Green Digital Bristol
Dr Lorraine Hudson
Bristol Futures Group
17th September 2012
Bristol a Leading ‘Green Digital City’
• Covenant of Mayors
signatory
• Only UK city to be a
European Green Capital
Finalist 2010/11 & 2014
• Ambitious carbon
targets – 40% reduction
by 2020
• Climate Change &
Energy Security
Framework
Bristol a Leading ‘Green Digital City’
• Green Digital Charter:
– Green ICT
– Smart City
• Creative & integrated approach: environment, digital &
economic development
• Public, Private, People Partnership
• Test bed for innovation & deployment
• City Council Fibre Network – B-Net
• UK Super Connected City
Carbon Reduction Target
• 40% reduction in Bristol’s CO2 by 2020 from 2005
baseline
• Includes organisations, homes & transport and ICT
included in this
• Between 2005-09, total CO2 emissions reduced by
15% or 20% per capita CO2 emission
• Population increased by 6%
Bristol ICT Carbon Footprint
PCs:
workstations, laptops,
desktops and monitors
Peripherals:
printers, MFDs, speakers
and scanners
Telecoms devices:
mobile phones, chargers,
desktop phones
IT services:
data centres, servers,
storage and cooling
Legend
Em ission producing
activity w ithin
boundary
Em ission producing
activity outside
boundary
TVs, video
equipment, audio
devices and other
electronic
equipment
Telecoms
networks
infrastructure
Embodied carbon of
ICT equipment
• For 2006
• The scope covers
all non-domestic
ICT
• 3% of City
emissions or 7%
of industrial or
commercial
emissions use
within the Bristol
City authority
area.
Sector Breakdown
Bristol's Techno-footprint by Sector
5%
5%
2%
14%
2%
38%
34%
Manufacturing
Distribution, Hotels and Restaurants
Finance, IT other business activities
Other Services
Total
Construction
Transport and Communications
Public admin, education & Health
Energy Consumption
(kWh)
Energy Expense
(£)
Carbon Emissions
(t/CO2)
125,248,234
10,771,348
67,258
Bristol Green Addict
• Green ICT portal with free resources and tools
• Carbon footprint displayed in creative &
engaging way
• Green ICT Solutions Database
• Tool to create Action Plan
• Green ICT Champion case studies
www.greenaddict.eu
Council Green ICT Champion
• Green ICT Officer & Green ICT Strategy (2010)
• Green data centre - natural cooling provided by the
moat
• Printer consolidation & reduction
• IT equipment reuse & recycling scheme - redundant
council PC's being redirected for community use
• Server virtualisation & consolidation
• Exploring central power down of all PCs as standard
The Datacentre Leaders' Award: Innovation in the Micro Data
Centre
Smart City Bristol Report
• The purpose of the report is:
– An independent analysis of how smart city technologies
can contribute to Bristol’s carbon reduction objectives
– Benchmark Bristol against other world cities
– Set of objective recommendations that will contribute to
further emission reductions and provide city-wide
economic benefits
• Funded by DECC and available at
http://www.slideshare.net/Bristolcc/bristol-smart-city-report-7579696
Smart City Bristol - Opportunities
• Initial focus:
 Smart Energy
 Smart Transport
 Smart Data
• Exploring other social & economic
challenges & opportunities including
telehealth.
Smart Energy
• Smart metering:
DeHems & 3eHouses
• Smart Grid: So La Bristol
• Smart Spaces: reducing
energy demand in public
buildings using ICT
Smart Transport
• Traffic Control Centre
• Freight Consolidation Centre
• ICT services for Electric Vehicles Enhancing the User
Experience
Integrated
Logistics
Smart Data
• B-Open - Open Data Portal
• Media Sandbox – Pervasive Media Studio
• Whose Data? – Knowle West Media Centre
Conclusion
Future cities will be smart, green,
open and connected.
lorraine.hudson@bristol.gov.uk
http://bristolfutures.posterous.com/