Measuring Manchester’s
ICT Footprint
Vin Sumner
Clicks and Links Ltd
Green Standards Week
Paris, 17th September 2012
Manchester
Green Digital Charter
NiCE Project
ICT Footprint Approach
Applying to Manchester
Challenges
Manchester
The Green Digital Charter
City of Manchester / Clicks and Links
EUROCITIES
European Commission
Commits cities to reduce emissions
through ICT
Promotes progress in tackling climate
change through the innovative use of
digital technologies in cities
Commitments
Three tangible commitments:
Work with Green Digital Charter signatories
on ICT & energy efficiency
Deploy 5 large-scale ICT pilots per city
within 5 years
Decrease ICT’s direct carbon footprint per
city by 30% within 10 years
The Charter Signatories
28 signatories
40 large cities
interested in
signing
GOAL: at least 48 signatories by 2014
The NiCE project
Networking intelligent Cities for Energy Efficiency
Coordinator: EUROCITIES
Partners:
- Clicks and Links Ltd
- Manchester City Council
- Leibniz institute for Ecological Urban and
Regional Development
Funding programme: 7th Framework Programme
ICT systems for Energy Efficiency
Coordination and support Action
NiCE approach
GDC TOOLKIT
Action Framework
Action Tools Catalogue
Reporting tools (GDC, CoM, ICT)
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SUPPORT TO CITIES
GDC Contact Point
Technical trainings
Study tours
OUTREACH
Roadshows
Cooperation with CoM
Focus on China
ADVISORY GROUPS: Reference Cities Group & Expert Advisory Board
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NiCE approach
GDC TOOLKIT
Action Framework
Action Tools Catalogue
Reporting tools (GDC, CoM, ICT)
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Reference Cities Group
• Bologna, IT
• Eindhoven, NL
• Linkoping, SE
• Manchester, UK
• Warsaw, PL
• Yantai, China
SUPPORT TO CITIES
GDC Contact Point
Expert Advisory Board
Technical• trainings
Claus Barthel, Wuppertal Institute
•
Dennis
Pamlin, independent consultant
Study
tours
• Jess Page, Austrian institute of Technology
• Molly Webb, Climate Group
• Nicola Villa, CISCO
OUTREACH
Roadshows
Cooperation with CoM
Focus on China
ADVISORY GROUPS: Reference Cities Group & Expert Advisory Board
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Green Digital Charter
Action Framework)
Action)Tools
Methodologies
Apps
Guidelines
Reporting Tools
ICT Footprint
Good practice
Reference City Group ( 2.4 )
GDC-CoM
Progress
on GDC
ICT Impact on Carbon
Footprint
Green ICT
ICT for Green
- Measurement
- Efficiency
- Transformation
Rebound Effects
- 2nd Order ( eg displacement )
- 3rd Order ( eg over consumption )
ICT Footprint in GDC
The key GDC objective is to reduce a city’s
ICT’s direct carbon footprint by 30% over a
10 year period.
• Green ICT
• Administration
• Scopes 1,2
• Negative Impact
ICT Footprint Tool
Version 1 ; Feb 2012
- Introduction
- Example from Bristol
Version 2 ; June 2012
- Adopt ITU Approach
- Advice on use of L.1420
(organisations )
- Website information/checklist
Version 3 ; June 2013
- Online Method/Calculator based on
L.1440 ( cities )
Version 2 – Follow ITU
NiCE was invited to contribute
to ‘Methodology to evaluate the GHG
Impact of ICT in Cities' being developed by
ITU-T (Q18 , Study Group 5).
The ITU work on city footprints will provide a
firm basis in terms of a common
methodology for and as a result we can
develop practical reporting tools based on
the emerging methodology.
L.1420 on organisations should be used by
the public administration; wider than GDC
requirement.
Applying to Manchester-1
Step 1 – Organisational Scope - define / agree the
boundaries of the departments that are to be included in the
City’s ICT Footprint.
Step 2 – Define the Assets - gather data on the type and
number of ICT devices to be included (nb. initially this is
likely to be an estimate that can subsequently be refined as
further ICT devices get identified within the City, or
improved analysis of device types is available, or other
factors such as a cooling overhead for high end devices
generating significant heat output).
Step 3 – Calculate - how much energy, in terms of kilowatt
hours (kWh) each asset type uses, both when in use and on
standby.
Applying to Manchester-2
Step 4 – Estimate – how much time, on average, an asset is
in use and is on standby, on an annual basis.
Step 5 – Convert – the kWh units into a CO₂ rating (ie.
kgCO2e) based on 0.5246 (note: this may differ dependent
on region and country).
Step 6 – Summarise – the findings by Department and/or
City, as appropriate.
Step 7 – Action Plan – detail the actions planned, or need to
be undertaken and what effect these will have, and by
when, on the ICT Footprint.
Challenges
Practicality
Counting the assets
Appropriate accuracy
Need Database
COORDINATOR:
info@greendigitalcharter.eu
www.greendigitalcharter.eu
PARTNERS:
Vin Sumner vin.sumner@clicksandlinks.com , @vinsumner