[LINK] Data Centre Green Technology Conference in Melbourne

[Tom Worthington]

"Data Centre GreenTech Melbourne 2010" is on 26th February 2010, with
William Ehmcke & , Graeme Philipson (Connection Research) and Albert Y 
Zomaya (University of Sydney):
<http://www.dcgtasia.com/dcgt_melbourne_overview.html>.

I will be speaking on "Training Green Technologists": Here is draft
outline of my talk (correction, comments and suggestions welcome):

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Training Green Technologists

     Tom Worthington
     Green Technology Course Designer
     The Australian Computer Society

     For Data Centre GreenTech Melbourne 2010, 26 February 2010

Overview

     Industry needs professionals trained in sustainability,

     ACS green ICT course started in 2009:

         * Accredited formal postgraduate course,
         * e-Learning via the Internet on iPhones,
         * Designed by Tom Worthington FACS,
         * Offered by ACS, ANU and OUA


Green Technology Strategies

         * Learn online with others,
         * 12 weeks, 10 hours a week,
         * Exercises about your workplace:

        1. Estimate the carbon footprint of ICT,
        2. Assess ways to reduce the carbon footprint with ICT.


Energy saving - Data Centres

     Seven steps:

        1. Determine the required services
        2. Consolidate and virtualise servers,
        3. Invest in low-energy IT equipment
        4. Optimise the layout
        5. Optimise airflow
        6. Invest in low-energy cooling
        7. Account for energy

     			From: TNEP, 2009


Courses and Book

     Postgraduate Programs of:

         * Australian Computer Society,
         * Australian National University,
         * Open Universities Australia:
	 - Curtin, Griffith, Macquarie, Monash, RMIT, Swinburne & SA.

     			Book and e-book also available


More information

         * Australian Computer Society: 
http://www.acs.org.au/cpeprogram/index.cfm?action=show&conID=greenict
         * e-Book: http://www.tomw.net.au/green/


-- 
Tom Worthington FACS HLM, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150
PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia  http://www.tomw.net.au
Adjunct Lecturer, The Australian National University t: 02 61255694
Computer Science http://cs.anu.edu.au/user/3890