Anthony Wong President, Australian Computer Society

KEY POINTS FROM REPORT 2.7% of Australia’s total carbon emissions. 7% of total electricity generated in Australia. Of the 2.7% of Australia’s carbon emissions, enterprises (businesses and government) accounted for 1.62% and domestic for the remainder. Data centres are the single biggest ICT consumers of electricity and hence emitters of CO2 – responsible for 34.4% of total ICT emissions. Households were responsible for a similar level of emissions to data centres at 34.6% of total ICT emissions.

Be aware of your power consumption Energy use and carbon reduction programs with outsourced ICT providers Newer operating systems allow computer systems to be put into sleep mode Investigate the use of carbon offset programs to offset ICT carbon emissions. Implement server virtualisation as a means of saving a significant amount of energy.

ICT Carbon Emissions by Industry Sector

ICT Carbon Emissions per Employee by Industry Sector

ACS Carbon and Computers Report Thank you!