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ICT in a ‘green’ world
Ray Barker, Director of the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA)
considers how ICT equipment and policy should be changing to deal with
‘green issues’
T
he British Government became the first in
the world to announce plans to slash the When procuring, schools should be asking
carbon footprint of computer systems. But, questions about where goods were made.
how does ICT add to the problem of Were ‘green’ products and methods used
greenhouse gases? in manufacture? How much energy and
water is being used? Are recycled goods
1. Making equipment - materials used, miles used for packaging? How is distribution
travelled, energy used in energy and carbon-efficient? Local
importing/exporting. suppliers may seem more expensive at first
2. Power and energy when using equipment. but the buying power of many schools in
3. Disposal of equipment - reducing landfill. one area can bring down prices – and save
on travel and energy costs.
There are things we can do in schools on a Education suppliers are producing ICT
simple day-to-day level, e.g. products for schools that are sustainable,
energy-efficient and made of less harmful
Turning off every PC could save CO2 materials, so suitable for recycling. Schools
emissions. need to be thinking at a strategic level
Reusing computer equipment will save about ‘green’ procurement and deciding
energy and money. on their priorities - and also about the
Setting printer defaults to ‘economy’ and small things that can be done every day to
using double-sided printing. solve the problem of global warming.
Portable electronic devices should not be
left on after charging.
Thin clients and environmentally-friendly
uwww.besa.org.uk
servers use less power and radiate less heat. u020 7537 4997
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