The document summarizes a study conducted at the University of Hertfordshire to account for carbon emissions and power usage in their data center. The goals of the 12-month CARBS project were to 1) create a model to provide real-time costing of IT services, 2) compare results to baseline metrics, and 3) share experiences with the community. Key outcomes included fully accounting for carbon and power costs of the Voyager book lending system and learning about improving sustainability practices. The study highlighted both achievements in implementing monitoring infrastructure and challenges around assumptions and sensor reliability.
Research Associate Dr Callum Rae discusses
the challenges presented by the growth in the
Energy Centre market, and outlines our alternative
approach to Energy Centre design, which has
successfully been applied to the AECC Energy
Centre project.
As the highly prestigious London Wall Place
project approaches completion of the shell
and core, Director, James O’Byrne reviews the
project and the application of BIM, and discusses
the various benefits on the overall design and
coordination process.
Diesel fuel is now a Category 3 flammable liquid.
Technical Board Director Wyn Turnbull reports
on the impact to diesel storage and use, as the
result of the recent Classification, Labelling and
Packaging of Chemical (CLP) Regulations 2015
which have replaced the now revoked CHIP
Regulations.
Associate Director Paul Scriven provides a brief
overview of the WELL Building Standard and
discusses why and how its popularity is growing.
Finally, Group Director Robert Thorogood discusses
how far standardisation of controls and automation
have developed using the IEC 61850 integration
standard, and what the benefits may bring to the
control of power distribution.
Paul Flatt, Group Chairman and CEO,
Hurley Palmer Flatt.
Big Dreams, Tight Budgets: UH Retro-Commissioning to Reduce Carbon Footprint
Authors: Sameer Kapileshwari, University of Houston Facilities and Cole Robison, Controls Unlimited
Diesel backup generators are commonly installed in hospitals, data centers, universities, hotels, and other businesses for use in the event of power disruptions. These engines have quick response times that provide an unmatched reliable source of emergency backup power. Facilities that have these backup engines can also benefit from enrolling in demand response (DR) programs that offer economic incentives to participants who volunteer the use of their backup generators to supply electricity to the grid during certain periods of high electricity demand. In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of backup engines that have enrolled in DR programs in exchange for economic incentives. DR programs provide grid reliability, especially during periods of high electricity demand. Therefore, this is a win-win situation for backup engine owners and power utility companies offering these incentives. Generally, a backup generator with a capacity of 500 kilowatt (kW) or more is necessary to participate in DR programs. Participants in these DR programs agree with the local power company to use their backup engines when directed; usually during periods of peak electricity demand or power disruption. However, recent air quality regulations that apply to backup generators can be challenging to meet when participating in a DR program. That is the case because the applicable requirements for backup engine depend on whether the use is strictly for emergency purposes or for DR (considered non-emergency). Purely emergency use engines are subject to work practice standards while non-emergency engines are subject to emission limits that may require emission controls. Additionally, non-emergency engines may be subject to dispersion modeling requirements to show compliance with the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). At the moment the dispersion model used in permitting evaluations is extremely conservative and can show compliance issues. In conclusion, DR programs can be a profitable way to get additional cash for owners and operators of backup engines. However, the permitting implications should be considered thoroughly before enrolling in such a program to avoid any unintended adverse consequences.
Research Associate Dr Callum Rae discusses
the challenges presented by the growth in the
Energy Centre market, and outlines our alternative
approach to Energy Centre design, which has
successfully been applied to the AECC Energy
Centre project.
As the highly prestigious London Wall Place
project approaches completion of the shell
and core, Director, James O’Byrne reviews the
project and the application of BIM, and discusses
the various benefits on the overall design and
coordination process.
Diesel fuel is now a Category 3 flammable liquid.
Technical Board Director Wyn Turnbull reports
on the impact to diesel storage and use, as the
result of the recent Classification, Labelling and
Packaging of Chemical (CLP) Regulations 2015
which have replaced the now revoked CHIP
Regulations.
Associate Director Paul Scriven provides a brief
overview of the WELL Building Standard and
discusses why and how its popularity is growing.
Finally, Group Director Robert Thorogood discusses
how far standardisation of controls and automation
have developed using the IEC 61850 integration
standard, and what the benefits may bring to the
control of power distribution.
Paul Flatt, Group Chairman and CEO,
Hurley Palmer Flatt.
