[LINK] Green universities?

[Tom Worthington]

On 11/04/12 03:35, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:

> How green are Australian universities? ...

New unviersity buildings are much more energy efficient. However, I 
suspect the savings from this will be offset by the more intensive use 
of computers in the buildings.

It happens that I set my ICT Sustainability class at the Australian 
National University the topic "How Green is My Learning Commons?". The 
students had to estimate the environmental footprint of a new 
computerised classroom at ANU. I expect to have some results in a few weeks.

In the interim, I can release the details of the exercise, if anyone is 
interested.

ps: The students are studying "ICT Sustainability: 
http://www.tomw.net.au/ict_sustainability/introduction.shtml


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