experiences of havering sixth form college graham francis director of it services
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Smarter, Greener LearningGreen IT for Learning and Skills
Experiences of Havering Sixth Form CollegeGraham Francis
Director of IT Services
Havering Sixth Form College
HSFC from above .....Newcourt
Main Building
Current status – Category C (51-75)◦ Main Building scored 61◦ Newcourt scored 58◦ Typical College 100
Target by 2010 – Category B (26-50)
New Build – Category A (0-25)◦ BREEAM (Energy Efficient Design) Excellent◦ Architects advised
Green College?
Maximises potential of available resources: Use of Ground Source Water for heating and
cooling Use of Termodeck roof planks for movement
of Hot/Cold air Use of IT controlled Building Management
Systems (BMS) Increased control over current systems in
place
New Build
2007 – Carbon Trust assessment of buildings◦ Suggestions mainly IT based◦ College ‘Green Group’ established◦ Environmental policy in place, reviewed and
updated. 2008 – £150k Salix Grant received
◦ Used to fund first year lease of desktop computers Benefit: Lower power consumption Benefit: Single image required
◦ Increased ratio of Laptops to Desktops Benefit: Laptops turned off when not in use unlike
desktops which hibernate
Green IT – Current Position
Use of Software applications to turn off Desktop computers.
◦ Deepfreeze: Turns off desktops at preset time (7 p.m.) PC’s next turned on when required
◦ Lanschool Allows Teacher to turn off all desktops in a single
room from a central location◦ Lightspeed
Allows Technicians to turn off all desktops in part or all of the College from a central location.
Green IT – Current Position
Server Virtualisation:◦ Current Position: 33 Traditional Servers
Average CPU Performance 4% Peak CPU Performance 8%
◦ Future Position: 3 to 5 Blade Servers Issues to consider: (Move to a single Server Room)
Opportunity for centralisation of resources Reduced need for distributed Air Conditioning Reduced energy consumption Less hardware
Green IT – Current Position
Consideration for WEEE regulations:◦ Lease v Purchase◦ Return to Base v Arrange for Recycling
Strategy for recycling of old stock◦ Use of recycling company◦ Donation of equipment to overseas school◦ Long term loan to staff for home use
Green IT – Current Position
At present all printers are purchased Must conform to HSFC requirements
◦ Must be capable of double-sided printing (default)◦ Sleep mode◦ Toner efficient
Planned move to Multi Function Devices◦ Reduced number of devices◦ ‘Follow me’ printing◦ ‘Print release’
Green IT - Printing
Adopted ways of working which don’t require hard copy◦ Moodle (Teaching and Learning)◦ Sharepoint (College Administration)◦ Parentmail (Reduced printing and postage)◦ Email (College Bulletin)
Paper format◦ Change to standard format allows for extra print
area◦ Must consider requirements of DDA
Paper recycling policy
Green IT - Printing
Questions
Contact details:◦ Graham Francis◦ Director of IT Services◦ [email protected]◦ T: 01708 514462 (Direct)
Are we a Green College?