The Low Carbon ICT project will reduce the University of Oxford’s carbon footprint that results from the operation of its ICT infrastructure. It is likely to reduce annual power use by a minimum of 2GWh, result in an annual saving in power costs of c. £200k, and save the production of over 1100 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year. Facilities will be created and rolled out which enable end-users, research projects, and system administrators to turn computers off when not needed, and automatically back on when they are required Virtualisation services will be developed to reduce the total number of CPUs necessary to run the University services, thereby not only saving the power to run and cool them, but also reducing the carbon footprint by requiring fewer physical machines to be purchased. This project will monitor, evaluate and disseminate findings about the implementation of the new technologies that will significantly reduce the environmental impact of Oxford’s ICT infrastructure. It will report directly into the University’s Environmental Panel, promote the approach taken to ensure widespread take-up, host two conferences and develop training materials.