Green technology projects to receive
recognition at Green Gown Awards 2010
Have you been involved in a green technology initiative to help your college or university become more sustainable?
For the second year running JISC is sponsoring the Green ICT Category at the Green Gown Awards, this time sharing sponsorship with the University and Colleges Information Systems Association (UCISA). The award will showcase innovative ways that people in education are minimising energy consumption, carbon emissions, waste generation and other environmental impacts associated with ICT use, potentially including the development of hardware or software with environmental benefits.
Rob Bristow, green ICT programme manager at JISC, said: "I am very pleased that JISC is once again sponsoring this category in the Green Gown Awards, and I welcome the involvement of our partners, UCISA, in this sponsorship. I would encourage all institutions who have a good story to tell about their progress towards greening their ICT to consider making an application."
Last year’s winner was Queen Margaret University (QMU), whose thin-client computers have helped contribute to a more sustainable campus.
The deadline for applications is 19 February 2010, and the final results will be announced at a gala banquet in London in June 2010.
For further information or to enter the awards http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2010/01/greengown.aspx