Forum on Greener Smarter Better
Cities
Cristina Bueti
ITU
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Cities…
… are responsible for more than 70%
of global greenhouse gas emissions
Source: Sustainia
…account for 60-80% of global
energy consumption
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Cities over time…
200 years ago, just 3 of every
100 people lived in cities.
Source: Sustainia
In 2020, 80% of the population in
developed countries and 51% in
developing countries live in cities.
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A Glance from the Present to the Future
(Forecasts from 2010 to 2020)
30.6
32
6.8
Global emissions of CO 2, Gt
50.6
54.9
People living in cities,
per cent
7
1
7.5
Global population, billion people
8
740
Number of electric and
hybrid cars globally,
million cars
20
1.9
Share of renewable in the EU out
of total energy production, per cent
1480
Produced output in
USD per ton CO 2
emitted
9.1
Share of wind energy in the total
electricity production globally
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Challenges
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Smart Solutions
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The Role of ICT in Reducing GHG Emissions
and its Impact on Cities
Standardizing
Monitoring
Accounting
Rethinking
Transforming
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International
Telecommunication
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ITU Activities on Smart Sustainable Cities
Elements in a Holistic Smart City System
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Italian Ministry of Economic DevelopmentGenoa University-ITU report on
Boosting Energy Efficiency
through Smart Grids
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ETNO-ITU report on
Guidance on GREEN ICT Procurement
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ITU-T Study Group 5
“Environment & Climate Change”
Q 17/5 - Energy efficiency for ICT equipment and climate change
standards harmonization
Q 18/5 - Methodologies for the environmental
impact assessment of ICT
Q 19/5 - Power feeding
systems
Q 21/5 - Environmental protection and recycling of ICT
equipment/facilities
Q 22/5 - Setting up a low cost sustainable telecommunication
infrastructure for rural communications in developing countries
Q 23/5 - Using ICTs to enable countries to adapt to climate change
New Q - Leveraging and enhancing the ICT environmental
sustainability (pending WTSA approval)
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Smart Water
through ICTs
ITU-T Study Group 5,
Question 23 on
ICTs and Adaptation to
Climate Change
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Methodologies for ICT in Cities
ITU-T Study Group 5, Question 18
 General principles on
 How to evaluate the
environmental impact of ICTs in
cities, or other urban areas with
a focus on GHG emissions
 How to assess the impacts of the Approval expected in 2013
use of ICTs in cities to reduce
the GHG emissions of other
sectors
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Best Practices for Green Data Centers
 Recommendation ITU-T L.1300 states that reducing energy
consumption and GHG emissions should be considered in the
design and construction of data centres, and that constant
monitoring will be required to consistently manage and improve
energy consumption while the data centre is in operation.
(Approved in January 2012)
 Best practices are outlined for the use, management and
planning of data centres, for cooling and power equipment, for
the optimum design of data centre buildings, and for the
monitoring of data centres after construction.
 For example, applying best practice to cooling could reduce
the energy consumption of a typical data centre by more than
50 per cent.
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Toolkit on Environmental Sustainability
for the ICT Sector:
Sustainable Buildings - How ICT companies
operate their physical plant
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Collaboration
with ICT
Industry and
UN Agencies
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Waste Management
with Smart ICT Standard
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Other ITU’s smart areas of work
 ITU Collaboration on ITS Communications
 ITU Work on Driver Distraction
 standards for hands-free devices
 ITU-T Study Group 16, Question 28 on Multimedia
Framework for e-Health Applications
 Connected Health Care
 ITU’s Focus Group on M2M
 Smart governance, Smart mobility, Smart living, Smart
environment
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Organizers
2nd edition - 2012
Supporters
ITU GREEN
ICT
APPLICATION
CHALLENGE
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Objective: To find the most innovative Concept Paper for an ICT
application to help promote sustainable energy for all.
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Award Ceremony: on 19 September 2012 during the 2nd ITU
Green Standards Week.
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Winning Application: “SocialElectricity”, designed by Andreas
Kamilaris, from Cyprus, to help people become aware of their
electricity consumption and manage it more rationally.
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ITU-T TW report ‘Smart Seoul’
ITU-T Technology Watch report ‘Smart Seoul’
will come soon!
‘Smart Seoul’ report includes;
 Introduction to Smart Cities
 Smart Seoul Infrastructure
 Government/Municipal-developed Services
 Citizen-developed Services
 ITU-T and Smart City Standardization
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Call to Action
Key priorities to boost the development of sustainable smart cities:
1.Mitigation to Climate Change & Reduction of the ICT Footprint in Cities
2.Energy Efficiency
3.Waste Management
4.Water Management
5.Adaptation to Climate Change and Urban Planning
6.Smart Architecture and Infrastructure
7.Smart Mobility
8.Suburban Areas
9.Community Engagement and Environmental Justice
10. Sustainable Cities
More
contributions
are needed!
Next meeting of Working Party 3
of ITU-T SG5
will be held on
8-12 October 2012,
Geneva, Switzerland
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“There are two types of environmentalists:
those who understand that the city is part of
the environment and those who do not.”
Paul Soglin, Mayor of Madison WI
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Links & Additional Information
 ITU-T and climate change
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/climatechange
 ITU and climate change
http://www.itu.int/climate
 ITU Symposia & Events on ICTs and Climate Change
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/climatechange
 Contact Cristina Bueti: greenstandard@itu.int
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