Assessment: ICTSUS601 Integrate sustainability in ICT planning and design projects

ICTSUS601 INTEGRATE SUSTAINABILITY IN ICT PLANNING AND DESIGN PROJECTS ICT60115 ADVANCED DIPLOMA OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY _______________________________________ STUDENT ASSESSMENT _______________________________________

Introduction

Purpose

This document provides necessary information to guide learners to undertake the assessment of the following unit.

· ICTSUS601 – Integrate sustainability in ICT planning and design projects

Unit summary and application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to integrate sustainability concepts and policies into information and communications technology (ICT) planning and design projects. These projects typically involve upgrades of equipment hardware and software or new installations of next generation networks (NGN) using emerging technologies.

It applies to individuals who have high level specialist technical skills and knowledge in optical communications and IT networks using internet protocol (IP) systems.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Sector

Telecommunications – sustainability

Pre-requisites

There are no recommended pre-requisite units for this unit.

ASSESSMENT INFORMATION for students

Throughout your training, Kingston Institute of Australia is committed to your learning by providing a training and assessment framework that ensures the knowledge gained through training is translated into practical on the job improvements.

You are going to be assessed for:

· Your skills and knowledge using written and observation activities that apply to the workplace or a simulated environment.

· Your ability to apply your learning.

· Your ability to recognize common principles and actively use these on the job.

All of your assessment and training is provided as a positive learning tool. Your assessor will guide your learning and provide feedback on your responses to the assessment materials until you have been deemed competent in this unit.

Assessment Process

The process we follow is known as competency-based assessment. To achieve competency in this unit, you need to consider the components of the training package and fulfill the assessment requirements. Some of the components are Elements, Performance Criteria, Performance Evidence, Knowledge Evidence and Assessment Conditions. For more details on components, please visit the following links and search for the unit using the unit code;

https://training.gov.au/Training/Details

In competency-based assessment, the evidence of your current skills and knowledge will be measured against national standards of best practice, not against the learning you have undertaken either recently or in the past. Some of the assessment will be concerned with how you apply your skills and knowledge in the workplace, and some in the training room as required by each unit.

The assessment tasks have been designed to enable you to demonstrate the required skills and knowledge and produce the critical evidence to successfully demonstrate competency at the required standard.

Your assessor will explain the assessment process and ensure that you are ready for assessment. Your assessment tasks will outline the evidence to be collected and how it will be collected, for example; a written activity, case study, or demonstration and observation.

If you have any special needs to be considered during assessment, changes can be made to the way assessment is undertaken to account for special needs and this is called making reasonable adjustment.

Reasonable Adjustments

The institute makes reasonable adjustments to assessments and assessment conducting process, to meet the special needs of identified students. Reasonable adjustments are made in such a way that the identified students do not use it to take extra advantage than other.

What if I believe I am already competent before training?

If you believe you already have the knowledge and skills to be able to demonstrate competency in this unit, speak with your trainer, as you may be able to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

Credit Transfer

Credit transfer is a recognition for study you have already completed. To receive Credit Transfer, you must be enrolled in the relevant program. Credit Transfer can be granted if you provide the institute with certified copies of your qualifications, a Statement of Attainment or a Statement of Results along with Credit Transfer Application Form. (For further information, please visit Credit Transfer Policy of the institute)

Assessor Responsibilities

Assessors need to be aware of their responsibilities and carry them out appropriately. To do this they need to:

· Ensure the students read and understand ‘Assessment Information for Students’ prior conducting the assessments.

· Ensure the students are assessed fairly based on the outcome of the language, literacy and numeracy review completed at enrolment.

· Ensure that all documentation is signed by the student, trainer, and assessor when units and certificates are complete, to ensure that there is no follow-up required from the administration perspective.

· Ensure that their own qualifications are current.

· When required, request the manager or supervisor to determine that the student is ‘satisfactorily’ demonstrating the requirements for each unit. ‘Satisfactorily’ means consistently meeting the standard expected from an experienced operator.

· When required, ensure supervisors and students sign off on third party assessment forms or third party report.

· Follow the recommendations from moderation and validation meetings.

WHS Guidelines

The institute seeks to ensure the health and safety of everyone in its workplaces. Meanwhile as a duty of care, all employees, students and visitors of the institute are to ensure their own and others health and safety while at the institute’s premises. Your trainer/assessor will inform you of the WHS guidelines that you should follow in and out of the classes and in the workplace environment.

