• Understand the key principles and terminology used within Green IT.
  
• Understand why Green IT has become so important today.
  
• Understand the legal and regulatory drivers for Green IT
  
• Explain the key benefits of developing and implementing a holistic Green IT strategy.
  
• Describe some of the practical issues and costs associated with a Green IT implementation
  
• Measure and quantify the carbon emission footprint from the IT estate within an organisation
  
• Develop and deliver a holistic and Green IT Strategy for an organisation.
  
• Pass the Green IT Consultant certificate and become a practicing Green IT Consultant

Who will benefit?
This course has been designed specifically for those individuals with a responsibility for developing and delivering a Green IT strategy for an organisation. It is aimed at those who will be required to act as a Green IT Consultant (both internally and as an externally). This course is suited for anyone who wishes to develop their career by attaining a formal Consultancy qualification in Green IT).

Content / Syllabus

• Understanding the scope and meaning of ‘Green IT’
• The present and future Socio/Political/Legal drivers for Green IT
• The business benefit and need for corporate adoption of Green IT Practices • Green IT Regulations, Legislation and Polices
• Present and future legislation relating to Green IT
• European Union Code of Conduct
• The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE)
• BSi PAS 2050
• Kyoto Protocol
• Defining baseline techniques to measure and quantify current carbon emissions from the IT estate
• Developing the business case and justifications for Green IT initiatives
• The need, value and cost of developing a holistic Green IT strategy
• The cost of not developing a holistic Green IT Strategy
• Specific practical Green IT actions – including
• Virtualisation
• Printing solutions
• Recycling and sustainability
• The Green Hardware Lifecycle
• Changes to working practices (including home working)
• Infrastructure consolidation and rationalization
• The Green data centre
• Ensuring your suppliers are Green
• Establishing the correct culture and corporate framework for Green IT

Location & Schedule
As well as the UK public schedule this course can be delivered ‘in-house’ anyhwre in the world. Please contact us at enquiries@greenWise-it.com to discuss your in-house training needs. Our Q4 2010 UK public schedule of courses is outlined below:

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