Broadband:
It’s
It
s the Green Network
OECD Workshop on ICTs and Environmental Challenges
May 22-23, 2008
Copenhagen Denmark
Copenhagen,
Chris Lloyd
Verizon Communications
Washington DC
Washington,
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The Green Power of IT
“For every extra kilowatt-hour of electricity consumed by
ICT, the U.S. economy’s energy savings has increased 10
times and we have yet to optimize the full range of
opportunities for additional gains in energy and economic
productivity.”*
productivity.
But what if ICT
could
dramatically
reduce part of
this?
Global CO2 Emissions
98%
ICT Contribution (2%)
All Other Industries & Individual Contribution (98%)
* Laitner, John A. “Skip” and Karen Ehrhardt-Martinez, “Information Technologies: the Power of Productivity.” American
Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (February 2008).
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V i
Verizon’s
’ E
Environmental
i
t l IImpactt
• Occupy more than 32,000
f iliti worldwide
facilities
ld id
• Operate more than 59,000 vehicles
• Consumed 9.4 billion kilowatt hours
of electricity and 60 million gallons
of gasoline and diesel in 2007
• Installing
g almost 70,000 miles
of fiber in 16 states
• Primary environmental impacts:
– Energy usage
– Management of spent materials
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V i
Verizon’s
’ E
Environmental
i
t l IImpactt
CO2 Emissions Profile (metric tons)
5,000,000
4 000 000
4,000,000
3,000,000
VZT
VZW
2,000,000
VZB
1,000,000
0
2005
•
•
2006
2007
2007 equivalent: annual emissions of 1
1.4M
4M passenger vehicles
or consumption of 17.7 M barrels of oil
93% of emissions come from electricity consumption; 7% from
fuel consumption
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V i
Verizon’s
’ E
Environmental
i
t l IImpactt
Carbon Intensity in Metric Tons
O performance
Our
f
versus US average is
i favorable
f
bl
1,000
500
US Economy
VZ
0
•
•
•
2005
2006
2007
US Economy
653
625
613
VZ
81.9
81.3
80.7
Metric tons of CO2 required to generate a million dollars of revenue
2007 US Economy average is estimated
Verizon intensity is almost 8 times better than the US economy average
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E
Energy
C
Conservation
ti
Our energy conservation, waste
prevention
i and
d recycling
li efforts
ff
prevented
d
332,000 metric tons of CO2 in 2007,
equivalent to 61,000 passenger cars not
di
driven
iin 1 year
Major Initiatives:
• 2007 Network Equipment power down
• 2007 Real Estate
operational improvements
• 2007 IInstallation
t ll ti off “thi
“thin-client
li t computers”
t ”
in Verizon Wireless call centers
• 2007 Verizon Wireless remote computer
management
• 2007 Data center improvements
• 2006 Micro turbines
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Fib v. C
Fiber
Copper
Office Parks
Small Businesses
ONT
ONT
Residential
ONT
Copper
Distribution
ONT
Splitter
Hub
Copper
Feeder
Central
Office
DSLAM
• Fiber FiOS Power is 38% of Copper DSL
-Home Power Consumption
- Fiber FiOS and Copper DSL power
requirements are equivalent
-Central
C t l Offi
Office Power
P
Consumption
C
ti
- DSL Copper: 32 KW hours/year/line
- Fiber FiOS: 12 KW hours/year/line
OLT
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Eff t on Vehicle
Effect
V hi l Use
U
Office Parks
Small Businesses
ONT
ONT
Residential
ONT
Copper
Distribution
ONT
Splitter
Hub
Copper
Feeder
•FiOS maintenance cost is 39% less than copper
•CO is 38% less
•OSP feeder and distribution cable is 91% less
•OSP drops are 55% more, but dropping rapidly
•Translates
T
l t into
i t fewer
f
truck
t
k rolls
ll
Central
Office
DSLAM
OLT
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R
Renewable
bl E
Energy
• 2007 Solar energy trial
– V
Verizon
i
T
Telecom
l
iinstalled
t ll d 140 solar
l
panels at the Carrollwood central office
in Tampa, FL
– Project is expected to generate
an average of 19 kilowatts to 21
kilowatts of daily energy production,
reducing the building’s normal power
consumption by 5.5 hours per day
• 2007 Verizon Business Fuel
Cell Projects
– Continues our research
with hydrogen fuel cells
– Used in network facilities as backup
power source
– Fuel cells reduce the need for batteries
and diesel backup generators
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R
Renewable
bl E
Energy
• 2005 Garden City, NY Fuel
Cell Project
– Installed 7 fuel cells as primary
power at switching/training
facility
– Largest installation of this
technology in the country
– Provides energy needs of
1,000 single-family households
– Annual emission reduction =
8,000 metric tons
– Equivalent to 1,700 passenger
cars not driven in 1 year
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Fl t E
Fleet
Environmental
i
t l IInitiatives
iti ti
• Worked with vehicle retrofitter
t develop
to
d
l 13 hybrid
h b id vans:
– Anticipate 40-50% fuel economy
improvement and 70-90%
emission reduction
– Seeking manufacturing partner to
make these “production” vehicles
• Deployed
p y 100 hybrid
y
cars,,
another 100 to be purchased
this year:
– Will reduce greenhouse-gas
emissions by 526 metric tons
– Conserve nearly 60,000 gallons
of fuel annually
• T
Trialing
i li bio-diesel
bi di
l and
d
environmentally friendly
lubricants for our construction
vehicles
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M
Managing
i R
Resources Eff
Effectively
ti l
• 2007 Recycling:
–
–
–
–
19,000
19
000 tons of telecommunications equipment
19,000 tons of paper and cardboard
352 tons of telecom equipment batteries
36 tons of cell phone batteries collected
byy Verizon Wireless stores
– Over 1M phones through Verizon
Wireless HopeLine® Program
• 2007 Reduction Paper usage:
– eTree:
• Verizon a founding sponsor
• Encourages shareholders to sign up
for electronic deliver of all
communications material
• Verizon Business plants tree for
each customer signing up for
paperless billing
• Planted over 1700 trees
One Customer’s Bill for
O Month
One
M th
• 2007 Paperless billing:
– Processed more that 100 million on
line payments
– Reduced paper use by over 400 tons
and saved approx. 6,000 trees
Hall of Fame Inductee
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B t there
But
th
is
i so much
h more…
“…you can’t make a product greener –
whether
h th it’
it’s a car, a refrigerator
fi
t or a ttraffic
ffi
system – without making it smarter.”
