5th ITU Green Standards Week
Nassau, The Bahamas 14-18 December 2015
TRAINING
GREEN ICT POLICIES AND STANDARDS
Daniela Torres, Eng. MSc
Green ICT & Environmental
ITU Consultant
TRAINING vs PARADISE
GREAT
CHALLENGE
How are we going to do this
1. Green ICT Standards concepts..
2. E-waste the opportunity
3. ICTs as s tool for Climate Change mitigation and adaptation..
4. Internet of Green Things
GREEN ICT STANDARDS
concept & general overview
¿What is a Standard?
5
A Standard is…
“A Standard is an agreed way of doing something. It
could be about making a product, managing a process,
delivering a service or supplying materials….” (BSI)
A standard is a document that
provides requirements,
specifications, guidelines or
characteristics that can be used
consistently to ensure that materials,
products, processes and services are
fit for their purpose “ (ISO)
“Standards are the distilled wisdom of
people with expertise in their subject
their subject matter and who know the
needs of the organizations they represent”
(BSI)
Green ICT Standards @t ITU
Led by ITU-T Study Group 5 (SG5)
ICTs
Standards
Green
"environment”
+ and -
Green
ICTs
SG5 is responsible for studies on methodologies for evaluating ICT effects on
climate change and publishing guidelines for using ICTs in an eco-friendly way.
SG5 is also responsible for studying design methodologies to reduce ICTs and e-waste's adverse
environmental effects, for example, through recycling of ICT facilities and equipment.
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF E-WASTE
THE OPPORTUNITY
Understanding E-waste
Source: Random google.com search
Understanding
E-waste
Acknowledging E-waste Challenges
Calculating E-waste Volumes
E-waste Management as an opportunity..
Reducing the burden of
cities solid waste
management programs
Green Jobs Creation
Sources for other products
Technology driver for developing countries
ICTS AS A TOOL FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION..
NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS)
Source: Six decades of a Warming Earth
<10g CO2
A text message
Source: Ignacio Gonzalez-Blanch & How Bad Are Bananas? By Mike Berners-Lee
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10 –100g CO2
One hour of TV
How Bad Are Bananas?
Fuente: Mike Berners-Lee
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1 –10kg CO2
A bottle of wine
Source: Ignacio Gonzalez-Blanch & How Bad Are Bananas? By Mike Berners-Lee
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10 –100kg CO2
One mobile phone and its use
Source: Ignacio Gonzalez-Blanch & How Bad Are Bananas? By Mike Berners-Lee
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100kg –1ton CO2
A PC and its use
Source: Ignacio Gonzalez-Blanch & How Bad Are Bananas? By Mike Berners-Lee
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1 –10ton CO2
Trip London – Hong Kong (round trip)
Source: Ignacio Gonzalez-Blanch & How Bad Are Bananas? By Mike Berners-Lee
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10 –100ton CO2
Daniela`s house
Source: Ignacio Gonzalez-Blanch & How Bad Are Bananas? By Mike Berners-Lee
22
100ton –1million ton CO2
A Space Trip
Source: Ignacio Gonzalez-Blanch & How Bad Are Bananas? By Mike Berners-Lee
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>1million ton CO2
World Cup
Source: Ignacio Gonzalez-Blanch & How Bad Are Bananas? By Mike Berners-Lee
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> ???
Atlantis Paradise
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THE ICT Sector has worked to account the
emissions based on standards
Recognizing the
enabling effect of
the sector
Specific Question
on CO2 emissions
accounting
INTERNET OF GREEN THINGS..
Koubachi
Ground lab
Open Source Tracking Project
Dimap-Factorlink y Libelium
Monitorización de montes en Galicia-Asturias
Tokyo Hackerspace
Fukushima radiation fallout
THE FUTURE AHEAD
Creation of
Sustainable
business models
for Green ICT
initiatives
Effective Green ICT standards,
policies and regulations
ICTs as a tool for environmental
sustainability
Happy Green
ICT users
Do we need a 5G
by eco-design?
THANK YOU!
TRAINING
GREEN ICT POLICIES AND STANDARDS
Daniela Torres, Eng. MSc
Green ICT & Environmental Believer
ITU Consultant
@alisdaniela