Advent Group is a sustainability solutions provider based in North Sydney. They specialise in sustainability within ICT, which is responsible for nearly 2.7% of Australia’s total carbon emissions. Advent Group helps government, education and commerce conserve energy and reduce the cost of their energy from PCs in a faster, easier and more affordable manner than ever before. Advent Group helps Australian government, councils and educational institutions: ★Reduce their PC power consumption by up to 60%, even if they have current initiatives in place ★Report on their PCs power, costs and CO2 metrics per PC and per Department ★Achieve a payback of 6-12 months ★Identify ‘underutilized PCs’ on the network, eliminating the management overhead of maintaining these machines The Advent Group currently offers the following sustainable ICT solutions and services: ► Verismic Power Manager – Verismic is specialist power-saving software that control’s the amount of time PCs (Desktops, Laptops and Monitors) stand idle, powering them down when they were not being used and identify unused PCs on the network, potentially eliminating desktop TCO (total cost of ownership) ► Sustainability Dashboard and Reporting Software to improve Facilities and Services operating efficiency and decision making is consistent with this heritage. ►Provision of a Gap Analysis of a client’s Carbon Measurement Policy and Procedure against ISO 14064.