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Measuring Manchester’s ICT Footprint

Measuring Manchester’s ICT Footprint. Vin Sumner Clicks and Links Ltd Green Standards Week Paris, 17 th September 2012. Manchester Green Digital Charter NiCE Project ICT Footprint Approach Applying to Manchester Challenges. Manchester. The Green Digital Charter.

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Measuring Manchester’s ICT Footprint

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  1. Measuring Manchester’s ICT Footprint Vin Sumner Clicks and Links Ltd Green Standards Week Paris, 17th September 2012

  2. Manchester • Green Digital Charter • NiCE Project • ICT Footprint Approach • Applying to Manchester • Challenges

  3. Manchester

  4. 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

  5. Commitments Three tangible commitments: • Work with Green Digital Charter signatories on ICT & energy efficiency • Deploy 5 large-scale ICT pilotsper city within 5 years • Decrease ICT’s direct carbon footprint per city by 30% within 10 years

  6. The Charter Signatories 28 signatories 40 large cities interested in signing GOAL: at least 48 signatories by 2014

  7. 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

  8. NiCE approach NiCE GDC cities GDC TOOLKIT Action Framework Action Tools Catalogue Reporting tools (GDC, CoM, ICT) 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

  9. NiCE approach NiCE GDC cities GDC TOOLKIT Action Framework Action Tools Catalogue Reporting tools (GDC, CoM, ICT) SUPPORT TO CITIES GDC Contact Point Technical trainings Study tours • Reference Cities Group • Bologna, IT • Eindhoven, NL • Linkoping, SE • Manchester, UK • Warsaw, PL • Yantai, China • Expert Advisory Board • Claus Barthel, Wuppertal Institute • Dennis Pamlin, independent consultant • 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

  10. Green Digital Charter Action Framework) ) Action Tools Reporting Tools Methodologies ICT Footprint Progress on GDC Guidelines GDC-CoM Apps Good practice Reference City Group ( 2.4 )

  11. ICT Impact on Carbon Footprint • Green ICT • ICT for Green • Measurement • Efficiency • Transformation • Rebound Effects • 2nd Order ( eg displacement ) • 3rd Order ( eg over consumption )

  12. 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

  13. 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 )

  14. 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.

  15. 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.

  16. 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.

  17. Challenges • Practicality • Counting the assets • Appropriate accuracy • Need Database

  18. COORDINATOR: info@greendigitalcharter.eu www.greendigitalcharter.eu • PARTNERS: Vin Sumner vin.sumner@clicksandlinks.com , @vinsumner

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