Big Dreams, Tight Budgets: UH Retro-Commissioning to Reduce Carbon Footprint
Authors: Sameer Kapileshwari, University of Houston Facilities and Cole Robison, Controls Unlimited
Diesel backup generators are commonly installed in hospitals, data centers, universities, hotels, and other businesses for use in the event of power disruptions. These engines have quick response times that provide an unmatched reliable source of emergency backup power. Facilities that have these backup engines can also benefit from enrolling in demand response (DR) programs that offer economic incentives to participants who volunteer the use of their backup generators to supply electricity to the grid during certain periods of high electricity demand. In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of backup engines that have enrolled in DR programs in exchange for economic incentives. DR programs provide grid reliability, especially during periods of high electricity demand. Therefore, this is a win-win situation for backup engine owners and power utility companies offering these incentives. Generally, a backup generator with a capacity of 500 kilowatt (kW) or more is necessary to participate in DR programs. Participants in these DR programs agree with the local power company to use their backup engines when directed; usually during periods of peak electricity demand or power disruption. However, recent air quality regulations that apply to backup generators can be challenging to meet when participating in a DR program. That is the case because the applicable requirements for backup engine depend on whether the use is strictly for emergency purposes or for DR (considered non-emergency). Purely emergency use engines are subject to work practice standards while non-emergency engines are subject to emission limits that may require emission controls. Additionally, non-emergency engines may be subject to dispersion modeling requirements to show compliance with the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). At the moment the dispersion model used in permitting evaluations is extremely conservative and can show compliance issues. In conclusion, DR programs can be a profitable way to get additional cash for owners and operators of backup engines. However, the permitting implications should be considered thoroughly before enrolling in such a program to avoid any unintended adverse consequences.
Dora Nakafuji from HECO describes plans to meet the renewable electricity generation goals set forth by the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) and Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative (HCEI). Slides from the REIS seminar series at the University of Hawaii at Manoa on 2009-11-12.
Webinar: Post-combusion carbon capture - Thermodynamic modellingGlobal CCS Institute
Vladimir Vaysman from WorleyParsons gave a Global CCS Institute webinar on 12 March 2013 to present a generic methodology developed to provide independent verification of the impact on a coal–fired power station of installing and operating a post-combustion capture plant.
Vladimir illustrated the methodology using Loy Yang A power station in Australia in five different scenarios that cover carbon capture, air cooling, coal drying and plant optimisation.
The methodology offers a sound approach to provide performance data and protect technology vendor IP while also providing confidence to the wider CCS community to evaluate a project.
Vladimir is a Project Manager with more than 31 years of engineering experience, including 14 years with WorleyParsons. He has undertaken an array of design and analysis studies and developed significant expertise across a range of technologies, from pulverised coal and circulating fluidised bed, to integrated gasification combined cycle and carbon capture. Vladimir has participated in projects in Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, Moldova, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Russia and Ukraine.
Catchment Data & Evidence Forum 28/09/18 - RibbleRivers TrustCaBASupport
The CaBA Catchment Data & Evidence Forum brought together around 60 data and evidence professionals from the CaBA community to share knowledge, identify opportunities and discuss future development of the data and evidence sharing landscape, in the light of the government's 25 year plan for the environment.
This slide pack contains the presentation given by Ribble Rivers Trust on their use of data and evidence to support their local CaBA partnerships
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Webinar: The cost effectiveness of natural gas combined cycle power plants wi...Global CCS Institute
This second webinar was held on Friday 25th April, for anyone who wasn't able to join us for the previous webinar held on Thursday 20th March.
This webinar presented the findings of a study to assess the economic viability of natural gas combined-cycle power plants with CO2 capture and storage (NGCC-CCS) in climate change mitigation strategies, emphasising the use of renewable energy and natural gas for electric power generation. In this study, the cost of NGCC-CCS was compared on a level playing field to those of intermittent renewable energy systems (IRES) and energy storage technologies as a means of reducing power sector greenhouse gas emissions. Specifically, the levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) of NGCC-CCS was compared to that of offshore wind, photovoltaic systems, and concentrated solar power (CSP) together with pumped hydro storage (PHS), compressed air energy storage (CAES), and Li-ion, ZEBRA and Zn-Br battery storage systems. The cost of NGCC-CCS as a backup technology in conjunction with IRES also was assessed.
At this webinar, Machteld van den Broek, senior researcher at the Utrecht University, presented the findings of the study. Her expertise is energy systems modelling and CCS. Among others, she is involved in the CATO-2 programme, the second Dutch national research programme on CCS. During the webinar Professor Edward Rubin from Carnegie Mellon University and co-author of this study, will assist during the Q&A session. Niels Berghout, from Utrecht University also contributed to this study.
