Masterclass B

Masterclass B: Cooling IT down: reducing the IT department’s contribution to CO2 emissions
 
Led by: Susan Butler, Executive Director, Knowledge Global Pty Ltd, and,
David Simpfendorfer, ITO Product Manager Asia Pacific, EDS Australia

Until recently, the impact of IT departments on carbon emissions and sustainability has been muted. However in white-collar industries, IT can account for up to 75% of total electricity consumption and is now being asked to contribute to an organisation’s CO2 emission strategy.

IT can fulfil important roles in both the demand side and analysis of CO2 emissions to help organisations reduce its carbon footprint - IT can lead by applying energy saving strategies to reduce consumption, and IT can assist by bridging gaps across disparate departments responsible for providing and collecting sustainability reporting data.

This workshop:
- Provides an overview of resource and carbon emission reporting challenges to help organisations streamline reporting requirements
- Examines practical approaches to building and implementing an energy efficiency strategy that will generate turn-around savings
- Examines why IT is pivotal to the organisation achieving ‘carbon down – reduced costs’, tangibles outcomes and cost savings at the enterprise level

Course outline:

9.00 Registration

9.30 Environmental and sustainability issues and terminology
        - Analysing the role IT plays in managing, measuring and reducing CO2 emissions
        - Understanding global and local sustainability reporting frameworks  
        - Leveraging the value and importance of IT in a) minimising impact and b) sustainability reporting

10:30 Morning tea

11:00 Reporting environmental impact and sustainability performance
        - Why, how, what and to whom do organisations presently report?
        - Why is IT a vital contributor to the organisation achieving resource efficiencies, benchmark and
           target success and carbon emission reduction?

12:15 Lunch

1:15 Sustainability management and measurement - case studies
        - How does IT bridge organisational gaps? 
        - Delivering accurate sustainability reporting on time and budget

2:30 Afternoon break

2:45 What energy efficiency strategies and solutions are working for organisations today? 
        - Why are IT solutions vitally important in an organisation’s goal to realise 10% energy savings year on year?

4:00 Role of IT to an organisation’s sustainable performance
        - If you cannot measure it you cannot manage it - and this is not a spreadsheet!
        - ‘Carbon down – profits up’ - an engineering challenge

4.30 End of Masterclass

Course times and documentation

Registration starts at 9:00AM. The course will commence at 9:30am and finish at 4:30pm with appropriate breaks for morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. Participants will receive a comprehensive documentation including all presentation material.

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