[LINK] Carbon Neutral Computing, Western Australia, 15-16 April 2008

[Tom Worthington]

I will be talking on "Carbon Neutral Computing" in the  Australian 
Computer Society's Education Across the Nation Series in Perth, 15 
April and Bunbury, 16 April 2008, Western Australia. Comments and 
corrections would be welcome. The talk outline is 
at  <http://www.tomw.net.au/technology/it/carbon_neutral_computing/>.

Following this I will be in Brisbane 17 and 18 April talking to 
people from the Queensland government and industry about green ICT 
initiatives they are preparing. If there are any other Green ICT 
initatives going on in Queensland I would like to hear about them.

At the moment there seem to be a lot of people who are seized with 
the idea that they need to do something to combat climate change, but 
are not exactly sure what to do. At the dentist, I noticed they had a 
computer screen showing a screen saver display of fish swimming. This 
is used occasionally to show digital x-rays, so , I suggested they 
switch it off when not in use. Bit the computer is  also used to 
monitor the machine used to sterilize the equipment and turning that 
off would risk patent safety. Working out if the screen can be 
blanked out when not in use becomes a complex question.



Tom Worthington FACS HLM tom.worthington at tomw.net.au Ph: 0419 496150
Director, Tomw Communications Pty Ltd            ABN: 17 088 714 309
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, ANU