Experiences of Havering Sixth Form College Graham Francis Director of IT Services

Newcourt Main Building

 Current status – Category C (51-75) ◦ Main Building scored 61 ◦ Newcourt scored 58 ◦ Typical College 100  Target by 2010 – Category B (26-50)  New Build – Category A (0-25) ◦ BREEAM (Energy Efficient Design) Excellent ◦ Architects advised

 Maximises potential of available resources:  Use of Ground Source Water for heating and cooling  Use of Termodeck roof planks for movement of Hot/Cold air  Use of IT controlled Building Management Systems (BMS)  Increased control over current systems in place

 2007 – Carbon Trust assessment of buildings ◦ Suggestions mainly IT based ◦ College ‘Green Group’ established ◦ Environmental policy in place, reviewed and updated.  2008 – £150k Salix Grant received ◦ Used to fund first year lease of desktop computers  Benefit: Lower power consumption  Benefit: Single image required ◦ Increased ratio of Laptops to Desktops  Benefit: Laptops turned off when not in use unlike desktops which hibernate

 Use of Software applications to turn off Desktop computers. ◦ Deepfreeze:  Turns off desktops at preset time (7 p.m.)  PC’s next turned on when required ◦ Lanschool  Allows Teacher to turn off all desktops in a single room from a central location ◦ Lightspeed  Allows Technicians to turn off all desktops in part or all of the College from a central location.

 Server Virtualisation: ◦ Current Position: 33 Traditional Servers  Average CPU Performance 4%  Peak CPU Performance 8% ◦ Future Position: 3 to 5 Blade Servers  Issues to consider: (Move to a single Server Room)  Opportunity for centralisation of resources  Reduced need for distributed Air Conditioning  Reduced energy consumption  Less hardware

 Consideration for WEEE regulations: ◦ Lease v Purchase ◦ Return to Base v Arrange for Recycling  Strategy for recycling of old stock ◦ Use of recycling company ◦ Donation of equipment to overseas school ◦ Long term loan to staff for home use

 At present all printers are purchased  Must conform to HSFC requirements ◦ Must be capable of double-sided printing (default) ◦ Sleep mode ◦ Toner efficient  Planned move to Multi Function Devices ◦ Reduced number of devices ◦ ‘Follow me’ printing ◦ ‘Print release’

 Adopted ways of working which don’t require hard copy ◦ Moodle (Teaching and Learning) ◦ Sharepoint (College Administration) ◦ Parentmail (Reduced printing and postage) ◦ (College Bulletin)  Paper format ◦ Change to standard format allows for extra print area ◦ Must consider requirements of DDA  Paper recycling policy

 Questions  Contact details: ◦ Graham Francis ◦ Director of IT Services ◦ ◦ T: (Direct)