Resource efficiency
through ICT-applications
Smarter Networks: Collaborating to Reducing CO2 Emissions
Luis Neves
GeSI Chairman
Luis.Neves@telekom.de
What is GeSI?
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GeSI is a Global International Non for Profit Association
to address sustainability (triple bottom line - social,
environmental and economical)
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industry led and open to full ICT industry

manufacturers, operators and regional associations
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partnered with United Nations Environmental Programme
(UNEP) and International Telecommunications Union
(ITU), World Business Council for Sustainable
Development (WBCSD), the World resource Institute
(WRI) and the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition
(EICC)

Carbon Disclosure Project (Global Initiative of
Institutional Investors representing more than 57 trillion
USD of Asset under management) and WWF
GeSI Partnerships
UN Organisations
Business Initiatives for
Sustainable Development
WBCSD
Electronic Industry
Citizenship Coalition
SCOPE
OUT OF SCOPE:
GAMING, AUDIO,
VIDEO, MEDICAL
EQUIPMENT
WITHIN SCOPE:
PATHWAYS TO 2020
PROJECTIONS TO 2020
The global footprint by sub-sector
PCs remain
largest
contributor
to emissions
REDUCING ICT SECTOR EMISSIONS
PCs:
Data Centres:
> Efficiency gains and longer product life.
> Shift from desktops to laptops
> Shift from CRT to LCD screens
> Potential breakthroughs – solid state hard drives,
new LCD screens, new battery technology,
quantum and optical computing
> Higher rates of virtualisation; more efficient
virtualisation architectures
> Low energy cooling
> “Utility”/“cloud” computing, Software as a
service
REDUCING ICT
SECTOR EMISSIONS
Telecoms Devices :
> ‘Smart’ chargers
> 1W or lower standby devices
> Broadband routers and IPTV boxes’ footprint
increases over timeframe due to higher penetration
from small base today
Telecoms Infrastructure:
> New network management tools
> Network optimisation packages
> Solar-powered base stations
> Potential breakthroughs – night battery operation,
natural ventilation, “network sharing”
THE ENABLING EFFECT
SMART 2020 EXAMINED:
> DEMATERIALISATION
> SMART MOTORS
> SMART LOGISTICS
> SMART BUILDINGS
> SMART GRIDS
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
Total abatement potential of
dematerialisation in 2020:
460 Mt CO2e
SMART BUILDINGS
> Global building emissions responsible for 8% total emissions in 2002 (3.36 Gt CO2e) 11.7 Gt CO2e 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.
SMART BUILDINGS
Total abatement potential
of SMART buildings in 2020:
1.68 Gt CO2e
SMART BUILDINGS
HURDLES TO ADOPTION
OVERCOMING THE
HURDLES
> Lack of incentives to invest in smart
building technology
>Unclear business case for investing in
energy efficiency
> Buildings sector slow to adopt new
technology
> Lack of skilled technicians
> Difficult to apply common standards to
all buildings
> Interoperable technologies exist but are
not uniformly deployed
> Energy companies reluctant to encourage
efficiency and sell less energy
> Develop new business models
> Develop new financial mechanisms to
support investment
> Prioritise sectors with large share of
addressable energy costs e.g. retail
> Develop green building valuation tools
> Support long term solutions for industry
change
> Better training for operators and
information for users
> Develop standards to enable BMS
interoperability
SMART GRIDS
> Power sector responsible for 24% global emissions in 2002.
> Expected to be responsible for 14.26 Gt CO2e 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
SMART GRIDS
Total abatement potential
of SMART grids in 2020:
2.03 Gt CO2e
SMART 2020 framework organizes areas of
intervention from a solution/offer perspective...
Main Levers
for
Emission
Reduction
Solution
Providers
Smart
Motors
Smart
Logistics
Smart
Buildings
• Process
optimization
• Consumption
monitoring
• Consumer
accountability
• Emissions
monitoring
• Transport
Optimization
• Consumption
monitoring
• Emission
sensitive
design
Smart
Grids
• Consumption
monitoring
• Process
redesign
• Network
management
Dematerialization
• Process
Optimization
• Consumption
Monitoring
IT and Telco's
SMART 2020 framework clearly identifies solutions for
emission reduction in which ICT can be an important part of
The size of the “opportunity”
ENABLING OPPORTUNITY:
The ICT can facilitate carbon
reductions across sectors worldwide up to 15% of total emissions
by 2020, or 7.8GtCO2 emissions
through products and services.
This is an opportunity 5x bigger
than the size of the sector’s own
footprint.
1,5 GtCO2
30 billion €
7,8 GtCO2
623 billion €
ICT
ICTFOOTPRINT
FOOTPRINT
ENABLING OPPORTUNITY
ENABLING