How can I get resources to prepare for the assessments?

Resources	Description
Learner resource	You can get learner resource that contains detail explanation of the syllabus of the unit, from the Library or College Administration Office.
PPT slides	You can download PPT slides from your Moodle account or get it from the Trainer, upon request.
Additional Resources	You can get additional resources in the form of PDF files, URLs, Videos, etc. from the Moodle. Additional books and print outs are also available from the Library of the college.

How should I format my assessments?

You can download the document the institute’s ‘Style Guide’ from your Moodle account. The Style Guide has all instructions on how to format your assessment. It includes information related to the required Font Type/Size/Color, Indents, Spacing, Bullets, Numbering, etc.

How long should my answers be?

The length of your answers will be guided by the description in each assessment, for example:

Type of Answer	Answer Guidelines
Short Answer	4 typed lines = 50 words, or 5 lines of handwritten texts
Long Answer	8 typed lines = 100 words, or 10 lines of handwritten texts = of a foolscap page
Brief Report	500 words = 1 page typed report, or 50 lines of handwritten texts = 1foolscap handwritten pages
Mid Report	1,000 words = 2 page typed report 100 lines of handwritten texts = 3 foolscap handwritten pages
Long Report	2,000 words = 4 page typed report 200 lines of handwritten texts = 6 foolscap handwritten pages

In case if any variation is needed in the length of the answers, your trainer will give you the instructions.

How should I reference the sources of information I use in my assessments?

Include a reference list at the end of your work on a separate page. You should reference the sources you have used in your assessments using the referencing style suggested by your Trainer.

How should I submit the assessments?

You must consider the following important points before you submit your assessment.

· You must submit the assessments of a unit in PDF format or Word format as suggested by the trainer/assessor, by the ‘Due Date’ mentioned in the submission portal of your Institute’s Moodle account

· If needed, your trainer may separate the assessments and set different due dates for different assessments, assessment cover sheet and student declaration forms.

· If there is a single due date for all assessments, submit them in a same single assessment file that you download from your Moodle account.

· In both cases, you must complete the assessment cover sheet and student declaration section available to you along with the assessment package.

· Any evidence that may not be suitable to include inside the assessment package, may be submitted separately in submission portal of the Moodle, after consultation with the trainer/assessor.

· Before submission, you must ensure all required tasks are completed and evidences are submitted. Your assessor may not accept your submission if an incomplete assessment is submitted.

· If you face any technical problem during the submission of assessments in the Moodle, please notify the college administration or the assessor with proper evidence of the problem, prior to the Due Date.

How does the college ensure fairness, flexibility, validity and reliability of the assessment?

To help students achieve competency in a unit, the institute may use different methods for assessments. In the process, the institute ensures the principle of fairness, flexibility, validity and reliability are met through the following ways;

Fairness

· The institute ensures the student is fully informed of the assessment process and that the student has to fill declaration form before the start of the assessment.

· Student can also transfer the credit if the competency has already been achieved by the student.

· For if the student wants recognition of prior learning (RPL), the institute makes it available, upon request.

· To address the special needs of any student, reasonable adjustments can be made to the assessment through contextualization.

· If the student is not satisfied with the grading of the unit, he/she can go for an appeal process, challenge the assessment decision and have the assessment reviewed objectively.

Flexibility

· The institute uses a range of assessment methods to allow student demonstrated competency in a varieties of ways. These methods can be written activity, practical activity, observation and demonstration, case study, etc.

· For if the student wants recognition of prior learning (RPL), the institute makes it available, upon request. Adjustments will be made on the training and assessment of that student.

· Based on the institute’s Assessment Policy, multiple chances are given to the students for assessment submission and additional training can be arranged in case if competency is not yet achieved, even after the regular effort of the assessor and the students.

Validity

· The institute ensures the assessment tasks used to assess student’s competency for each unit fulfil assessment requirements for performance evidence, knowledge evidence, performance criteria and foundation skills, as mentioned in the Training Package of the Unit of Competency.

· Students are given opportunity to demonstrate skills by actually doing practical tasks than just theoretical explanation and by providing various ways to demonstrate the skills.

