The ECCILES project aims to find new solutions to the problems of power consumption and heat control in computer classrooms and server rooms using a systematic approach to innovation called TRIZ. Focusing on one University site, the project will investigate, in depth, the contributing factors to the problem of energy usage associated with educational computing. From this analysis we aim to generate a set of viable solutions appropriate to the site. A second strand will investigate how to improve temperature management in computer rooms including classrooms, with the minimum energy increases. The project seeks to engage the whole site community in contributing to energy reduction.