On 02/10/14 12:03, Jim Birch wrote: > Also interesting would be the carbon emissions saved by technology > ...
See "ICT Sustainability: Assessment and Strategies for a Low Carbon Future": http://www.tomw.net.au/ict_sustainability/introduction.shtml The Australian Computer Society (ACS) commissioned a study into carbon emissions from ICT in 2007, which found them to be about 3% of the Australian total. A later study confirmed this: http://www.computersite.com.au/assets/files/ACS_Computers_and_Carbon_Report.pdf In an attempt to prbyove Charles Dudley Warner wrong*, in 2008 ACS commissioned a course on how to estimate and reduce ICT energy use. This has been running since 2009 and is offered online by ANU, ACS in Australia and Athabasca University (Canada): http://scis.athabascau.ca/graduate/syllabus.php?courseId=635 An ANU student is running a small experimental free version of the course at the moment, using the edX platform: https://edge.edx.org/courses/ANUHonsProject/COMP7310/2014_T2/about If that goes well it may be offered more widely next year. * Note: "Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it", attributed to Charles Dudley Warner: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dudley_Warner -- Tom Worthington FACS CP, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150 The Higher Education Whisperer http://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/ PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia http://www.tomw.net.au Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Research School of Computer Science, Australian National University http://cs.anu.edu.au/courses/COMP7310/ _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
