Transcript ITU-T: 2005 - 2008 - The 24th Tyrrhenian International

Overview of
Working Party 3/5
“ICT and climate change”
Paolo Gemma
Chairman ITU-T WP3 of Study Group 5
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Structure of ITU-T Study Group 5
ITU-T SG5
“Environment and climate change”
Q 12 Terminology
WP2/5
WP1/5
Damage prevention
and safety
5 Questions
Electromagnetic fields:
emission, immunity and
human exposure
6 Questions
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WP3/5
ICT and climate
change
7 Questions
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Working Party 3/5
“ICT and climate change”
WP3/5 is responsible for studies relating to ICT, environment and climate
change, development of methodologies for evaluating the ICT effects on
climate change and publishing guidelines for using ICTs in an eco-friendly
way.
Work areas:
Q13/5 - Environmental impact reduction including e-waste
Q14/5 - Setting up a low cost sustainable telecommunication infrastructure
for rural communications in developing countries
Q15/5 - ICTs and adaptation to the effects of climate change
Q16/5 - Leveraging and enhancing the ICT Environmental sustainability
Q17/5 - Energy efficiency for the ICT sector and harmonization of
environmental standards
Q18/5 - Methodologies for the assessment of environmental impact of ICT
Q19/5 - Power feeding systems
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Question 13/5
Environmental impact reduction including e-waste
Brief Description
Main Tasks
 Study the safety and
 Motivate ITU members to
environmental
performance associated
with ICTs, including the
avoidance of hazardous
materials and final disposal
 Ensure that the ICTs cause
minimum environmental
and health impact
 Minimize and mitigate the
effect of e-waste
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share experiences and
spread knowledge related
to environmental
sustainability aspects
 Determine processes to
minimize the
environmental impact
 Study solutions to mitigate
e-waste. UCS/CPS, rare
metals, battery, conflict
material……
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ITU-T L.1000
 “Universal power adapter and charger
solution for mobile terminals and other
ICT hand held devices”
(Recommendation ITU-T L.1000)
 A paramount step towards e-waste
reduction!
 Saves 82,000 tons of e-waste per year
 Saves at least 13.6 million tonnes of CO2
emissions annually
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ITU-T L.1001
 “External universal power adapter solutions  Approved!
for ICT equipment for stationary use”
(Recommendation ITU-T L.1001)
 Contributions are
 Saves 300,000 tonnes of e-waste annually
 Reduces the energy consumption and
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of
external power supplies by between 25%
and 50%
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needed to develop
Universal Power
Adapter for
portable devices
(Phase 2)
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ITU-T L.1100
 “A method to provide recycling
information of rare metals in ICT goods”
(Recommendation ITU-T L.1100)
 Outlines key considerations in all phases
of the recycling process, and provides
guidelines as to how organisations may
fairly and transparently report on rare
metal recycling.
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Question 14/5
Setting up a low cost sustainable telecommunication
infrastructure for rural communications in developing
countries
Brief Description
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Setting up a low cost
sustainable
telecommunication
infrastructure for rural
communications in
developing countries
Existing systems do not meet
challenges in developing
countries and are not mass
deployed in rural area.
A suitable set of system
requirements should be
developed addressing the
identified rural challenges.
work program
Main Tasks
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Develop guidance on addressing
challenges of setting up sustainable
telecommunication infrastructure in
rural areas of developing nations.
Develop system requirements,
emphasizing energy efficient systems.
Take into consideration power
requirements given that deployment of
telecommunication systems in areas
without access to electricity grid.
Taking into consideration the need for
resilient mobile networks in all
countries for disaster situations (e.g.
hurricane, tropical storm, etc.).
