Course duration: 3 Days

COST: £995 + Vat

OVERVIEW

This course provides fundamental first-level guidance for:

• Anyone involved in procurement, provision, support, and delivery of Information Technology

• Anyone with an interest in how IT can assist an individual or organisation reduce their carbon emissions and output

• Individuals who have the responsibility of delivering an Organisation’s Green initiatives, IT or otherwise

It is accredited by, and follows the syllabus specified by the Information Systems Examination Board (ISEB)

The course culminates in an optional one-hour multiple-choice examination for the ISEB Foundation Certificate in Green IT.

Every organisation now faces the challenge of providing cost effective quality services, against a background of economic downturn, volatile energy costs and an obligation to the environment to reduce its carbon footprint. These organisations are also increasingly looking towards its IT / IS group to lead the way and assist the organisation to realise its objectives to becoming greener.

There is a common consensus across all industry sectors that organisations have a responsibility to cut their carbon dioxide emissions if the effects of climate change are to be addressed. The IT community is in a prime position to lead their organisations in achieving this requirement.

Whether it is by implementing simple efficiencies such as encouraging companies to utilise their IT assets for longer or more complex remedies such as server virtualisation, IT can lead the way in helping deliver an organisation’s green credentials.

To assist organisations in understanding how this can be done, Synergie Training are providing a 3 day Foundation Course in Green IT.

The course will cover subjects such as:

• Green IT regulations, legislation and policy
• How to identify and baseline your organisation’s current Green IT credentials
• How to move forward in delivering greener IT

Other subjects covered in the course include:

• Understanding the definition of “Green IT”
• Identify the political, environmental, social and legal drivers for Green IT
• Identify an organisation’s internal drivers for change
• Understand the practicalities of energy efficiencies
• Explain the business benefits of adopting a Green IT strategy

By the end of the course, the delegates will have a fundamental understanding of the importance of IT when trying to achieve an organisation’s green objectives and will have the ability to put together an action list to identify their own Green IT requirements, and address them.

To accompany the course the British Computer Society and the Information Systems Examination Board has developed the first and only recognised formal qualification in Green IT, The Green IT Foundation Certificate.
The purpose of the ISEB Foundation Certificate in Green IT is to certify that the candidate has gained knowledge of terminology, an understanding of key concepts and has comprehended the best practice principles of ISEB’s ‘Green IT’ qualification.

SKILLS

The following principles are addressed

Understand the definition of “Green IT”

Understand the overall environmental need for an organisation to adopt a Green IT strategy including:

• Climate Change
• Dangerous and exploitive working practices
• The effect of hazardous waste use and disposal
• Consumption of precious resources such as oil, gas and water

Identify and understand an organisation’s external drivers and opportunities for greening its IT including:

• Political
• Environmental
• Social
• Legal

Identify and understand an organisation’s internal drivers, opportunities and benefits of adopting a Green IT strategy including:

• Cost
• Reputation
• Culture

Understand the main government policies and the goals and objectives of UK and EU legislation pertaining to Green IT including:

• Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS)
• Eco Design of Energy Using Products (EuP) Directive
• Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and UK Regulations
• EU Code of Conduct
• WEEE Directive
• Batteries Directive
• ISO14001
• BSI PAS 2050
• EPEAT
• ECMA (European Computer Manufacture Association) International
• Kyoto Protocol
• Energy STAR

Provide an understanding of the historic development of the Kyoto Protocol covering:

• The formation of the International Panel on Climate Change
• The Rio Earth Summit
• The 2001 Bonn Agreement
• UK Climate Change Bill
• UK Government Carbon Budget System
• UK Government Climate Reduction Commitment

Explain the benefits of adopting Green IT for both the IT service provider and the organisation

Internal assessment of your organisation: where are we now?

Describe how to assess an Organisation’s business operations, IT use and products/services in terms of their energy consumption and understand the associated Primary and Secondary carbon footprint.

Gain an understanding of product lifecycles including:

• Material extraction
• Transport
• Manufacture
• Usage
• Disposal

Auditing & assessing an organisation’s functions and processes to identify energy and carbon inefficiencies and opportunities for IT to realise energy efficiencies, and carbon reductions

Understand the contribution that IT is making to those carbon footprints and the opportunities that IT brings to reduce those footprints

Understand the importance, risks, issues and opportunities around:

• Printing and recycling
• Energy efficient computing
• Mobile and Remote working
• Resource sharing platforms
• Assessment of environmental and property impacts
• Virtualisation
• Power efficiency technology
• Data Centre rationalisation
• Out-sourcing opportunities
• Best Practice frameworks e.g. ITIL®

Gain an understanding of the difference between embodied emissions and those related to consumption

Understand how to make sustainable IT procurements and how to best use and recycle/re-use/dispose of IT assets to meet external expectations and requirements by enhancing sustainability

Gain a practical understanding of the benefits of a Green IT Action Plan

Understand the opportunity for the organisation’s to reduce its Carbon Footprint by investing in IT growth and the concept of Silicon Trading

Understand the concept of ‘Green Wash’ and how it can be overcome

Improve your Organisation’s Green IT credentials (4hrs)*

Understand how to create and implement a joined-up Green IT strategy

Explain the importance of aligning the Green IT strategy to an organisation’s environmental and sustainability policy

Discuss the roles and responsibilities associated with Green IT including

• The Green IT Champion
• The Procurement Manager
• Sustainability Officer
• Finance and Cost Benefit Analysis including:
• End to end costing (lifecycle approach)
• TCO (total cost of ownership) and equipment refresh
• Calculating the payoff period of investments in Green IT

Understand how to manage external relationships and stakeholder expectations

Understand how to manage and change staff behaviours towards adopting greener ways of working