COMP 4923 A2 IT for a Greener Planet

1. COMP 4923 A2IT for a Greener Planet Danny Silver JSOCS, Acadia University

2. Application Areas • Green Accounting • Green/sustainable building planning • Energy management • Environmentally-friendly manufacturing • Green transportation / routing systems

3. Green Accounting • Rising demand by lawmakers and regulators for businesses to address threats posed by climate change and environmental issues • 2009: green accounting was the financial & accounting technology of the year • $91 billion to be spent over next 6 years in US • $595 billion global industry through 2015 • Source:http://www.focus.com/articles/human-resources/green-accounting-finance-and-accounting-technology-year/

4. Key Issues of Green Accounting • What is green accounting? • Not as yet fully defined. • To reduce its carbon footprint, an organization must first measure it. • Organizations will have to report measures to regulators, taxation officials, carbon credit trading organizations, etc. • Who will be affected? • Energy-reliant manufacturers and power-generating utilities • Other business sectors will also be effected: • Retailers, may need green accounting software to calculate carbon ratings for each product on their shelves. • Bsinesses may need to use carbon accounting programs to calculate taxes based on the amount of energy consumed.

5. Key Issues of Green Accounting • Green accounting information technology areas: • Accounting and ERP (enterprise resource planning) • Software vendors beginning to add more green-oriented features into their products business system products • Carbon unit measurement and management tools • Programs designed to enable companies to trade carbon credits • Software that preps data / interfaces with s climate change regulations • Think Jobs! • http://greeneconomypost.com/tag/carbon-accounting-software

6. Key Issues of Green Accounting • Business Costs: • Vary depending on your company's size and line of business • Small firms with a relatively modest CO2 impact - costs could be minimal • Many finance and accounting software vendors may simply incorporate green accounting features into upgraded versions of existing products. • Heavy users or producers of energy, or those with large CO2 emissions, will have significant costs: • Specialized software and collection instrumentation that will track • Organize and report vast amounts of carbon data

7. Enterprise Carbon Accounting • Anticipate greenhouse gas emission (GHG) reporting to triple within next two years • Number of companies utilizing a GHG software product will quadruple • “Enterprise Carbon Accounting: An Analysis of Organizational-Level Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting and a Review of Emerging GHG Software Products” Sources: • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_carbon_accounting • http://www.fastcompany.com/1565844/carbon-accounting-software-market-experiencing-tremendous-growth

8. Major Players • Enablon - Management & performance software. World’s largest sustainability s/w provider • Enviance- Environmental ERP system is comprised of the three components of sustainability: air, water and waste.  It is a Cloud-based, on-demand platform.  12,000 users, 45 countries. • Hara - Closed a number of deals in 2009 with industry leaders including Coca-Cola, News Corporation, the City of Palo Alto and the City of San Jose. • IHS - 50 year old company provides a full suite of environmental and chemical management software and service solutions for EHS and sustainability management.  • Johnson Controls - The Energy and Emissions Management System analyses energy use trends and calculates greenhouse gas levels. Annually monitors 63 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions for 5,000 buildings in 88 countries. • PE International - SoFi-Software provides data collection supported by interfaces to ERP systems; carbon footprint measurement; performance tracking; and analysis software. • ProcessMAP - Measures and tracks environmental and carbon footprint as well as, inform on their performance in the Global Citizenship and Annual Sustainability Reports • SAP - Carbon Impactenables reporting from a single repository to voluntary or mandatory registries, such as the Carbon Disclosure Project and U.S.

9. Sustainable Building Planning • Where can energy/money be saved in a building: • Electrical system • Heating system • A/C system • Lighting • Transportation • ICT systems • Structural system

10. CAD/CAM Building Planning and Analysis Software • Autodesk • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-USXU7Ge5E • http://download.autodesk.com/us/green_building_studio/green_bldg_studio_carbon_neutral_1024x720.wmv

11. Building Management Systems • BMS - a computer-based control system that monitors, control and optimize the building’s environmental components: • Power systems - Illumination system • Electric power control system - HVAC System • Security and observation system - Fire alarm system • Lifts, elevators, escalators, etc - Plumbing system • Systems linked to a BMS typically represent 40% of a building's energy usage

12. Building Management Systems • BMS usually delivered as fully integrated systems and services • Major players are: • SiemensHoneywell • Severn ControlsVoltas • Johnson ControlsTrend Controls • TAC(Schneider Electric) Trane

13. Energy Management Systems • Energy Lens Software – Tools for charting and analyzing energy consumption • http://www.energylens.com/ • Pulse Energy - Web based tool that allows users to monitor and manage energy use in real time from anywhere in the world • http://www.pulseenergy.com/ • Advantech Corp eAyutomation video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJyx7ApOp4c

14. And now for a twist … • How long buildings last make a big difference • http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4234333657883149861#

15. Green Manufacturing • Manufacturers under increased pressure to • Proactively manage their energy consumption • Maintain compliance with evolving sustainability requirements • A better understanding of the energy consumption allows manufacturers to better manage: • Production planning and execution • Strategic contracting • Environmental impact • Profit / Loss