Reliability

· To ensure reliability in assessment grading, the institute has created an efficient assessment system. Assessors are provided with learner resources, PPT slides and assessment guide, so that there is consistency in assessment grading even when different assessors are grading the assessments.

· Assessors are asked to provide feedback on student assessments and also fill the marking guide on each assessment of the students.

How does the assessor make decisions during the assessment grading?

The students are declared competent by the assessor only if the knowledge and performance evidences submitted by the student are valid, sufficient, authentic and current, and if the student demonstrate the required foundation skills, during observation and demonstration.

Validity

To ensure the validity of evidence submitted by you, during grading the assessor will ensure your performance matches the performance requirement as described in the competency standard. This is why you should be able to demonstrate the required knowledge and skills through your evidences, to ensure your evidences are valid.

Sufficiency

To ensure the sufficiency of evidences submitted by you, the institute ensures the assessment tools being used are valid and reliable to collect all required evidences as described in the competency standard. During grading, the assessor will ensure that you provide all required evidences as per the assessor’s checklist for each assessment. This is why you should always consult with the assessor and read the assessment requirements for the unit to ensure the evidences are sufficient.

Authenticity

To ensure the authenticity of evidence submitted by you, the assessor, when in doubt, may compare your assessment with a group of other assessments and resources from the internet, and check for similarity. Meanwhile during moderation of assessment, a team from the institute may identify similarities in different assessments. As long as the assessments are similar to an acceptable range as per the Student Assessment Policy and Procedure of the institute, your assessment will be deemed authentic. This is why you should ensure your assessment is your own work and that references are given if resources are used from the internet.

Plagiarism is not accepted in Australian education system and at the institute. You should not practice any plagiarism in your assessments or any other works. Plagiarism practices may affect your results of the assessment as well as your student visa. Student Assessment Policy and Procedure is shared in every orientation event during every intake. This policy’s hard copy is kept at the reception desk of the institute.

Currency

To ensure the currency of evidence submitted by you, the institute performs validation activities of assessment that involves checking that your assessment tools have produced valid, reliable, sufficient, current and authentic evidence. Meanwhile, the trainer/assessor will continuously observe your performance during the training period. The trainer/assessor may ask you to demonstrate the required skills in the simulated environment or the workplace environment. You can ensure your evidences are current by attending the training on a regular basis and demonstrating the knowledge and performance evidences under the observation of the trainer/assessor.

What happens after the submission of assessments and in case of no submission?

After the submission of assessment, your assessor will grade your assessment and take different actions at different stages of grading and feedback process. Please adhere to the Student Assessment Policy and Procedure for more details on how the grading and feedback process will occur and what will happen if no submission of assessment is made.

What if you disagree on the assessment outcome?

You can appeal against a decision made in regards to your assessment. An appeal should only be made if you have been assessed as ‘Not Yet Competent (NYC)’ against a specific unit and you feel you have sufficient grounds to believe that you are entitled to be assessed as competent. You must be able to adequately demonstrate that you have the skills and experience to be able to meet the requirements of units you are appealing the assessment of.

Your trainer will outline the appeals process, which is available to the student. You can request a form to make an appeal and submit it to your trainer, the course coordinator, or the administration officer. The institute will examine the appeal and you will be advised of the outcome within 14 days. Any additional information you wish to provide may be attached to the appeal form.

assessment guide

The following table shows you how to achieve a satisfactory (S) result against the criteria for each type of assessment task. The following is a list of general assessment methods that can be used in assessing a unit of competency. Check your assessment tasks to identify the ones used in this unit of competency.

