Green IT update

A visit from Chris Cartledge an associate (retired!) of Sheffield University for a couple of hours to discuss several things relating to Green IT. The first is micro relating to the energy consumption of the Sunray thin client environment that is being prepared for Computer Aided Assessment (CAA). How will this compare to the traditional PC cluster facility? The second is macro relating to the HEEPI project and the work Chris has done at Sheffield to predict energy use, its key components and how significant it is within the total energy consumption (15% ish). The third is also macro relating to how we can use the framework to predict usage at the Bradford campus. We think there are some easy wins potentially. Will be interesting to see how easy they are in practice.