~ Thomas Friedman
Friedman, Thomas L. “The Green Road Less Traveled. “The
“The New York
Times,, July 15th, 2007
Times
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The Green Power of IT
“For every extra kilowatt-hour of electricity consumed by
ICT, the U.S. economy’s energy savings has increased 10
times and we have yet to optimize the full range of
opportunities for additional gains in energy and economic
productivity.”*
productivity.
But what if ICT
could
dramatically
reduce part of
this?
Global CO2 Emissions
98%
ICT Contribution (2%)
All Other Industries & Individual Contribution (98%)
* Laitner, John A. “Skip” and Karen Ehrhardt-Martinez, “Information Technologies: the Power of Productivity.” American
Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (February 2008).
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Broadband: Green Technology
In total, use of broadband networks can
decrease our dependence on oil up to
11% over the next 10 years
- American Consumer Institute Study, 2007
Telecommuting
g
600M Tons
Teleconferencing 199.8M Tons
E-Conservation
67.2M Tons
E-Commerce
E
Commerce
206.3M Tons
TOTAL
1B TONS
American Consumer Institute Study 2007
American Consumer Institute Study, 2007
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Broadband & Smart Houses
N t
Network
k
Traveling Customer
The Power Authority in Long
Island is experimenting
with wireless – connected
thermostats, which can
save 10- 15% off energy
costs.
- WWF study, 2002
ONT with
MoCA
BHR
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Smart Home
• “Smart home:” a wired/wireless home network of consumer electronics,
mobile, PC and home automation devices that cooperate seamlessly
Value-added
capabilities
and services
The
Foundation
D Wired/wireless home LAN
D Local network storage
D PC-to-TV media bridge
D Networked console game
system
D Remotely accessible home
security video system
D Home automation system with
remote control
D Converged wireline/wireless
voice and data services
D Enhanced broadband services
(low latency, QOS, bandwidth
on demand)
D Remote network storage
D Firewall and virus protection
D Online video rental
p
D Online music subscription
Basic broadband connectivity, PC(s), video service, voice
service (wireline and/or wireless) and home security system
Smart home solutions build on foundation capabilities
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Smart Home – Eco-System
Data & Voice
Broadband &
Networking
Fixed to
Mobile
PC LAN
Voice over
LAN
Home Management
Home
Controls
Safety &
Security
Energy
Management
Healthcare
Delivery
Multimedia Entertainment
Gaming
On-demand
Content
User Generated
Content
Streamed
Video
Value Added Services
Converged
Communications
Installation &
Upgrades
Small office /
Home office
Break / Fix
Source: Parks Associates
The “Smart Home” requires a holistic approach
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Broadband & Smart Transportation
By mapping out routes UPS saves 28.5 million miles
annually which results in roughly 3 million gallons off gas
and CO2 emissions reductions of 31,000 metric tons.
- The New York Times (December 9
9, 2007)
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A ti A
Action
Agenda
d
• What we know: Broadband can play
a greater role in facilitating energy
efficiency
• We
e need
eed pub
public
c policies
po c es to speed:
speed
– More ubiquitous deployment
– Investment in innovative applications which
promote energy
p
gy efficient behaviors
– Business leadership through legislation like
cap-and-trade
• What opportunities are there for us
to work together?
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Sources
• Broadband Services: Economic and Environmental Benefits, 2007, American
Consumer Institute
• Contribution of ICT to Climate Change Mitigation, Report to World Economic Forum,
2008 (Dennis Pamlin at WWF)
• Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Impact of Telecommuting and e
e-Commerce,
Commerce
2007, Consumer Electronics Association
• GeSI Progress Report, 2007, Global e-Sustainability Initiative – a partnership of ICT
companies,
i
supported
t db
by th
the U
U.N.
N E
Environmental
i
t lP
Programme
• Information and Communication Technologies: The Power of Productivity, 2008,
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (Skip Laitner)
• Left-Hand-Turn Elimination, The New York Times (December 9, 2007).
• Sustainability at the Speed of Light, 2002, Dennis Pamlin, Global Policy Advisor for
World Wildlife Fund
• The Internet Economy and Global Warming, 1999, Joe Romm, senior fellow at Center
for American Progress
• Towards a High-Bandwidth, Low-Carbon Future, 2007, Telstra (Australian telco).
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