Pip Squires presentation regarding the delivery of Low Carbon Data Centres, without compromising on sustainability, recently presented at Government ICT Goes Green at the QEII Conference Centre, London
Webinar: The cost effectiveness of natural gas combined cycle power plants wi...Global CCS Institute
This webinar will presented the findings of a study to assess the economic viability of natural gas combined-cycle power plants with CO2 capture and storage (NGCC-CCS) in climate change mitigation strategies, emphasising the use of renewable energy and natural gas for electric power generation. In this study, the cost of NGCC-CCS was compared on a level playing field to those of intermittent renewable energy systems (IRES) and energy storage technologies as a means of reducing power sector greenhouse gas emissions. Specifically, the levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) of NGCC-CCS was compared to that of offshore wind, photovoltaic systems, and concentrated solar power (CSP) together with pumped hydro storage (PHS), compressed air energy storage (CAES), and Li-ion, ZEBRA and Zn-Br battery storage systems. The cost of NGCC-CCS as a backup technology in conjunction with IRES also was assessed.
At this webinar, Machteld van den Broek, senior researcher at the Utrecht University, presented the findings of the study. Her expertise is energy systems modelling and CCS. Among others, she is involved in the CATO-2 programme, the second Dutch national research programme on CCS. During the webinar Niels Berghout, junior researcher at the Utrecht University and co-author of this study, assisted during the Q&A session. Professor Edward Rubin from Carnegie Mellon University also contributed to this study.
The findings of the work of the JISC funded project "Virtually Sustainable" carried out by Peter James and Lisa Hopkinson from HEEPI and the University of Bradford
Jonathan Owen, Audi Visual Service at the University of Warwick describes the way that the university has improved the range of of the service it offers and greatly improved uptake, use and user satisfaction
Heidi Fraser-Krauss, Director of IT at the University of York explores some of the issues she encountered in trying to understand the true costs of the central IT provision at the university
APN Partner Webinar - Having Effective and Critical TCO ConversationsAmazon Web Services
Customers always want to understand how AWS cost models compare to other alternatives. Using the new AWS TCO Calculator, we will outline how AWS breaks down cost drivers when it educates customers who are evaluating cloud vs. looking at other models of computing: on-prem, virtualized, and co-lo. Discussion will also center on best practices to capture the true costs of these alternative computing approaches, and how to have meaningful customer conversations with respect to TCO.
• Learn: What is TCO and why it matters
• Understand: TCO evaluation Methodology used by AWS
• Hear: Best practices around TCO, demonstration of online TCO calculator
You can find the recording of this webinar here: http://youtu.be/BaPEf_f0N5U
Dora Nakafuji from HECO describes plans to meet the renewable electricity generation goals set forth by the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) and Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative (HCEI). Slides from the REIS seminar series at the University of Hawaii at Manoa on 2009-11-12.
Webinar: Post-combusion carbon capture - Thermodynamic modellingGlobal CCS Institute
Vladimir Vaysman from WorleyParsons gave a Global CCS Institute webinar on 12 March 2013 to present a generic methodology developed to provide independent verification of the impact on a coal–fired power station of installing and operating a post-combustion capture plant.
Vladimir illustrated the methodology using Loy Yang A power station in Australia in five different scenarios that cover carbon capture, air cooling, coal drying and plant optimisation.
The methodology offers a sound approach to provide performance data and protect technology vendor IP while also providing confidence to the wider CCS community to evaluate a project.
Vladimir is a Project Manager with more than 31 years of engineering experience, including 14 years with WorleyParsons. He has undertaken an array of design and analysis studies and developed significant expertise across a range of technologies, from pulverised coal and circulating fluidised bed, to integrated gasification combined cycle and carbon capture. Vladimir has participated in projects in Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, Moldova, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Russia and Ukraine.
Catchment Data & Evidence Forum 28/09/18 - RibbleRivers TrustCaBASupport
The CaBA Catchment Data & Evidence Forum brought together around 60 data and evidence professionals from the CaBA community to share knowledge, identify opportunities and discuss future development of the data and evidence sharing landscape, in the light of the government's 25 year plan for the environment.
This slide pack contains the presentation given by Ribble Rivers Trust on their use of data and evidence to support their local CaBA partnerships
Renewable Energy & power system supportRenewable Energy & power system supportRenewable Energy & power system supportRenewable Energy & power system supportRenewable Energy & power system supportRenewable Energy & power system supportRenewable Energy & power system supportRenewable Energy & power system supportRenewable Energy & power system supportRenewable Energy & power system supportRenewable Energy & power system supportRenewable Energy & power system supportRenewable Energy & power system supportRenewable Energy & power system supportRenewable Energy & power system supportRenewable Energy & power system support
Webinar: The cost effectiveness of natural gas combined cycle power plants wi...Global CCS Institute
This second webinar was held on Friday 25th April, for anyone who wasn't able to join us for the previous webinar held on Thursday 20th March.
