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GREEN ICT Postgraduate studies
Registration can be made at any time until 11 January 2009. Study Period 1 runs from 18 January until 19 April 2009. Australian Computer Society offers ACS Members and non members an opportunity to undertake postgraduate study in Green ICT (GIT). Our elective sujects are normally the last subject undertaken in the CPE Program unless it is undertaken as a stand-alone subject. LEARNING OUTCOMES Green ICT Strategies is an emerging discipline with no widely accepted approach. This subject is drawn from practices being developed in the public and private sectors internationally. Implementation methodologies and assessment tools currently being field-tested are introduced. Qualification schemes and accreditation are yet to be established and it is possible those completing this subject may be involved in that development.
The ACS course on Green ICT Strategies is based on:
Competencies based on Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA)
The Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) provides a common reference model for the identification of the skills needed to develop effective Information Systems (IS) making use of Information & Communications Technology (ICT). Green ICT Strategies will target SFIA Level 5 competencies: "ensure, advise: Broad direction, supervisory, objective setting responsibility. Influences organisation. Challenging and unpredictable work. Self sufficient in business skills". With the following skills:
Category/Subcategory/Skill
At the completion of this subject the student can:
• Strategy & planning o Technical strategy and planning * Emerging technology monitoring: Identify new and emerging hardware, software and communication technologies for energy saving and materials reuse. * Methods and tools: Ensure that appropriate methods and tools for the planning, development, operation, management and maintenance of systems are adopted and used effectively throughout the organisation. o Business/IS strategy and planning * Business process improvement: Recommend alternative solutions which reduce environmental impact, assesses feasibility, and recommends new approaches. * Enterprise Architecture: Contribute to the sustainability of the systems capability strategy which meets the strategic requirements of the business. Incorporate Green ICT into the models and plans to drive forward the strategy, taking advantage of opportunities to improve business performance, as well as environmental benefits. • Procurement & management support o Supply management * Procurement: Write green ICT requirement documents for to products and services. o Quality management
Week 1: Introduction to Green ICT Strategies
Objective: Understand environmental, social and business context for sustainability, and overview of background, boundaries.
1. Politics, Science and Business of Sustainability Investigate the principles of environmental sustainability and the science of climate change. Objective: You are asked to reduce the ecological footprint of an ICT organization. This organization could be the one you are currently working with or any other organization. How would you go about measuring the ICT system's demand on the Earth's ecosystems and developing a plan (strategy) to reduce the impact?
2. Technical strategy and planning
Emerging technology monitoring
Identify new and emerging hardware, software and communication technologies for energy saving and materials reuse.
i. Week 5: Energy saving - Data Centres and Client Equipment
Objective: Computers and telecommunications equipment contributes about 2% to greenhouse gas emissions. Look at how data centres and client equipment can be made more efficient. Reference: The Engineering Sustainable Solutions Program, Sustainable IT Lecture Series, Natural Edge Project, 2008
ii. Week 6: Materials Use
Objective: Energy reduction is only part of making a Green ICT system, there is also the issue of use of materials and hazardous substances. How does the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) deal with material use? Reference: E-Waste Education Courses, Natural Edge Project, 2008
iii. Week 7: Methods and tools
Ensure that appropriate methods and tools for the planning, development, operation, management and maintenance of systems are adopted and used effectively throughout the organisation.
3. Business/IS strategy and planning
i. Week 7: Business process improvement
Recommend alternative solutions which reduce environmental impact, assesses feasibility, and recommends new approaches.
Objective: ICT has the potential to provide significant environmental improvements, by replacing energy and materials consuming processes with more efficient ICT ones. How do you analyse business processes to identify alternative solutions which reduce environmental impact, assesses feasibility, and recommends new approaches?
ii. Week 8: Business of Government
iii. Week 9: Enterprise Architecture
Contribute to the sustainability of the systems capability strategy which meets the strategic requirements of the business. Incorporate Green ICT into the models and plans to drive forward the strategy, taking advantage of opportunities to improve business performance, as well as environmental benefits.
Objective: The business of business is business, so any environmental goals have to fit into the systems capability strategy which meets the strategic requirements of the business. How do you incorporate Green ICT into the models and plans to drive forward the strategy, taking advantage of opportunities to improve business performance, as well as environmental benefits?
4. Procurement & management support
i. Week 10: Procurement
Write green ICT requirement documents for to products and services.
Objective: Much of the environmental benefits come about by selecting the right products and services. How do you ensure that your hardware, software and services suppliers provide green products?
ii. Week 11: Quality management
iii. Week 12: Compliance audit: Assess the conformity of systems to environmental standards, such as ISO 14000 series, Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT), and Energy Star Program.
Week 13: Revision and discussion for assignment 2
Objective: Let us revisit the Service Life Cycle. Let us discuss about the specific process you are going to improve in your organization through the assignment 2.
Assessment consists of two assignments plus participation in discussion forums.
This subject is delivered online – No classrooms, just e-learning techniques, plus tutor and peer-to-peer interaction. Improve your career and employment opportunities with further study – move to senior IT roles. Single subjects can be taken individually and can be credited towards completion of the Computer Professional Education Program upon enrolment. (Entry requirements must be met). For more information on Green ICT email pam.barnes@acs.org.au call 1800 671 003 (freecall within Australia).
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