Sustainability and SFIA

1. Sustainable IT
Chris Wallace

2. Agenda
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•What are the current topic areas for consideration
within G
ithi Green I T
I.T.
•What approaches are currently being carried out
•How can the SFIA framework contribute

3. What is Green in the I.T context?
• Sustainability & Energy Efficiency – An easier concept
• Product Life-Cycle – Considerations in development
• Responsibility – IT has and is recognising that it has a part to play in the environment

4. Green IT
People who realise
Green IT is at this stage
stage. legislation is
Typical is somebody who coming and that
realises fiscal and they will need to
reputation benefits are get involved with
available. Green IT.
Characterised by People who will do the
the global pioneers minimum of Green IT and
present in the Data only when it is very
Centre energy commonplace.
commonplace
efficiency area.
5% 20% 35% 35% 5%
Innovators Early adopters Early Majority Late Majority Laggards
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5. Green IT – Enablers & Disablers
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Government commitments ‘Greenest’ government ever….
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• Economic situation, helped or hindered?
• Regulation (is coming/is here) ?
• High energy costs, supply risks? – Where does your energy come from?
• Peers and Competition
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• Cloud/Virtualization
Consider if the benefits received by producing the carbon are worthwhile…….

6. What are organisations currently doing?
Beware of the Green Wash
• Understand the implications of supposed ‘Green’ strategies through Assessment
• Many organisations have built Green into their business plans – Why?
• Th primary t i
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for Green at the moment is down to cost management
t th ti d t t t
• Data Centres under the spotlight – Temperature control etc
• Preparations for Carbon taxing

7. Build your Skills and Competencies
New entrants already understand the need for Green IT skills
Increasing number of modules offer Green IT skills – Green modules in university courses
Skills needed to help organisations meet g
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standards
Sustainability is well reflected in the skills detailed within the SFIA framework

8. Skills and Competencies
How do IT p o ess o a s de e op t e s s a d co pete c es to meet t e G ee IT
o professionals develop the skills and competencies eet the Green
requirements?
• Training – Qualifications/accreditations (EU Code of Conduct qualification)
• Thought leadership – Specialist groups
• Networking with key industry leaders in the Green IT area
What are these Green IT skills and competencies…?

9. New Green IT Skills
There a e four key a eas where new a d more G ee o e tated s s a e c uc a
e e are ou ey areas e e e and o e Green orientated skills are crucial…
Strategy
Assessment
Engineering
Management
You may recognise these……………………….
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10. New Green IT Skills
St ategy
Strategy
Organisations need to consider:
• Developing a sustainability strategy for their IT activity
• Policy and planning, leading to tactical activity
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• It should dovetail in to the overall corporate strategy
• Energy supply and use should be considered
• Green IT standards and legislation should be considered
• Stakeholders, internal and external

11. New Green IT Skills
Assessment
ssess e t
Organisations need to consider:
• The impact of current IT operations
• The impact of future IT operations
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• The amount of energy being drawn v the amount of energy being utilised by IT activity
• Impact on any change to consumption or IT working processes/practices
• Monitoring processes to be used

12. New Green IT Skills
Engineering
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Organisations need to consider:
• Sustainability throughout the IT life cycle
• Maintenance of systems with sustainability considered
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• Equipment specifications
• Procurement of engineering services
• Overall system design with sustainability considered

13. New Green IT Skills
Management
a age e t
Organisations need to consider:
• Process improvement plans for sustainability
• Disposal across the complete IT estate
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• Change management
• Asset control
• Energy supply

14. Summary - Responsibility
• IT cannot remove itself from the implications or the
environmental impact of its activity.
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• IT professionals should gain skills and competencies to
enable them to gain Green IT benefits.
• Skills should be seen as complementary to BAU, not
optional

15. Questions