Assessment Method	Satisfactory(S) Result	Not Yet Satisfactory (NYS) Result
You will receive an overall result of Competent (C) or Not Yet Competent (NYC) for the unit. The assessment process is made up of a number of assessment methods. You are required to achieve a satisfactory result in each of these to be deemed competent overall. Meanwhile, you must demonstrate satisfactory foundation skills to the assessor, during the observation of demonstration of the assessment tasks, and through the submission of evidences. Your assessment may include the following assessment types.
Questions	All questions answered correctly	Incorrect answers for one or more questions
	Answers address the question in full; referring to appropriate sources from your workbook and/or workplace	Answers do not address the question in full. Does not refer to appropriate or correct sources.
Written Activity	The assessor will mark the activity against the detailed guidelines/instructions	Does not follow guidelines/instructions
	Attachments if requested are attached	Requested supplementary items are not attached
	All requirements of the written activity are addressed/covered.	Response does not address the requirements in full; is missing a response for one or more areas.
	Responses must refer to appropriate sources from your workbook and/or workplace	One or more of the requirements are answered incorrectly. Does not refer to or utilize appropriate or correct sources of information
Observation/ Demonstration	All elements, criteria, knowledge and performance evidence and critical aspects of evidence, are demonstrated at the appropriate AQF level	Could not demonstrate elements, criteria, knowledge and performance evidence and/or critical aspects of evidence, at the appropriate AQF level
Case Study	All comprehension questions answered correctly; demonstrating an application of knowledge of the topic case study.	Lack of demonstrated comprehension of the underpinning knowledge (remove) required to complete the case study questions correctly. One or more questions are answered incorrectly.
	Answers address the question in full; referring to appropriate sources from your workbook and/or workplace	Answers do not address the question in full; do not refer to appropriate sources.
Practical Activity	All tasks in the practical activity must be competed and evidence of completion must be provided to your trainer/assessor. All tasks have been completed accurately and evidence provided for each stated task.	Tasks have not been completed effectively and evidence of completion has not been provided.
	Attachments if requested are attached	Requested supplementary items are not attached

Assessment Summary/cover sheet

Assessment Cover Sheet
Course code/name:	ICT60115 – Advanced Diploma of Information Technology
Unit code/name:	ICTSUS601 – Integrate sustainability in ICT planning and design projects
Assessor’s name:
Student’s name:		Student ID:
Due Date:	31/07/2020
Submission date:

Student Declaration
I declare that; · I am aware of the assessment process. · I am aware of all the components of the assessments that includes assessment conditions, knowledge and performance evidence, elements and performance criteria and foundation skills. · I am aware of the assessment tasks, requirements and due dates. · I am aware of Kingston Institute of Australia’s assessment policy and appeal process. · I am aware that plagiarism is not accepted in the institute. · I am aware of my rights to appeal, if I am not satisfied with my results. · The material I have submitted is my own work. · I have kept a copy of all relevant notes and reference material that I used in the production of my work. · I am aware of WHS guidelines that should be followed at the institute and workplace environment. · I have given references for all sources of information that are not my own, including the words, ideas and images of others. Student Signature: _______________________ Date: ______________________
Assessment Outcome
Assessment Tasks	Assessment Results
Assessment 1: Written Activity	☐S ☐NYS
Assessment 2: Power Consumption Reduction Scenario	☐S ☐NYS
Assessment 3: Sustainability in ICT planning and design	☐S ☐NYS
Feedback / Comments:

Overall Outcome
☐ Competent	☐ Not yet Competent
Student Declaration: · The result of my performance in this unit has been discussed and explained to me. □ I want to make an appeal against the overall outcome of the assessments. Student signature: _____________________ Date: _____________
Assessor Declaration: · I declare that I have conducted a fair, flexible, valid and reliable assessment with the student and that the evidence submitted to me are valid, sufficient, authentic and current. Assessor’s Signature: __________________ Date: _____________

Assessment 1- written activity

1. Outline and explain seven steps for minimising energy and materials consumption in Data Centres (200 words):

2. Scenario Project

Research and identify suitable technology solutions applicable to the project

Gather power consumption data on ICT equipment required for an energy audit based on an agreed standard

Thin Client Networks

http://www.ikon.is/ikon/content/view/114/52/lang,english/

Thin Client

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_client

http://www.lamarheller.com/technology/thinclient/powerstudy.pdf

http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/DEC0005.pdf

A thin client (sometimes also called a lean or slim client) is a computer or a computer program which depends heavily on some other computer (its server) to fulfill its traditional computational roles. This stands in contrast to the traditional fat client, a computer designed to take on these roles by itself. The exact roles assumed by the server may vary, from providing data persistence (for example, for diskless nodes) to actual information processing on the client’s behalf.

Thin clients occur as components of a broader computer infrastructure, where many clients share their computations with the same server. As such, thin client infrastructures can be viewed as the providing of some computing service via several user-interfaces.

Thin-client computing is also a way of easily maintaining computational services at a reduced total cost of ownership.

Complete the following:

Questions

(a) Give an overview of thin client computing to your client (60 words).

