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The purpose of green Orbit is to make a friendly environment and save energy in the world. Green ideas not just engage to the product, but also for the green services. One of the companies which called “Energystar” is selling the green service in the Orbit fair. The company provides recognized Label to the client. It’s like a symbol to prove using energy efficient devices for saving the world by customers. Therefore, action is rather than say; IMI may adapt this kind of service for proving how school really selecting energy –saving devices for IT use and as part of effort to saving the world.

One of the green ideas from the fair is the fingerprint lock. It saves the materials to make the key and it ensures the security of the school as well, IMI may consider.

not exactly taken from the ORBIT fair but something off the net, http://www.greenorbit.org/articles.php?category=miscellaneous&categoryId=5&Id=article46

The Cartoon memory card, when you plug it into personal lap-top, your personal information will be transfered, then when someone else has the same product, by a close distance, the information can exchange between the person. It can replace the name card and maybe can replace the student identity card in the future.

Another green idea from the fair is the SmartBoard. I have actually seen it used in one of the language school in Singapore. It is very user-friendly for teaching. It allows the lecturers make any changes on the screen at any time instead of re-print lecture handouts. Schools like IMI should apply this kind of technology in its teaching. It will save a lot of papers.

=**SUMA TAKES ORGANIC AND ETHICAL FOODS INTO SCHOOLS**= Suma have started rolling out a “face to face with food” workshop, working closely with former Master Chef finalist Fiona Bird. One of the first schools attended was Nortonthorpe Hall School in Huddersfield. We started the day with a small group who weren’t in the least interested in what we had to say but gradually, through perseverance and a superb teaching manner, we drew them in. Fiona had them talking, measuring & mixing ingredients, asking questions and generally enjoying the whole experience. We provide all the ingredients and the chefs, Suma caters for 160 workers per day so cooking for 30 children is a small feat in comparison.

the food that we eat in school may play a huge part in flavoring the environment. Not only to the surrounding, it also give the school students a wider variety of choice of menu, and healthier menu too. marketing for this campaign will be tough, acceptance level might be low, but in a long run i think it would work out just fine, by looking at the example above. oh, as well as another type of cuisine IMI could offer to teach maybe..

EIZO company is a Japanese company that offer computer LCD/screen to be more energy efficient. This is applicable for schools like IMI that uses quite alot of computers, and also applicable for any business computer, the big screen of EIZO uses less than half the normal computer system. If IMI uses this, energy saving also cost saving will be achieved.

A green idea form orbit is the usage of the barcode scanner, where it is use for inventory system and other. IMI can use this device to keep track of the inventory items such as food stock, linen and others. It can also be used in the reception to track the parcels for students where barcodes are scan instead of having the students to sign on the log book. This can keep track on the history of the parcels as for easier tracking.

**307645: Green ICT** The paper usage in IMI could be higher than it should be. Students often get their library and other misc. bills on paper, and the notices around the school campus are driven on paper. Green ICT today sure has a suitable solution to it. A simple business software should be able to direct link with the students' VLE email, where notices such as fines and housekeeping could be distributed via email. For example, when a student gets a library fine, he or she will be noticed via VLE email, and then asked to proceed to the administration for payment. Once the student card is shown, the record on the software will present details of the fine. This approach could also allow book-keeping to be done through technology, and not filing and filing of neverending papers. This concept is adapted from the company, Doing, which is further introduced on 307645's page.

Green ICT i have found some interesting green ideas in the exhibition. first of all, i would like to share Citrix company who specializes in visualization includes green computing in their programs. according to the representatives of the company in the exhibition, green computing introduced by their company includes power saving for the computer. take for an example, several users of the program are in room, one of the computer who is in charge of a more extensive program might need used up more power than another user who is just typing in some data in the computer. transfering the power enables the computers to balance the power, thus saved energy.

green ict in the orbit fair, the use of touch screens and big projectors are largely used. this can not only save resources but also save electricity as minimal number of screens are used. a lot of reusable bags are used to display the environmental friendliness of the company. there is also s system whereby a small cube replaces the desktop and is connected to a central cpu. this can also save resources.

Think green In the orbit fair, many softwairs and IT technologies are though about green technology. Mainly, most of company use saving electric energy for their products; Headset, firewall system etc. Moreover, QR code is briliant idea. It can save money for advertisement in their company and also, reduce useless resources like paper.

From the orbit fair, i found out a really cool techology and environmetal friendly product which is call Poken. It is a USB stick that could exchange your personal informations by plug into your labtop or touching through two USB surfaces. People able to link the profile to each other such as Facebook, skype and more. Therefore, able to exchange name card without using any paper and update easily. This is suitable to business usage such as hotel recognition guest tools and could applies in school campus as student card.