The British Computer Society (BCS) has launched new three-day certification course for professionals seeking to understand best practices in green information technology.

“Organisations need to know how to comply with ever-tightening legislation, how they can create significant cost-efficiencies, and how to balance the internal and external economic drivers they face,” said Pete Bayley, BCS qualifications director. “We’re confident that individuals who complete this qualification will be able to develop a strategy that will bring significant benefit to their business.”

The qualification will provide an understanding of the regulations, legislation and policies, carbon energy accounting and how to create a green IT strategy. It will also cover business benefits; end-to-end costing; emissions and energy efficiencies; procurement, lifecycle and disposal planning; and managing stakeholder relationships and behaviours.

“We are launching this qualification in response to demand from businesses across the UK which want to develop IT strategies,” Bayley said. “The qualification has been developed by experts in the field and it offers an independent and unique opportunity for professionals from across business to gain a greater understanding of how to develop best practice in green IT.”

The qualification will launch with a three month pilot period in the UK, before becoming widely available across the globe. It will be followed later this year by a second qualification: Practitioner Certificate for Data Centre Operators. This will provide understanding of the EU Code of Conduct for data centre operators.

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