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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 2 st ra SURFnet is part of the SURF family co n c gi e t trol Stichting SURF Institutions SURFnet SURFfoundation SURFdiensten cu s 3 tomer relat SURFnet - We make innovation work ip h s io n 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 4 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 1200 1000 800 600 400 2010 200 0 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