tonkins
• Chartered Professional Engineer
• Lecturer/developer of programs at TAFE on
• Telecommunications and Networks
• Information Technology