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Question 15/5
ICTs and adaptation to the effects of climate change
Brief Description
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Using ICT to better enable
countries to adapt to
climate change
Establishing a robust
telecommunications
infrastructure for extreme
climate conditions
Helping countries adapt to
the negative effects of
climate change using ICT
Establishing links at
regional and national
levels
work program
Main Tasks
 Drafting deliverables
 L.adaptation and Infrastructure (Best
practices for countries to use ICT in
adapting to the effects of climate change)
 L.Repeater (Best practices for submarine
repeaters in the dual role of
communications and environmental
monitoring services)
 Report on Portal requirements (Specifying
requirements and initial content for a new
ITU-T portal on ICT and adaptation to
climate change)
 Establishing requirements via
questionnaires and analysis
 Seeking cooperation with expert groups
 Encouraging ICT industry involvement in
climate change adaptation
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Question 16/5
Leveraging and enhancing the ICT
Environmental sustainability
Brief Description
Main Tasks
 ITU-T SG5
 Develop Recommendations
Recommendations allow
organizations to estimatd
report their environmental
impacts
 Eco-specifications and ecorating guidance are needed to
complement these
methodologies
 Recommendations showed
also a need to clarify the
use of emission factors
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on a methodology to
assess the added value of
an eco-rating programme.
 investigate what are the
principles, benefits,
drawbacks underlying the
creation of a worldwide
database containing key
indicators and/or emission
factors?
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Question 17/5
Energy Efficiency for the ICT sector and harmonization of
environmental standards
Brief Description
Main Tasks
 Definition of measurement
 Develop Recommendations in
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methods, metrics/KPI and
reference values for different
technologies
Sharing of best practices for ICT’s
energy efficiency enhancements
Analysis of the most energy
efficient architectures and
solutions in support of smart grids
Complement and harmonize ICT
and environmental standards
developed by other SGs and Std
Bodies
work program
the in the field of energy
efficiency (see next slide)
 Develop best practices and
best reference cases
 Provide and maintain an
overview of key mitigation
technologies
 Coordinate with other SGs
and other bodies on a regular
basis to ensure closest
alignment
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ITU-T L.1300 and L.1310
 ITU-T L.1300 “Best practices for green data
centers”
 Definition of best practices for: Data Center
utilization, management and planning; ICT
equipment and services; power and cooling
equipment
 Detailed real case studies reported in a
specific Supplement
 ITU-T L.1310 “Energy efficiency metrics and
measurement for TLC equipment”
 Metrics and measurement methods defined
for broadband wireline/wireless equipment
and small networking devices
 These metrics allow for comparisons of
equipments within the same class (e.g.
equipments using the same technologies)
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Question 18/5
Methodologies for the assessment of environmental
impact of ICT
Brief Description
Main Tasks
 Question 18/5 aims to
 Further develop / finalize
develop common
methodologies that allow
objective, transparent and
practical assessments of ICT
environmental impacts, at :
 goods, networks and services
level,
 organizations level,
 projects level,
 cities level and
 countries level
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Recommendations
L.methodology ICT projects,
L.methodology ICT in cities
and L.methodology ICT in
countries
 Revise existing
Recommendations L.1410 and
L.1420
 Develop, and gather in a
supplement, specific additions
to L.1410 and/or
L.methodology ICT projects
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Question 18/5
Published Recommendations
• L.1400: Overview and general principles of
methodologies for assessing the environmental impact of
information and communication technologies
• L.1410: Methodology for the assessment of the
environmental impact of information and communication
technology goods, networks and services
• L.1420: Methodology for energy consumption and
greenhouse gas emissions impact assessment of information
and communication technologies in organizations
• L.1430: Methodology for assessment of the environmental
impact of information and communication technology
greenhouse gas and energy projects (consented)
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Question Q19/5
Power feeding systems
Brief Description
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With internet, more ICT
equipment (routers, servers,
switches) with higher rack power
density (tens of kW)
Unified power interface such as
the higher voltage DC replacing
Telecom DC 48V and AC UPS for
higher efficiency and reliability
Other advantages: smaller cable
and lighter weight, flexibility,
better life cycle : less use of
materials, less CO2 emission in
manufacturing and use, …
Simple use of renewable energy
(PV, wind, biofuels) and storage for
smartgrid
work program
Main Tasks
Recommendations:
- Specifications of the power feeding
system (DC, other ?);
- system configuration, architecture, and
cable distribution;
- methodologies for evaluating
performance of feeding systems and
their environmental impact.