(b) Explain the advantages of a thin client (50 words).

(c) Explain the disadvantages of thin client (50 words).

(d) Explain alternative ways to setup thin client networks in GNU/Linux (60 words)

(e) Recommend a Linux thin client solution for a small school classroom of 16 seats/clients (60 words)

(f) Sketch your solution

(g) Detail hardware (60 words):

(h) Detail software (60 words):

(i) What is the expected performance of your solution? (60 words)

(j) Explain the sustainability merits of thin client architectures (80 words).

(k) Practicum

· Identify power consumption of a thin client system under different operating conditions using the Current Cost EnviR Energy Monitor and appropriate power lead or similar energy meter.

· Recommendations on upgrading computer system.

1. Record power consumption and notes e.g. range, variability, operating conditions:

Condition	Server power consumption (watts)	Thin Client consumption (watts) Model:

2. Evaluate the extent to which sustainability could be integrated into an upgrade of the computer system.

Skills Assessment (Practical Tasks)

ASSESSOR NOTE These instructions must be followed when assessing the student in this unit. The checklist on the following page is to be completed for each student. Please refer to separate mapping document for specific details relating to alignment of this task to the unit requirements. This competency is to be assessed using standard and authorised work practices, safety requirements and environmental constraints. Assessment of essential underpinning knowledge will usually be conducted in an off-site context. Assessment is to comply with relevant regulatory or Australian standards’ requirements. Resource implications for assessment include: • an induction procedure and requirement • realistic tasks or simulated tasks covering the mandatory task requirements • relevant specifications and work instructions • tools and equipment appropriate to applying safe work practices • support materials appropriate to activity • workplace instructions relating to safe work practices and addressing hazards and emergencies • material safety data sheets • research resources, including industry related systems information. Reasonable adjustments for people with disabilities must be made to assessment processes where required. This could include access to modified equipment and other physical resources, and the provision of appropriate assessment support.

Assessment 2 – Power Consumption Reduction Scenario

Scenario

The individual is required to:

· Negotiate with the stakeholders to establish the extent to which sustainability is to be integrated

· Determine and oversee implementation of short term technology solutions to achieve reduction of power consumption

· Identify energy usage within the scope of the ICT project and provide a detailed report

Project

The project could concentrate on installing a thin client network for a small school with solar panels, gel batteries, inverter and a small network of 20 desktop PC’s including a server, providing service to a classroom that has fluorescent lighting. Classes operate between the hours 8.30am to 3.30pm (7.00 hours)

Assumptions:

• The existing computer network is ON 5 days per week 24 hours per day

• The existing classroom lighting is ON 5 days per week 10 hours per day

The project requires the following:

1. Preparing to integrate sustainability into the planning and design stages the ICT project

2. Devising a strategy for incorporating sustainability into the ICT project

3. Analyse energy audit data from the project

Activities

Complete the following tasks:

· Project

· Report

The following topics should be covered as a part of the report.

· Introduction

· Power Consumption and Analysis

· Sustainability Incorporation

· Short Term Solutions

· Long Term Solutions

· Stakeholder Negotiation

· Sustainable Management Principles and Practice, KPIs

· Key Performance Indicators

· Energy Audit

· Cost

· Recommendation

Assessment 2 Solution

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Remove all written in blue font. Please delete all after the topic ‘ACTIVITIES’ from assessment 2 scenario and paste the above-mentioned explanation under the topic ACTIVITIES. Presentation has been removed.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Instructions: Write the contents and page number here.

Contents Page No.

Introduction

Power Consumption and Analysis

Sustainability Incorporation

Short Term Solutions

Long Term Solutions

Stakeholder Negotiation

Sustainable Management Principles and Practice, KPIs

Key Performance Indicators

Energy Audit

Cost

Recommendation

1. Introduction

Instructions: Given an introduction of a small school or a college where you are doing the following project as written in the assessment scenario.

In topic no. 1 in around 200 words,

· introduce a school or college, what kind of devices do they have that consumes power, in their network,

· explain that the school is now considering integrating sustainability in the ICT plan/projects/infrastructure to minimize consumption of power and material/resources.

· explain that the following project is being done in your chosen school or college.

