Green IT Systems and Circular Economy for Technology Professionals
About This Course
This comprehensive practical programme equips sustainability tech professionals with essential knowledge and practical skills to implement circular economy principles within IT operations. Participants will explore Singapore's regulatory landscape, analyze real-world case studies, and develop actionable strategies to transform waste-generating IT systems into value-creating circular models. The curriculum combines theoretical foundations with hands-on applications, featuring interactive simulations, collaborative workshops, and a strategic board game that reinforces circular economy concepts through engaging gameplay. The programme uniquely integrates circular economy business models with IT waste management, showing participants how to transform cost centres into revenue-generating opportunities.
What You'll Learn
• Explain Green IT, circular economy and Environmental Sustainability Management principles within Singapore’s Smart Nation context, including e-waste, resource circularity and decarbonisation.
• Apply Business Needs Analysis and Data Analytics to assess e-waste, technology asset lifecycles, resource consumption and operational data, and identify sustainability gaps and improvement opportunities.
• Apply Sustainable Engineering principles to improve IT systems and technology operations through resource efficiency, responsible procurement, reuse, repair, refurbishment, remanufacturing, recycling and end-of-life management.
• Apply the Ellen MacArthur Foundation Butterfly Model, 7R Framework and RESOLVE model to redesign technology processes and support Process Improvement and Optimisation.
• Evaluate circular economy strategies that reduce waste, extend technology asset lifecycles, optimise resource utilisation and improve environmental performance.
• Apply Business Opportunities Development to design and evaluate circular business models for technology organisations and SMEs, including product life extension, reuse, refurbishment, sharing, recovery and service-based models.
• Use circular economy simulations and SME cases to analyse business and environmental trade-offs, evaluate alternative solutions and support evidence-based decisions.
• Apply Change Management to recommend and implement practical Green IT and circular economy initiatives that integrate sustainability, operational improvement and business value.
Entry Requirements
Be able to speak, listen, read and write English at a proficiency level equivalent to Employability Skills Workforce Skills Qualification (ES WSQ) Workplace Literacy (WPL) Level 6.
Possess basic digital literacy and be comfortable using common workplace productivity and online collaboration tools.
Recommended to possess Professional Qualification and/or Other Diploma
Project coordination experience : Previous involvement in workplace initiatives, process improvements, or cross-departmental collaboration
Stakeholder interaction background : Experience working with diverse teams, clients, or partners in multi-cultural professional settings
Learning Readiness: Willingness to engage in collaborative learning, case study analysis, and practical application exercises