Tips for a digital declutter as UCD nears digital storage limits
Monday, 12 May, 2025
Did you know that deleting just 10 old emails can help save energy and reduce your carbon footprint?
In UCD in 2024 alone, we generated 12 tonnes of C02 emissions just from our digital storage - 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒔.
In this video Laura Toby of UCD IT Services gives easy tips to decrease the carbon footprint of your online activity.
* 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬
* 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬
* 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞
* 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬
You can also explore DigiFoot.eco, a digital carbon footprint calculator developed by a team of Master's students in Design Thinking For Sustainability in the UCD Innovation Academy.
Originally created in collaboration with Deloitte Ireland to help measure the environmental impact of digital activity, DigiFoot.eco has since evolved into an open-source tool with the potential to benefit a much wider audience.
The app enables users, particularly students and career professionals to measure, track, and reduce their digital carbon footprint through actionable, personalised insights. Check it out (opens in a new window)here.