“The project could concentrate on installing a thin client network for a small school with solar panels, gel batteries, inverter and a small network of 20 desktop PC’s including a server, providing service to a classroom that has fluorescent lighting. Classes operate between the hours 8.30am to 3.30pm (7.00 hours)

Assumptions:

• The existing computer network is ON 5 days per week 24 hours per day”

2. Power consumption and analysis

Instructions: In this topic you should explain the power consumption scenario in the college in the year of 2019. To find this out you need to say that you conducted various surveys and went through various documents to find out whether the power consumption is more or less that the expected standard.

Mainly complete the following tasks under this topic

· In 100 words, explain what surveys, what documents, what else did you do to gather information about the power consumption of that school in the year of 2019. Some ways are as follows, Consultation, Device manufacturer manual, Direct observation, Internet Research, Energy Bills, etc. You need to know the expected consumption and the actual consumption of power for various devices in the year of 2019.

· Draw a table to show what media consumed how much power and what was the expected standard. Your comments should be explained as your analysis. Write more in consumption so that you can explain that sustainability was not integrated in 2019 and your solution will bring some changes. The table can be as follows.

Media	Energy consumption	Average/Agreed standards	Comments
Eg. Computer	225.4 watts/hour	150 watts/hour	Hints: This can be left blank and your analysis can be explained after the table
Router
Total:

· In 100 words give your analysis here. In the table write more value in energy consumption than the standard so that you can explain that the school is consuming more power in their ICT infrastructure. Give you analysis of the power consumption here in around 100 words.

3. Sustainability Incorporation

Instructions: In a total of 100 words,

· Explain what sustainability incorporation is.

· Explain any three things/practices that the chosen school is doing for sustainability incorporation.

https://online.sbu.edu/news/2016/11/30/how-integrate-sustainability-your-business

The following link will help you in topic 5 as well.

https://www.tefen.com/insights/services/Strategy/incorporating_sustainability_into_strategy

In short, define sustainability incorporation and explain what basic things the school is doing to incorporate sustainability into their business, you can talk about recruitment and training of employees, educating customers/students about sustainability, etc.

4. Short Term Solutions

Instructions: Explain in a total of 100 words.

Explain any five short term solutions to minimize the power consumption in the school. E.g. turn off the computers when not in use, regular update of the devices, system in hibernation during break time of the school, etc. Find at least five such short-term solutions to minimize power consumption

5. Long Term Solutions

Instructions: In 200 words,

Explain how many days, hours do the chosen school uses the electronics devices, like computers, routers, printers, projectors, etc.

Explain that the school is currently using thick client systems. Explain why thick client consumes for power.

Explain the benefits of thin client systems over thick client.

Explain how thin client operates.

Explain that thin client in the long-term solution for reduction in power and material consumptions

6. Stakeholder Negotiation

Instructions:

Complete the following table with all stakeholder currently working in the school. A row has been filled in for you. Replace it with your own words. Some stakeholder may use the devices, some may order, some may be responsible for upgrade and updates, some may be doing maintenance, etc. Write issues, influence, suggested actions for all of them. Write at least five such stakeholder positions.

Stakeholder	Likely to support	Key issues	Influence/impact	Suggested actions
e.g. Students	YES	-unaware about the rightful use of the computers and other electronic devices -does not shut down computer during break or when not in use, etc.	– more power consumption – poor sustainability practices in the school	– training, demonstration and education regarding sustainability and proper use of electronic devices.
Teacher
Write all position working in your chosen school/college

7. Sustainable Management Principles and Practice, KPIs

Instructions: In bullets explain what sustainability principles and practices do your chosen school follow. You can explain about the sustainability management principles of your chosen school in 50 words and write at least 8 sustainability practices in bullets. One example of such practice can be ‘ICT equipment are purchased by analysing their energy rating, CO2 emission and durability’. ‘Employees are trained to practice sustainability in the school after their recruitment’, etc. Talk mainly about power/material consumption related sustainability. But you can also include sustainability practices that minimize water consumption, pollution, financial loss, etc.

8. Key Performance Indicators

Instructions: Explain what key performance indicators are, in 50 words. Key performance indicators are actually used to identify the progress on the company’s activities. In this topic KPIs on sustainability should be mentioned and explained. Fill the table below with KPIs.

KPIs	Review methods	Review Intervals
Electricity consumption	Compare monthly electricity bills	29-32 days

You can mention, water consumption bills, gas bills, CO2 emission, E-waste material production report, etc. as the KPIs on sustainability.

