SURF supports education and research institutions in making their IT more sustainable. These include reducing your energy consumption, socially responsible procurement of IT, and the sustainable disposal of hardware. We exchange knowledge and experience through meetings, reports, tools and more.
Sustainability and CSR ICT facilities
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Socially responsible procurement
Socially responsible procurement means that you not only pay attention to the price and quality of the products or services you purchase, but also to the effects on the environment, people and society.
E-waste
Together with the education and research sector, we want to make the use of electronics as circular as possible. This will prevent e-waste (electronic waste) from ending up in a garbage dump in Africa.
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Join the discussion on Green ICT and Sustainability in the Special Interest Group (SIG, in Dutch).
Socially responsible procurement
SURF and corporate social responsibility
SURF is working on developments that are important for future generations. We therefore want to contribute to sustainability in the research and education sector. Sustainability is also an integral part of our service.
Blog: Green shopping at SURFspot
In this blog, content employee Pieter de Wit explains how SURFspot makes sustainable products available to students and employees of institutions.
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Energy savings for institutes that share cloud storage
Institutes that store their data in the cloud instead of on their own server save a great deal of energy.
Report Power: more green, real green
How can higher education contribute to the energy transition in the Netherlands? Read our recommendations (in Dutch).
Case study: 20% energy savings thanks to easy trick
With Demand Based Switching, a processor automatically reduces its clock speed during limited utilisation.
Save energy with an e-infrastructure
A shared e-infrastructure provides education and research institutions with considerable energy savings. Read the recommendations in the report.
Best practice: Living lab for a sustainable world
The Green Village tests sustainable and smart technologies in a real-life environment. The data infrastructure was developed in collaboration with SURF (in Dutch).
