itu-t workshop icts : building the green city of the future
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ITU-T Workshop ICTs : Building the Green City of the Future. ICTs as a Tool to Combat Climate Change. Arthur Levin Chief, ITU-TSB. United Nations Pavilion EXPO-2010, 14 May 2010 Shanghai, China. ICTs and Climate Change. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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ITU-T WorkshopITU-T WorkshopICTs: Building the Green City of ICTs: Building the Green City of
the Futurethe Future
Arthur LevinChief, ITU-TSB
ICTs as a Tool to Combat ICTs as a Tool to Combat Climate ChangeClimate Change
United Nations PavilionEXPO-2010, 14 May 2010
Shanghai, China
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ICTs and Climate Change Methodology to describe and
estimate present and future user [energy] consumption of ICTs over their entire life cycle
Smarter standards for greener systems
Participation in COP
UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon: "ITU is one of the very important stakeholders in the area of climate change."
Participants in Focus Group ICT and Climate Change
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Importance further identified at top level
WTSA-08, Resolution 73, resolves that CC is a high priority in ITU
WTPF (April 2009), Opinion 3, instructs promotion of Resolution 73, etc.
GSC-14 (July 2009), Resolution, encourages related collaboration, etc.
ITU Council (October 2009), Resolution 1307, unanimously decided its importance and active participation in UNFCCC including COP-15 in Copenhagen
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Evidence for climate change
Source: IPCC 4th assessment report, 2007
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Why It Matters Impact of CC is costly for many countries even
though they are not a major source of emissions E.g. total GHG emissions of Pacific Island countries is
around 0.03% of global total, but half the population of island countries live within less than a mile of their coastlines; coral atolls no more than 3 meters above sea level
Typhoon/hurricane damage will increase by 10-26% for each 1 degree warming of sea
Deforestation (17-20% of GHG emissions)
Global Humanitarian Forum estimates CC already killing 100-300,000 people annually
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Why ICTs Matter ICTs (excluding
broadcasting) contribute an estimated 2-3% of global Greenhouse Gas emissions
Around 0.9 ton GtCO2e in 2007
Telecoms contributed around one quarter of this total
Airplanes and shipping about 3% eachSource: Gartner Group
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What trends do ICTs have at the device level?
Market doubles every 5 years E.g. Broadband expanding to more users Until market saturates Then upgrades replace “obsolete” devices
New devices become a “must have” E.g. HDTV, Smartphones
Annual growth rate of internet traffic is high 1.8 billion Internet users worldwide Highest growth in data traffic; Internet of things
All three trends increase ICT demand for energy the GeSI Smart 2020 report predicts growth in ICTs energy use of
70% over the period 2007-2020
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REDUCING ICT SECTOR EMISSIONS
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Mitigating the impact Directly, e.g. through energy-saving
Next-Generation Networks (NGN) should reduce GHG emissions by 40%
Modern radio technologies reduce energy consumption by transmitters ~ 10 times
Indirectly, e.g. ICTs for carbon abatementVideo-conferencing to reduce business travel in
Europe by 1% would save 1 m CO2 ton Systemically, e.g. by “dematerialisation”
Intelligent Transport Systems could reduce vehicle carbon emissions below 130 g per km
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Placing Future Data Centres…• BT will place Energy Efficient,
Green, Sustainable facilities based on:
• Electricity is low cost, consistent, and available securely and in an abundance from renewable sources
• Fresh Air and Free Air cooling can be utilised all year round
• Network bandwidth low latency and high capacity is readily available and inexpensive
• Land is low cost, with plenty of space for growth/expansion
• BT will transform existing sites as much as possible to meet the standards of the new BT green data centre vision
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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies calculate the relevant environmental impacts of the life cycle per
functional unit.
