Green IT

Green IT covers many possibilities for the contribution that IT can make to environmental sustainability.

Visit the Monash Greening Up Our Act web site for information on sustainability across the campuses, or contribute to the  Green IT blog where ideas, comments and suggestions on actitivites are welcome.

An environmental sustainability presentation; Green IT at Monash (ppt, 4776kb) is also available.

The main areas in the Monash Green IT agenda are:

Energy

• 2008 Initiatives
• New Monash ITS data centre
• Overview article from CIO magazine

Recycling and Waste

• 2008 Initiatives
• Green Office recycling including e-waste
• Monash Leased Equipment is recycled by Macquarie
• Other information can be found at: ABC Science
• What is E-waste?
• End of year office "clean out"

Monash Transport

• 2008 Initiatives
• Videoconferencing  reduces transport and saves time.
• List of Monash rooms with videoconferencing

Green Purchasing

• 2008 Initiatives
• Monash Procurement services
• Monash's commitment to recycled paper

Water

• Green Office