ICTFOOTPRINT.eu REMOO 2017 (Venice)

European Framework Initiative for Energy & Envinronmental Efficiency in the ICT Sector

Online Self-Assessment Tool for Energy & Environmental Efficiency in the ICT Sector

Laura Baracchi – Trust-IT Services Ltd [email protected]

REMOO Energy 2017 – Venice, Italy 12 May 2017


Who is behind ICTFootprint.eu?

An SME expert in communications in the ICT sector

A big consultancy firm expert in Life Cycle Assessment

A network of major European cities

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Support from the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, under Grant Agreement no. 690911 is gratefully acknowledged


The ICTFOOTPRINT.eu initiative -In a nutshell Mission

Become “THE” consolidated effort that, at European level, raises awareness

on metrics, methodologies & best practices in measuring the energy and environmental efficiency of the ICT-sector, to facilitate their broad

deployment & uptake.

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Stakeholders

ICT Intensive SME ICT Suppliers

Cities & Public Administration Standard Development

Organisations

Helping you choose your Low Carbon & Energy Efficiency in ICT

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Self Assessment Tools

Help Desk

In 5 languages

Marketplace

Success Stories

Webinars

Main Outputs for our Stakeholders

ICTFOOTPRINT.eu

Join us and get energy savings by choosing low carbon ICT

Buyer: Find sustainable ICT suppliers & publish ICT sustainable needs. Seller: publish ICT sustainable services or procurements & search for clients.

Measure your own carbon footprint and start learning how to become sustainable thanks to ICT standards & methodologies.

Know more on sustainable ICT: get practical guides from a highly qualified experts in the Sustainable ICT sector and learn how to apply them in your organisation.

Get support about how to decrease your carbon footprint & implement ICT energy efficiency standards with Online Assistance (ENG, FR, ES, DE, IT).

Best practices in Sustainable ICT. Search how players like you got energy savings & carbon footprint reduction. Or even showcase your success story!


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ICT-enabled solutions to reduce global GHG emissions

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Agriculture Buildings Manufacturing Power Services Transportation

ICT is one of our most powerful tools to contrast climate change and its effect

“We all know that information and communications technologies (ICTs) have revolutionised our world... ICTs are also very vital to confronting the problems we face as a planet: the threat of climate change... Indeed ICTs are part of the solution.” - Ban Ki-moon, former UN Secretary General



Green ICT – what is it ?

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How green is IT?

"The global information and communications technology (ICT) industry accounts for approximately 2 percent of global CO2 emissions, a figure equivalent to aviation" - Gartner 2007

Manufacturing one PC requires 1.7 tonnes of raw materials and water and consumes over 10 times its own weight in fossil fuels [3]

What is Green ICT about? • How materials in ICT equipment are

mined/produced • Conditions in which they are

manufactured and energy in this process

• Transport to consumers • Energy required in their usage • Disposal of ICT equipment at EoL

With a decrease of emissions of just 15%, it can generate savings of €600 billion by 2020 [2]

Why ICTFootprint.eu? • H2020 EU funded Coordination &

Support Action (CSA) for 36 months start Feb 1st 2016

• Estimate of 10 million ICT-intensive SMEs in Europe

• Extensive work on carbon footprint calculation methodologies for the ICT sector by SDOs and private sector enterprises

• Lack of time & resources to tackle the problem

• Missing knowledge of methodologies • No “ready-to-use” algorithm • Unclear tangible benefits • Insufficient incentives

ICTFootprint.eu: to raise awareness and provide practical tools in ICT carbon footprint optimisation


Carbon footprint methodologies in ICT

Some methodologies are standards, others developed by voluntary initiatives as consortia of public/private stakeholders Life Cycle Thinking Three areas: Product & Services, Organisations, Cities Methodologies specific to the ICT sector focus on HW, SW, building, network, transportation… Focus on carbon footprint & energy footprint

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If the same practitioner conducts an LCA for the same product or system using the same data, and the same assumptions, the choice of methodology used does not have a big impact on the results. If two different practitioners are using the same standard, the results will vary more since they may use different data and assumptions [4]


Make IT easy

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Interactive Map of ICT Standards for carbon footprint measurement in ICT: free, on-line, simple factsheets


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Make them meet

On-line marketplace: certified sellers meet potential buyers




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Self-Assessment Tool for ICT Services (SAT-S): simple, free, on-line

Answer questions, get results, understand, take action




The founding model of SAT-S User interface

Simple guided questionnaire with examples If you are interested: “behind the scenes” insight about calculation is provided

The Engine Automatic calculation of carbon footprint and energy footprint Simplified Life Cycle Assessment loosely based on standard methodologies (GHG and ETSI)

Report on ICT service footprint climate change and primary energy values and graphs organised in life cycle steps and in building blocks Intuitive equivalents are presented (e.g. emissions of an average car travelling for 1 Km) to trigger more interest and take action

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Raise awareness on ICT footprint & calculation methodologies SAT-S is Fast, free, on-line




Conclusions

ICT needs Energy Efficiency interventions

Methodologies to calculate carbon footprint in ICT are already out there

ICTfootprint.eu is the European Initiative to raise awareness and develop a community with all relevant stakeholders

SAT-S is a first attempt to provide ICT-intensive organisations with a practical tool to position their ICT services footprint

From SAT-S to SAT-O (self-assessment for Organisations): making the tool more useful and including more complex calculations, while keeping the interface, questions and results simple

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Our calls to action

Join the Marketplace to connect buyers/sellers https://ictfootprint.eu/marketplace

Try the SAT-S on line self-assessment tool https://ictfootprint.eu/self-assessment-tool

Give a presentation in one of our Webinars https://ictfootprint.eu/en/webinar

Follow us on @ICTFOOTPRINTeu



Give us your feedback on the SAT-S: we’d love to hear from you!

https://ictfootprint.eu/marketplace

https://ictfootprint.eu/self-assessment-tool





https://ictfootprint.eu/en/webinar


Thank you for your attention! Contact: email: [email protected]




References [1] “SMART 2020: Enabling the low carbon economy in the information age” http://files.kimjoar.net/ttm4165_smart-2020.pdf

[2] “ICT Helping Tackle Climate Change” UNFCCC, Aug 2016 http://newsroom.unfccc.int/unfccc-newsroom/ict-sector-helping-to-tackle-climate-change/

[3] Computers and the Environment: Understanding and Managing their Impacts edited by Ruediger Kuehra & Eric Williamsb a United Nations University http://archive.unu.edu/zef/publications-d/flyer.pdf

[4] DigitalEurope study “Carbon Footprint of the ICT Sector” http://www.digitaleurope.org/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?Command=Core_Download&EntryId=109&language=en-US&PortalId=0&TabId=353

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http://files.kimjoar.net/ttm4165_smart-2020.pdf




http://newsroom.unfccc.int/unfccc-newsroom/ict-sector-helping-to-tackle-climate-change/















http://archive.unu.edu/zef/publications-d/flyer.pdf



http://www.digitaleurope.org/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?Command=Core_Download&EntryId=109&language=en-US&PortalId=0&TabId=353





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