This webinar presented the findings of a study to assess the economic viability of natural gas combined-cycle power plants with CO2 capture and storage (NGCC-CCS) in climate change mitigation strategies, emphasising the use of renewable energy and natural gas for electric power generation. In this study, the cost of NGCC-CCS was compared on a level playing field to those of intermittent renewable energy systems (IRES) and energy storage technologies as a means of reducing power sector greenhouse gas emissions. Specifically, the levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) of NGCC-CCS was compared to that of offshore wind, photovoltaic systems, and concentrated solar power (CSP) together with pumped hydro storage (PHS), compressed air energy storage (CAES), and Li-ion, ZEBRA and Zn-Br battery storage systems. The cost of NGCC-CCS as a backup technology in conjunction with IRES also was assessed.
At this webinar, Machteld van den Broek, senior researcher at the Utrecht University, presented the findings of the study. Her expertise is energy systems modelling and CCS. Among others, she is involved in the CATO-2 programme, the second Dutch national research programme on CCS. During the webinar Professor Edward Rubin from Carnegie Mellon University and co-author of this study, will assist during the Q&A session. Niels Berghout, from Utrecht University also contributed to this study.
Pip Squires presentation regarding the delivery of Low Carbon Data Centres, without compromising on sustainability, recently presented at Government ICT Goes Green at the QEII Conference Centre, London
Webinar: The cost effectiveness of natural gas combined cycle power plants wi...Global CCS Institute
This webinar will presented the findings of a study to assess the economic viability of natural gas combined-cycle power plants with CO2 capture and storage (NGCC-CCS) in climate change mitigation strategies, emphasising the use of renewable energy and natural gas for electric power generation. In this study, the cost of NGCC-CCS was compared on a level playing field to those of intermittent renewable energy systems (IRES) and energy storage technologies as a means of reducing power sector greenhouse gas emissions. Specifically, the levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) of NGCC-CCS was compared to that of offshore wind, photovoltaic systems, and concentrated solar power (CSP) together with pumped hydro storage (PHS), compressed air energy storage (CAES), and Li-ion, ZEBRA and Zn-Br battery storage systems. The cost of NGCC-CCS as a backup technology in conjunction with IRES also was assessed.
At this webinar, Machteld van den Broek, senior researcher at the Utrecht University, presented the findings of the study. Her expertise is energy systems modelling and CCS. Among others, she is involved in the CATO-2 programme, the second Dutch national research programme on CCS. During the webinar Niels Berghout, junior researcher at the Utrecht University and co-author of this study, assisted during the Q&A session. Professor Edward Rubin from Carnegie Mellon University also contributed to this study.
The findings of the work of the JISC funded project "Virtually Sustainable" carried out by Peter James and Lisa Hopkinson from HEEPI and the University of Bradford
Jonathan Owen, Audi Visual Service at the University of Warwick describes the way that the university has improved the range of of the service it offers and greatly improved uptake, use and user satisfaction
Heidi Fraser-Krauss, Director of IT at the University of York explores some of the issues she encountered in trying to understand the true costs of the central IT provision at the university
APN Partner Webinar - Having Effective and Critical TCO ConversationsAmazon Web Services
Customers always want to understand how AWS cost models compare to other alternatives. Using the new AWS TCO Calculator, we will outline how AWS breaks down cost drivers when it educates customers who are evaluating cloud vs. looking at other models of computing: on-prem, virtualized, and co-lo. Discussion will also center on best practices to capture the true costs of these alternative computing approaches, and how to have meaningful customer conversations with respect to TCO.
• Learn: What is TCO and why it matters
• Understand: TCO evaluation Methodology used by AWS
• Hear: Best practices around TCO, demonstration of online TCO calculator
You can find the recording of this webinar here: http://youtu.be/BaPEf_f0N5U
e-Research & the art of linking Astrophysics to DeforestationDavid Wallom
Keynote at HPCS 2016 on e-Research, talking about the e-Research methodology linking work on Astrophysics with finally Deforestation via Smartening Energy Systems and Detecting Energy Theft
apidays London 2023 - API Green Score, Yannick Tremblais & Julien Brun, Green...apidays
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In this video from SC17 in Denver, Dan Reed moderates a panel discussion on HPC Software for Energy Efficiency.
"We have already achieved major gains in energy-efficiency for both the datacenter and HPC equipment. For example, the PUE of the Swiss Supercomputer (CSCS) datacenter prior to 2012 was 1.8, but the current PUE is about 1.25; a factor of ~1.5 improvement. HPC system improvements have also been very strong, as evidenced by FLOPS/Watt performance on the Green500 List. While we have seen gains from data center and HPC system efficiency, there are also energy-efficiency gains to be had from software- application performance improvements, for example. This panel will explore what HPC software capabilities were most helpful over the past years in improving HPC system energy efficiency? It will then look forward; asking in what layers of the software stack should a priority be put on introducing energy-awareness; e.g., runtime, scheduling, applications? What is needed moving forward? Who is responsible for that forward momentum?"
