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Behind the term Green IT, the goal is to reduce carbon footprint generated by the companies' Information Systems to earn money.

Information System becomes a key element of the environmental policy for companies.

Context


  • ICT represents 7 to 13% of french population electricity consumption
  • The electricity consumption by the telecom sector has raised to 7,5% between 2008 and 2009 (IDATE)
  • The WEEE represent 28 kg per year per person, which only 4 kg are recycled
  • Eco-responsibility becomes a purchase criteria for informatics equipments
  • A PC consumes 50 to 400 kWh/year

 

The questions to ask


  • What to begin with?
  • How to convince my management to go further?
  • What are the good indicators?
  • How to adhere all my employees?
  • What the economy I will get?

 

 

→  Express'to Green

  • A campaign of energetic measure on IT equipments to identify the reduction lever (smart PDU, measures software applications, etc.)
  • A typical questionnaires to analyze the actors' behaviour and identify the improvement ways
  • Modules of e-learning training course to accelerate the change management of Green IT policy

→  Bilan carbone© of IT perimeter concerned, with a specific application software

→  Piloting

  • Environmental reporting of IT activities (method and tools)
  • Sensitization and estimation devices of IT suppliers
  • Implementation

→  E-learning training course

  • Be able to discern Green IT and Greenwashing
  • Define the steps of Green IT strategy
  • Manage the labels, environmental normes and their advantages
  • Identify the main sources of energy consumption and CO2 emission within Information System

A training course collectively realised by M7, GreenIT.fr and Greenvision

 

Benefits

  • Consumption reduction of datacenter and desktops by the implementation of good practices, immediately applicable
  • Optimization of equipments use (life cycle assessment and running cost)
  • Identification of keys which involve the users
  • Preparation and  anticipation about the regulatory burdens