Green Gown Awards: ICT category shortlist announced

The shortlisted colleges and universities for the Green ICT category, jointly sponsored by UCISA and the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), are:

• University of Hertfordshire
  Reduction and Re-use of Energy in Institutional Data Centres project (RARE-IDC)
• University of Liverpool
  University of Liverpool PowerDown
• Warrington Collegiate
  IT is Green at Warrington Collegiate
• University of Gloucestershire
  Hardware for hard times
• National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton
  IT Energy Savings Without Spending a Fortune
• North Warwickshire & Hinckley College
  Power IT Down!

The final winner will be announced at a gala dinner in June.

Peter Tinson, Executive Secretary of UCISA commented, “There is a considerable amount of good work taking place in universities and colleges to reduce power consumption and institutions’ carbon footprints. The strength of the shortlist highlights the excellence that exists in the sector.”

Rob Bristow, JISC's Programme Manager for Green ICT said, “I am delighted to see this strong field on the shortlist for Green Gowns Awards in 2010. Along with our co-sponsors, UCISA, JISC sees awards like this that reward innovation and that recognise the hard work needed to implement change, as helpful in getting across our messages about Green ICT.”

The awards are run by the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC) with a steering group of different agencies.

The Green ICT category showcases initiatives with potential to cut energy consumption, carbon emissions, waste and other environmental impacts associated with ICT use, or are developing hardware and/or software with environmental benefits.

More information on how UCISA is helping universities and colleges meet the green ICT challenge can be found here.

Published by  on 6 May 2010