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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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Two result areas
Network infrastructure
A hybrid fixed-wireless network as the basis for all
collaboration, providing efficient, unlimited data
transport
Collaboration infrastructure
a pioneering collaboration environment that
seamlessly connects systems, services, tools, and
people
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SURFnet. We make innovation work
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 – 2011
Comparison
2010 – 2011
Comparison
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2010
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2011
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
BUT
Our ‘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 Hankel
[email protected]
www.surfnet.nl
Presentation released under Creative Commons
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Be green, read from the screen 