Watch the video: https://wp.me/p3RLHQ-hHQ
Learn more: https://sc17.supercomputing.org/presentation/?id=pan103&sess=sess245
Sign up for our insideHPC Newsletter: http://insidehpc.com/newsletter
DC4Cities project has been presented by Jordi Guijarro, trials leader, at Datacenter Dynamics CONVERGED Madrid 2015, a congress where operators and managers of data center infrastructure and IT strategy meet to exchange specialized knowledge on data centers.
In particular, Jordi has presented the state and main goals of DC4Cities, as well as the extent to which the project aims at using data centers for energy optimization within and outside the smart city, reducing energy consumption and emissions.
Achieving more with less - InfrastructureGethNichols
Notes from the Autumn 2010 round of Primary Seminars from RM. This session looks at the cost savings that are possible by using ICT, from monitoring a school's utility bills to adopting more sustainable network products, and lots more in between.
Using human-centred design to improve energy efficiency programsLeonardo ENERGY
Human-centred design is being used to make the NSW energy savings scheme more effective. We started with research that identified six key insights for improved scheme operation. It found that the scheme is complex and its fragmented tools and systems create unnecessary barriers to entry. We then used workshops to develop six corresponding opportunities for improved service delivery. To scale up we need streamlined manual processes, more collaboration and improved digital systems. This is especially relevant given recent announcements that the scheme is being extended to 2050.
This talk will present the research, and will place it in the context of changes announced as part of the NSW Energy Strategy. It will explore small, medium and long term changes to scheme delivery identified through the HCD process and our proposed next steps.
The NSW Energy Savings Scheme started in 2009. It has so far delivered projects that will save 27,000 gigawatt hours of energy and $5.6 billion in bill savings over their lifetimes.
The RECAP Project: Large Scale Simulation FrameworkRECAP Project
In this presentation, Sergej Svorobej (DCU) gave a brief overview of RECAP and introduced the large scale simulation framework used in the project. The event was held in conjunction with the National Conference on Cloud Computing and Commerce (http://2018.nc4.ie/) and took place April 10, 2018 in Dublin, Ireland.
Learn more about RECAP: https://recap-project.eu/
In my presentation, I will summarize the applied and practical aspects of creating sustainable software products. What does it mean - "green" software for users and developers? I want to explain how creating “green” software can be driven by multiple organizational layers. And how building “green” software products can help the organization increase overall software product efficiency.
Summary
Background
Information Technology Systems
Environmental Conditions
Air Management
Cooling Systems
Electrical Systems
Other Opportunities for Energy Efficient Design
Data Center Metrics & Benchmarking
• Janet Cloud Services frameworks
• Knowing IT costs to make informed decisions
• The outputs you will receive
• Benchmarking with peers
• How Janet works with you
• Our charges
• Modelling costs of cloud vs in-house
• Questions & discussion
• Electricity Incentivisation Scheme (EIS) at the University of Cambridge
• Design of Engineering’s Data Centre cooling system
• Energy use from 2010 onwards
• Next steps
What does central IT really cost? An attempt to find out! - Heidi Fraser-Krau...JISC's Green ICT Programme
• To understand where money is spent.
• To be able to compare our costs with those of other providers- cloud.....
• To be able to price services that we offer to others.
• Curiosity!
• To have evidence to argue for more resource.
• To understand central vs. local provision costs.
The Welsh Video Network: Supporting Video Conferencing in Welsh Education: Us...JISC's Green ICT Programme
Geoff Constable of the Welsh Video Network and the University of Aberystwyth describes the work of the WVN, and the experiences of users of the service
Heppie Curtis, researcher on the JISC funded Greening Events II project at the University of Bristol describes the findings of the first part of the project
How to Make a Field invisible in Odoo 17Celine George
It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology:
Ethnobotany in herbal drug evaluation,
Impact of Ethnobotany in traditional medicine,
New development in herbals,
Bio-prospecting tools for drug discovery,
Role of Ethnopharmacology in drug evaluation,
Reverse Pharmacology.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
Welcome to TechSoup New Member Orientation and Q&A (May 2024).pdfTechSoup
In this webinar you will learn how your organization can access TechSoup's wide variety of product discount and donation programs. From hardware to software, we'll give you a tour of the tools available to help your nonprofit with productivity, collaboration, financial management, donor tracking, security, and more.
Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
We all have good and bad thoughts from time to time and situation to situation. We are bombarded daily with spiraling thoughts(both negative and positive) creating all-consuming feel , making us difficult to manage with associated suffering. Good thoughts are like our Mob Signal (Positive thought) amidst noise(negative thought) in the atmosphere. Negative thoughts like noise outweigh positive thoughts. These thoughts often create unwanted confusion, trouble, stress and frustration in our mind as well as chaos in our physical world. Negative thoughts are also known as “distorted thinking”.