16. Projections for Energy Costs • US Department of Energy's forecast that energy prices will continue to escalate. • California Department of Water Resources predicts the same for water. • Expected price increases predicted by 2030: • 71% for oil - 20% for natural gas • 41% for water - 57% for electricity • Current portion of direct product cost due to energy consumed during the manufacturing: • 24.5% Cement - 20.4 Iron & Steel • 14% Glass - 8.8% Pulp & Paper • 3% - 8% Brewing - 6.7% Metal Finishing • 4.4% Wet Corn Milling - 3.3% Food Manufacturing • 2.7% Fabricated Metal Products Source: http://www.entegreat.com/eg_industrysolutions_MVF_MEMS.htm

17. Solutions are Starting to Appear • EnteGreat has partnered with GE Fanuc to create a Manufacturing Energy Management Solution that enables manufacturers to: • Reduce production costs • Conserve energy and deliver environmental stewardship • Monitor greenhouse gas emissions • Maintain their carbon footprint inventory • Provide source accountability for carbon cap and trade credits • Integrate manufacturing energy management into a comprehensive operational excellence program • IBM Launches Strategic Carbon Management Consulting (Feb, 2009) - http://www.thegreenitreview.com/2009/02/ibm-launches-strategic-carbon.html

18. Green Manufacturing • Two reactions: • Academia - let’s study it • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16vobnhafVw • Business - let’s move those jobs – DOW • http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/green-in-manufacturing/3xecb09b • Let’s poke some fun • http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/news/watch/v18747260cc4K5ZPf#

19. Emissions Management Systems • Enablon - GHS software used for collection, monitoring and analysis of greenhouse gas emission data. • http://enablon.fr/products/corporate-responsibility-ehs-management/GHG-emissions-management.aspx • INTELEX - carbon emissions monitoring and control • http://www.intelex.com/Air_Emissions_Management-506-1product.aspx

20. Sustainable / Green Transportation • Transport systems • 20% and 25% of world energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions • Greenhouse gas emissions from transport are increasing at a faster rate than any other energy using sector • Road transport is a major contributor to local air pollution and smog Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_transport

21. Sustainable / Green Transportation • Social / Economic costs of transport • Road crashes • Loss of physical inactivity • Time taken away from the family • Vulnerability to fuel price increases • Traffic congestion wastes time and slows delivery of goods and services

22. Sustainable / Green Transportation • Q: So what is the real purpose of transport? • A: Access to: • Work • Education • Goods and services • Friends and family • There are proven techniques to improve access while simultaneously reducing environmental and social impacts, and managing traffic congestion

23. Sustainable / Green Transportation • Focuses on strengthening or replacing the current transport systems with more fuel-efficient, space-saving and healthy lifestyle-promoting alternatives • Includes: • human or animal muscle-powered vehicles • low-carbon fueled vehicles • renewable sources of energy for propulsion • Q: What is the best form of transportation? Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_transport

24. Sustainable / Green Transportation • Forms of green transport • Walking • Cycling – bi-, tri-, quad- cycling (even icebiking) • HPVs - human powered vehicles • Green vehicles – and check out who is investing

25. Sustainable / Green Transportation • What is a Green vehicle? • One that surpasses the Euro6-norm such as LEVs and ULEVs • Define the acceptable limits for exhaust emissions of new vehicles sold in EU member states • Biofuel powered vehicles … • Use fuels derived from plant sources: vegetable oil, biodiesel, or bioalcohol • Arguably not very green – Why?

26. Sustainable / Green Transportation • Green vehicles include: • Solar vehicles – electrically powered by solar energy panels. Problems? IT solutions. • http://www.pcworld.com/article/191667 • Wind-powered electric vehicles - uses wind-turbines to convert wind energy into stored electric energy. Problems? IT solutions? • Electric cars / bikes use battery packs, charging systems, electric motors and controllers. Problems? IT solutions? • http://www.electricbikee.com/

27. Sustainable / Green Transportation • Green vehicles include: • Hybrid vehicles • Use two or more distinct power sources • Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), combine an internal combustion engine and electric motors • … So where’s the IT? • Future storage methods - ultracapacitors, spinning flywheel • Electric trains and buses rely on an electrical supply on route for public transport - SkyCab

28. Sustainable / Green Transportation • All of the above must be coupled with public transportation strategies and tactical plans (walking and bicycling paths, fuel sources, etc) • IT can be used to: • Monitor current traffic • Better plan urban area • work, service, play area placements • Plan new pathways, roads and rail • Plan routes and schedules • Control vehicle movement in urban centers

29. Sustainable / Green Transportation • The Future of Transportation • http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=306944432128700575#docid=6060160987850951934 • Sustainable Freight Transportation Systems • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KozgO4PQ8ps&feature=related

30. Sustainable / Green Transportation • Workshop -- Find 3 innovative methods to Green Transportation !!