Green IT - Project Verte

This Green Project will replace old, out-of-warranty University computers, with new state-of-the-art hardware. The project aims to prove that new technology saves the University considerable electricity and maintenance costs, and offers additional benefits to staff, such as increased productivity.

Faculty/School/Unit: Services & Resources, Technology Services

Project Goals & Objectives

• Reduce electricity consumption of computers (relative to old technology)
• Reduce the cost of resolving hardware faults due to computers that are out of warranty
• Demonstrate the benefits of new technology on the productivity of staff

Green Project Fund: $7,000
Payback Period: 26 years

The key drawbacks of utilising old computers are:

• Energy efficiency is very poor, and therefore costly to the University
• As there is no warranty, hardware faults are expensive and time-consuming to resolve
• Specifications are significantly lower than current hardware, therefore there is reduced productivity for users
• Computers are incompatible with newer operating systems, software and peripheral devices, therefore Technology Services cannot provide full support for such devices, which causes delays to fault-finding.

Lead Project Representative: Tracey Horricks

Office of Sustainability Contact: Libby Dowling