This is a presentation by Dada Robert in a Your Skill Boost masterclass organised by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan (EFSS) on Saturday, the 25th and Sunday, the 26th of May 2024.
He discussed the concept of quality improvement, emphasizing its applicability to various aspects of life, including personal, project, and program improvements. He defined quality as doing the right thing at the right time in the right way to achieve the best possible results and discussed the concept of the "gap" between what we know and what we do, and how this gap represents the areas we need to improve. He explained the scientific approach to quality improvement, which involves systematic performance analysis, testing and learning, and implementing change ideas. He also highlighted the importance of client focus and a team approach to quality improvement.
Model Attribute Check Company Auto PropertyCeline George
In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
CARBS Project Presentation - Jisc Cost of IT Services 10-02-14
1. How Much? A study into accounting for Carbon and
power in the Data Centre
Steve Bowes-Phipps
Data Centre Manager
University of Hertfordshire
http://rare-idc.herts.ac.uk
2. How Much? A study into accounting for Carbon and power in the Data Centre
What? & When?
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Business Drivers
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The CARBS Project
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Challenges
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Learning
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Outcomes
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Summing Up
3. How Much? A study into accounting for Carbon and power in the Data Centre
Business Drivers
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The project supports the following UH initiatives:
– The Carbon Management Plan
– KPIs for Sustainability
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Green ICT Strategy
HEFCE encouragement to reduce Carbon footprint
Need to minimise IT operational costs
Making best use of existing scarce resources
Assessments of cloud computing versus running services in-house are required for all new
service acquisitions/replacements
Lack of a framework to refer to
Understanding what is driving power usage within the university’s data centres
Can service users help to reduce our Carbon Footprint?
Providing capacity planning data for future data centre requirements
4. How Much? A study into accounting for Carbon and power in the Data Centre
The Carbon Accounting & Reporting of Baselines for Services Project
(CARBS)
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12 month project funded by JISC 2012-2013
Working with Concurrent Thinking
Employs inexpensive hardware
Makes use of internal server system metrics (where available)
Accurate measurement of power usage within systems and across hardware domains
Create a real-time environmental dashboard for individual services and the data centre(s)
as a whole
5. How Much? A study into accounting for Carbon and power in the Data Centre
The CARBS Project
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Aims & Objectives:
– Hardware and software model for providing real-time financial & carbon costing of two or
more internally delivered IT services
– Comparisons of output from JISC baselining resources and actual results as calculated by the
project
– A report on the experiences of power & carbon cost accounting for services and its
comparability to the costs of external service provision through the cloud
– Public blog tracking the path through the project and learning along the way
– Presentation(s) to the JISC community
– To work with the JISC community and wider sector to share the experiences and approaches
to assist other organisations to benchmark, further develop carbon cost accounting
approaches for IT services
6. How Much? A study into accounting for Carbon and power in the Data Centre
Challenges
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No such thing as a “simple” service anymore
Not all systems follow the rules
Different communications protocols (MODBUS, SNMP)
DCIM products are immature and constantly evolving
False economies: you get what you pay for!
Operational processes can be an obstacle to implementing service monitoring
7. How Much? A study into accounting for Carbon and power in the Data Centre
Apportioning the Cost of the SAN
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The total operational cost is a function of the ratio of disk storage in use by the service
against that allocated elsewhere + the ratio of unallocated storage to that allocated to the
service
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Meter the PDUs in the cabs that house the SAN
Get the disk allocation for the Service
Get the total allocated capacity of SAN
Meter the actual Service used storage of its full
allocation
5. Get the unallocated storage of the SAN
6. Calculation will be: (1*4/3)+(1/(2/3*5))
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In English:
– We know how much storage is in the SAN, but we are only interested in what is being
used for the service we are trying to meter. We have storage that is in use by the
service and can be costed and we have spare capacity on the SAN that is powered up
but not in use by any service
8. How Much? A study into accounting for Carbon and power in the Data Centre
Learning
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Pre-Project
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More difficult than it looks!
Prototype
Scope project out carefully
Is everything SNMP-enabled/compatible?
MIBS
• Do you have them?
• Check dependencies
• Research OIDS
– Take a full audit of your data centre
– Make any changes beforehand
9. How Much? A study into accounting for Carbon and power in the Data Centre
Learning
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During the Project
– Keep Stakeholders informed
– Manage changes
– Work closely with your DCIM vendor
10. How Much? A study into accounting for Carbon and power in the Data Centre
Learning
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Post-Project
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Manage changes to the data centre
Check validity of reported values regularly
Keep Stakeholders informed
Build SNMP compatility and functionality into future procurement requirements
Don’t have a DCIM?