ProductionPhase
UsePhase
End-of-lifePhase
DesignPhase ResiduesResources
ICT Services
Life Cycle of an ICT product
Recycling
The Life Cycle of ICT Hardware
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ICTs at work for monitoring climate change
WMO World WeatherWatch, incorporating: Global Observing
system Global Telecom System Global Data Processing
system Remote sensing Environmental monitoring
Tsunami early-warning system Digital climate forecasting models GPS-enabled telemetry Ubiquitous sensor networks
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ICTs for adaptation: ITU Role Telecommunications/ICTs for disaster preparedness
Tampere Convention PP-06 Resolutions 36 and 136 on use ICTs for
humanitarian assistance WRC Resolutions 646, 647, 673 on use of
radiocommunications for environmental monitoring, public protection and disaster relief
WTDC-06 Resolution 34 on the role of ICTs in mitigation of effects of disasters and humanitarian assistance
Partnership Coordination Panel on Telecoms for Disaster Relief (PCP-TDR)
E.164 country code (888) for UN OCHA Recommendations E.106 on call priority and X.1303 on
common alerting protocol
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The ICT Enabling Effect ICT responsible for 2-3% of global CO2
emissions How can we reduce ICT own emissions
Next Generation Networks
ICT key to reduce the other 97% of CO2 emissions The enabling effect by a factor of five ICT as key enabler to reduce emissions in
other sectors
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CO2 reductionthrough convergence
with ICTin other industries
CO2 reductionof infrastructure
and productsin ICT industry
Green ICT covers all activities on“Green of ICT” & “Green by ICT”
Green of ICT Green by ICT
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GREEN By ICT
The opportunities where ICT could play a driving role include: • Smart grid• Smart buildings• Smart logistics• Smart motor systems• Dematerialisation
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DEMATERIALISATION
The substitution of high carbon products and activities with low carbon alternatives: > Replacing face-to-face meetings with tele- and videoconferencing
> Remote working
> Paper with email/online billing
> CDs with online music
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SMART BUILDINGS Global building emissions responsible for 8% total emissions in 2002 (3.36 GtCO2e) - 11.7 GtCO2e if energy to run buildings is included.
SMART BUILDINGS Technologies used to make the design, construction and operations of buildings more efficient, applicable to both new and existing property. Building management systems (BMS) run heating and cooling systems. Software to switch off PCs, monitors and lights when not in use. Improved building design for energy efficiency.
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SMART GRIDS Power sector responsible for 24% global emissions in 2002. Expected to be responsible for 14.26 GtCO2e in 2020.
SMART GRIDS Smart meters – customer information on energy use Interactive energy generation Advanced grid management systems Demand management systems (dynamic demand) Reduce transmissions and distribution (T&D) losses Integration of renewables
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FG on ICT&CC concluded with 4 Deliverables in March 2009. Inputs from non-ITU members (e.g. academia) were also taken
into considerations Mandate of SG5 was expanded at the last TSAG (28-
30 April 2009) New SG 5 title: Environment and climate change
SG5 created a new WP 3/5 All SGs examining impact of recommendations on climate
change SGs developing standards for new energy efficient
technologies E.g. SG 13 on Next Generation Networks NGN estimated to be 40% more energy efficient
ITU-T and Climate Change: Setting the Standard
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Universal charger
ITU standardized-approval process for new Recommendation L.1000
Delivers 50% reduction in standby energy consumption, eliminates 51,000 ton of redundant chargers, and cuts GHG emissions by 13.6 million ton CO2 annually
Current version covers charger for mobile terminals but will cover other ICT devices in future
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ITU-T: Building Knowledge on Climate Change
ITU-T issued major Technology Watch Reports on Climate Change and positive impact of new technologies Next Generation Networks, Intelligent Transport Systems,
etc. Organizing Major Symposia on ICT and CC
2008: Kyoto and London 2009: Quito and Seoul (virtual event)
ITU-T pioneering energy efficient work methods Paperless meetings, on-line work tools, etc.
ITU-T leading Dynamic Coalition on Internet and Climate Change as part of IGF