9. Energy Audit

Instructions: Mention energy consumption, energy saving and CO2 emission by different media in your chosen school.

Media	Energy consumption (kw/hr)	Energy saving (kw/hr)	CO2 emission (kg per unit)
Computer
Router

The media can be computer, router, cable, switches, server, back up system, projector, printers, etc.

10. Cost

Instructions: In this topic explain the budget allocated by the college for various expenses in the given financial years as shown in the table.

Areas	2019-2020	2020-2021
Hardware	$45000.0	$50,000.0

You can write about software, maintenance, electricity bills, water bills, training/seminar, costs, employees’ salaries, marketing, etc.

11. Recommendation

Instructions: In 200 words,

Recommend thin client network. Explain about the merits and demerits of using thin client network. Explain about this solution in relation to the situation of the school.

Recommend various ways to integrate sustainability in the school to minimize electricity/water bills, maintenance costs, etc.

Assessment 3 – Sustainability in ICT planning and design

This assessment task requires you to:

· plan and integrate sustainability into information and communications technology (ICT) projects by devising strategies to conserve resources

· analyse energy audit data on enterprise resource consumption

· develop and monitor policies for review and improvements, benchmarking against industry best practice and attempting new approaches continuously over time.

Part A

Describe an organization and how you will study its ICT sustainability

You are required to write about the ICT sustainability of an organization you are familiar with. It may be where you work, where you have worked, or an organization you can obtain information on from public sources. For this first assignment, describe the organization and how it uses ICT. Outline how you plan to obtain the information needed to report on the carbon footprint and materials use of the ICT operations of the organization.

Specific requirements:

Maximum 500 words. Include at least one reference.

Note: Subheadings are given in each part. You may use them.

Instruction: Total 500 words

Introduction (100 words)

Describe about an organization you know.

ICT infrastructure of the company (100 words)

Describe how ICT is used in the organization (Devices and services)

Information gathering techniques (300 words)

Describe how you are planning to obtain information needed to report carbon footprint and materials use of the ICT operations of the organization. i.e. explain about various information gathering techniques that will give you the required information on carbon footprinf and materials use.

Part B

Evaluate the sustainability of IT services, devices and day-to-day operations of an organisation, including the carbon footprint and e-waste

Write a report on the carbon footprint and materials use of the ICT operations of your organisation (or an organisation you are familiar with). The report should follow the principles in the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency “National Carbon Offset Standard” (2010).

Specific requirements:

Maximum 2,000 words.

Solution: In maximum 2000 words,

Sustainability in IT services, electronic devices, and daily operations (500 words).

Instructions:

Describe the sustainability of IT services, electronic devices and day to day operations of the organization.

Note: You can explain the following in the first question

-sustainability practices in IT services, use of electronic devices and in day to day operation of the organization. Sustainability practice here means practice for less power consumption, water consumption, minimize CO2 emission, pollution, minimize use of materials and waste production, make more benefits from the use, etc. In overall, balancing social, environmental, and financial aspects of the business.

Carbon footprint and materials use in the ICT operations (1500 words)

Instructions: In second questions explain about the carbon footprint and e-waste in your chosen company. E- waste means waste from electronic material or electronic material waste.

Explain about the carbon footprint and e-waste

Part C

Devise strategies for incorporating sustainability into ICT project and analyse energy audit data

In the previous parts, you estimated the carbon footprint and materials use of an organisation from ICT. How do propose to reduce these? Briefly describe the polices, operations or business processes you propose to change and how they are to be changed. You will then provide the details in the next assignment.

Specific requirements:

Maximum 500 words.

Solution:

Energy audit (Draw a table for this)

Proposal to reduce carbon footprint and material use in the organization (500 words)

In your solution explain what changes are required in the policies, operations, or business processes to incorporate sustainability into ICT projects or ICT infrastructure in the organization. You can propose change in sustainability policy or development of new sustainability policy, change in daily operations/ business processes, upgrade of ICT infrastructure, thin client solution to minimize power consumption and C02 emission, other sustainability practices to minimize production of electronic waste materials, etc.

Issue Date: July 2020 Version : 2.0 Review Date: June 2021 Authorised by: Compliance Manager Doc: ICTSUS601 Student Assessment Page 32 of 32