SusteIT’s Carbon Footprinting Tool can be made even better:
• Use PUE to provide facility overhead
• Add in Carbon cost to get a true picture
• Don't trust the server estimators, test one of each type of server and use this
base data to provide your wattage figures
11. How Much? A study into accounting for Carbon and power in the Data Centre
Outcomes
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Achievements
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Complete carbon and power cost accounting for the Voyager book-lending system
Better awareness of the value of virtualising or replacing servers
Better informed as to cost comparison between cloud and in-house
Successful implementation of the infrastructure required to provide carbon and cost
accounting for most services within the university’s data centres
Increased awareness of sustainability efforts at the university
Increased focus on carbon costing during project initiation process
A specific assessment of SusteIT’s carbon footprinting benchmarking tool against
real-world data
Learning documented throughout the project in our blog
(http://blogs.herts.ac.uk/carbs/)
12. How Much? A study into accounting for Carbon and power in the Data Centre
Voyager Dashboard
13. How Much? A study into accounting for Carbon and power in the Data Centre
Outcomes
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Achievements
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Complete carbon and power cost accounting for the Voyager book-lending system
Better awareness of the value of virtualising or replacing servers
Better informed as to cost comparison between cloud and in-house
Successful implementation of the infrastructure required to provide carbon and cost
accounting for most services within the university’s data centres
Increased awareness of sustainability efforts at the university
Increased focus on carbon costing during project initiation process
A specific assessment of SusteIT’s carbon footprinting benchmarking tool against
real-world data
Learning documented throughout the project in our blog
(http://blogs.herts.ac.uk/carbs/)
14. How Much? A study into accounting for Carbon and power in the Data Centre
Outcomes
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Drawbacks
– Large number of assumptions in model
– Reliance on rack PDU data creates problems if they are not fully functional
– A specific assessment of SusteIT’s carbon footprinting benchmarking tool against
real-world data
– Increased awareness of sustainability efforts at the university
– Increased focus on carbon costing during project initiation process
– Learning documented throughout the project in our blog
(http://blogs.herts.ac.uk/carbs/)
15. How Much? A study into accounting for Carbon and power in the Data Centre
Summing Up
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The Voyager service cost is composed of the following elements:
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Power from the PDUs in the rack where Voyager is located
A proportion of the power taken from the PDUs where the SAN storage is located
A proportion of the facility power, based on the PUE and the share of power
required for 1 & 2 above
Carbon cost for the power consumed
Specifically excluded:
– The network
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Interesting Note:
– Server at very low loading but consuming almost twice Oracle’s estimated power
draw
16. How Much? A study into accounting for Carbon and power in
the Data Centre
Blogs: http://blogs.herts.ac.uk/carbs/
http://blogs.herts.ac.uk/rare-idc/
SusteIT’s ICT Energy & Carbon Footprinting Tool
http://www.susteit.org.uk/files/category.php?catID=4
Thank You
Any Questions?
Editor's Notes
No such thing as a “simple” service anymoreAll of our systems used shared resources to some degree (SAN & network)Not all systems follow the rulesSNMP implementationsMIB definitions, dependencies and bugsRounding errorsCommunications protocolsMODBUS vs SNMPDCIM products are immature and constantly evolvingFeatures and functions differ considerably between products and how data is usedNewer versions of software often resolved unknown issuesFalse economies: you get what you pay for!ePDUs are limited unless you are prepared to pay extra for better monitoring functionality and more fine-grained meteringOperational processes can be an obstacle to implementing service monitoring Initial power arrangements, and cablingVLAN configurationsChange Management
Pre-Project Don’t assume this is going to be easy!Divide the project up into small bite-size chunks, where you can prototype the dashboard creation a service at a time.It is important to scope out the complete list of devices and software components (i.e. databases, applications, etc.) you want to monitor. This ensures you are prepared to grab data from whatever sources you need to but also highlights areas where data capture may be either very difficult or impossible without carrying out significant changes beforehand.Resolve any issues with devices not having SNMP-capability prior to install. We had power meters that said they were SNMP-capable but actually were not! They were compatible with MODBUS though, so we purchased a converter appliance.Have all necessary MIB files collated and ready to be installed. Check dependencies within MIBs and do a little research on them to ensure that they install correctly. You may need to contact the vendors to check that the values you want to extract are actually available in the MIB.Check through the MIBs and make a note of the OIDs you need to select. This is extremely useful when you come to program the DCIMHave a complete audit of your data centre to hand, including positioning of racks, equipment within them and number and positioning of power supplies. Very useful if you wan a visual output as well as a dashboard-style display. Most DCIMs allow you to do this.Move power supplies for servers on to distinct circuits or sockets depending on to what level of detail your ePDUs are capable of monitoring down to. Otherwise you will not be able to extract specific power data for individual devices.
