{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Hoare Lea Exploration Podcast Episode 20","description":"A digital detox is a common new year\u2019s resolution, and the planet needs one on an industrial scale \u2013 our everyday internet actions contributing considerably to the climate emergency. While the huge shift to the virtual plane feels like a good thing \u2013 a Zoom meeting is less environmentally harmful than travelling 200 miles to a colleague\u2019s office \u2013 it\u2019s all relative. Data centres, which house computer systems and process our digital doings, are responsible for major emissions. At the same time, the pandemic highlighted our need for digital connection, so what can we do to reduce the repercussions? Design differently. With our sector lead Anders Eklund, the University of Lancaster\u2019s Professor Adrian Friday and Dr Kelly Widdicks discuss their paper assessing carbon accounting in ICT. Together they talk healthier practices, minimising consumer impact, corporate responsibility and the good news story around energy-harnessing ideas in data centre design. ","author_name":"Hoare Lea Exploration Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/hoarelea.com","html":"