GHG audits @ SURFnet – Longitudinal effects
Albert Hankel, SURFnet
SURFnet the Dutch NREN
SURFnet is the Dutch National Research & Education Network (NREN)-Services, innovation, knowledge-Not for profit-Task organisation of Stichting SURF = ICT collaboration of higher education & research
A small operation serving a large community:-85 employees-160 connected institutions-1 million end-users
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SURFnet is part of the SURF family
SURFnet - We make innovation work3
Two result areas
Network infrastructure A hybrid fixed-wireless network as the basis for all collaboration, providing efficient, unlimited data transport
Collaboration infrastructurea pioneering collaboration environment that seamlessly connects systems, services, tools, and people
SURFnet. We make innovation work4
First audit (2010)
Little low hanging fruit left
- Commuting is done by train- Hardly any desktop computers in use- Virtualization of services already in progress
Actions taken:- Continuous monitoring of energy usage network- Idem for office- SURFnet green team
But predominantly:Focus on creating a green community for our
institutions (see TNC 2012 )
Office energy use
Second audit (draft, 2011)
2010 – 2011Comparison
2010 – 2011 Comparison
Actions for 2012
- Pilot with energy management software
- Analysis office energy use at night and in weekends
- Stimulate the use of renewable energy and PUE reporting at our housing locations
Advantages of longitudional audits
- Base lining and measuring progress
- See effects of actions taken
- Drive to continuous improvements
BUTOur ‘goal’ is to increase our footprint, because we
think that increased and effective use of ICT has a mitigating effect on other processes.
WWF says: focus on the other 98%
http://assets.panda.org/downloads/fossil2future_wwf_ict.pdf
Albert [email protected]
www.surfnet.nl
Presentation released under Creative Commonshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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