During the Project Keep stakeholders informed so that they understand the value they get from the project and provide information, or changes that support your project. The server we wanted to monitor required a patch upgrade before we could get the specific, and only currently available, MIB to work with it.Manage changes to the data centre carefully or what you thought you were monitoring may change. This means ensuring that your data centre users are aware that if they make specific changes to the environment, your monitoring will fail or give off spurious results. This could invalidate your testing.This is an immature industry and DCIM products are still being developed to their full potential. Work closely with your DCIM vendor and report back issues and chase for prompt resolution.
Post-Project Manage changes to the data centre strictly or what you thought you were monitoring may change. This means ensuring that your data centre users are aware that if they make specific changes to the environment, your monitoring will fail or give off spurious results. This may invalidate your dashboards.Check validity of reported values on a regular basis – note any significant changes and investigate whether the service has changedLet stakeholders knowMake sure all future data centre procurement takes into account SNMP-compatibility and functionality that makes separating service-related data out simply and easily.SusteIT's Carbon Footprinting Tool can be made even better by applying a few lessons from our real-life assessment exercise:Use PUE to provide facility overheadAdd in Carbon cost to get a true pictureDon't trust the server estimators, test one of each type of server and use this base data to provide your wattage figures
With the framework now in place, this method can be applied to other similarly-architected services in order to provide carbon cost accounting with an estimated error margin of +/-5% In any organisation, financial decisions concerning the ICT estate are made all the time based on data that are either incomplete or missing concerning the true costs associated with owning and delivering those services. For the first time, we have been able to picture what the cost to the university might be of running a particular service in-house. Future decisions around the sustainability and viability of continuing to operate in this way rather than make more use of cloud services can be taken in the presence of greater information. As we continue to monitor and measure the costs, more complete profiling of data centre service costs will be built up. Dramatic changes can be investigated and with the tools to provide a greater degree of detailed data, better efficiency can be architected in. The assessment exercise for the benchmarking tool would be valuable to those who feel using the default values provided within it would result in a blunt instrument for guesstimating overall power and carbon usage within the data centre. In particular, the simple use of PUE, which is commonly calculated in most data centres, to cost out the impact of a server on its environment is a valuable one. Server costing can be used as a justification for replacement or sharing of hardware resources in a virtualised environment.
With the framework now in place, this method can be applied to other similarly-architected services in order to provide carbon cost accounting with an estimated error margin of +/-5% In any organisation, financial decisions concerning the ICT estate are made all the time based on data that are either incomplete or missing concerning the true costs associated with owning and delivering those services. For the first time, we have been able to picture what the cost to the university might be of running a particular service in-house. Future decisions around the sustainability and viability of continuing to operate in this way rather than make more use of cloud services can be taken in the presence of greater information. As we continue to monitor and measure the costs, more complete profiling of data centre service costs will be built up. Dramatic changes can be investigated and with the tools to provide a greater degree of detailed data, better efficiency can be architected in. The assessment exercise for the benchmarking tool would be valuable to those who feel using the default values provided within it would result in a blunt instrument for guesstimating overall power and carbon usage within the data centre. In particular, the simple use of PUE, which is commonly calculated in most data centres, to cost out the impact of a server on its environment is a valuable one. Server costing can be used as a justification for replacement or sharing of hardware resources in a virtualised environment.
Drawbacks Many assumptions need to be made when apportioning costs from various hardware and software platforms for any particular service. Even the simplest service may require a certain amount of assumptive reasoning that could be open to debate as to how accurate a picture it gives. Data from PDUs that only provide amperage output, and minimal separate distinct circuits, can cause problems when trying to assess what power is being used at the service level. Some systems, such as storage, cannot be interrogated for power usage data and therefore reliance on the PDUs is complete. Apportioning costs of the network is complex and fraught with danger. Networks can ‘self-heal’, causing the traffic patterns to change and result in an inaccurate picture of what network systems are in use and to what extent. Technology moves on, changes occur frequently, software develops with functions being both added and removed, sometimes changing the architecture of a service in ways that the original setup may not have envisaged. For this reason, carbon accounting for services may be liable to disruption, raising the possibility of inaccurate or incomplete values being reported on the dashboard. For these reasons, this is not an exercise that can be set up and left running with no further work. Regular analysis of both the service and the data emanating from the service should be undertaken to ensure that the reported values are still valid.
Network: This is because it is highly complex to work out, so that will be done in a later phase of the project. The values we do have give a good approximation of what it actually costs to run the service on an hourly basis (c£0.17, $0.26, €0.20).It will be interesting to see how this power profile changes as the students return to the University in September and begin to use the service in anger once again.