FLEET Environmental Group leader Jackson Smith (RMIT)
While FLEET’s aim is to reduce the world’s ICT power consumption, we also know that some of the work we do today is having a detrimental effect on tomorrow’s environment.
Initiated by FLEET ECRs, the Centre’s Environmental working group is taking a microscope to the environmental impact of FLEET.
One early output has been a tool to calculate and compare emissions from different forms of transport to scientific meetings, which has been made available to others. The graphic (right) compares emissions travelling between Sydney and Melbourne.
Tool developers, Environmental group leader Dr Jackson Smith (RMIT) and Dr Martin Cyster (Exciton Science Centre) promoted the tool while taking the train to a Brisbane conference early in 2020. By showcasing such examples, including members who rode or took the train to the Centre’s annual workshop in Lorne, the group hopes to inspire other academics and physicists to consider their own environmental impact.
Tool comparing travel emissions