Studies:
- enabling use of renewable and
alternative energy sources;
- coordination of these sources and DC
interface;
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ITU-T L.1200
 Recommendation ITU-T L.1200 “Direct current power feeding
interface up to 400V at the input to telecommunications and ICT
equipment”
 The Recommendation specifies direct current power feeding with
interface direct current 260V to 400V at the power input to ICT
equipment which can offer many potential benefits:
 simple power chain
 low maintenance
 modularity and power scalability
 high reliability
 high energy efficiency (gain of 5 to 20% energy consumption
compared to different existing best in class powering solutions)
 low cost at same performance level
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Moving from Equipment to network
level energy efficiency.
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equipment
specification
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ES 203 136
ATIS-0600015.03.2013
L.1300
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ATIS-0600015.01.2009
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L.1300
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ATIS-0600015.07.2013
L.1300
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Transport
Broadband access
BTS
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ATIS0600015.06.2011
L.1300
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ES 201 554
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ATIS-0600015.01.2009
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Network level
metrics and
measurement
methods
Core
Server
Small networking
devices
 L.1300
Why?
•Carbon Tax.
•Operator to demonstrate the
efficient evolutions of their
network. Move the discussion
from energy consumption to
Energy efficiency
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Waste reduction
 Universal adapter
 ETSI (adapter for mobile Phone+ terminal)
 ITU (adapter for mobile Phone+ terminal)
working on adapter for portable (tablet
notebok) (actual situation is a “battle”
between some USA company and the rest of
the world.
 CENELEC (adapter for mobile Phone)
 Universal battery
 New activity pushed from China/FT/TI
actually on Green battery definition….
 Possible impact on terminal product can be
big……….
 WHAT is a green Battery??????
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ICT impact
 Different activities:
 Methodologies to establish the impact of ICT and the
benefit of using ICT in other sectors
 Common activity of ETSI EE and ITU to write a common
standard on the LCA of ICT product and service.
 A lot of push on this from EU commission as they like to
have standards to determine the impact of ICT for ……..
 Carbon Tax
 Customer product selection……..
 Operator are starting to ask data about the CO2
emission of product… TI, Vodafone, WIND
 In Future
 ECOLABEL
 ITU are working on recommendation on ECOLABEL for ICT
product
 IN US ULE (UL Environment) is a standard methodologies
published by UL and adopted by AT&T for terminal product
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Impact on different
technologies
 SDN/FN
Network level metrics
Routing based on
Energy efficiency
not only on traffic
performance
Energy
monitoring
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Impact on different
technologies
 ENERGY EFFICIENCY
New Metrics
Measurement methods
New limits
Standard
Energy
Monitoring
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Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Cities:
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Established at SG5
meeting in Geneva,
29 January to 7
February 2013
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Main tasks and deliverables:
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As an open platform
for smart-city
stakeholders
1st meeting held on 8
May 2013 in Turin,
Italy
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Defining the role of ICTs in environmentally
sustainable smart cities, and identifying the ICT
systems necessary to the development of a Smart
Sustainable City;
Collecting and documenting information on existing
smart city initiatives and technical specifications,
focusing in particular on the identification of
standardization gaps;
Identifying or developing a set of Key Performance
Indicators (KPIs) to gauge the success of smart-city
ICT deployments;
Establishing relationships and liaison mechanisms
with other bodies engaged in smart-city studies and
development;
Identifying future smart-city standardization projects
to be undertaken by its parent group, ITU-T Study
Group 5;
Developing a roadmap for the ICT sector’s
contribution to Smart Sustainable Cities, providing
cohesion to the development and application of
technologies and standards.
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Focus Group on Smart Water Management:
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Established by the
ITU-T TSAG meeting
in Geneva, 4-7 June
2013
Will work in close
collaboration with the
FG-SSC
Main tasks and deliverables:
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Collect and document information on national,
regional and international smart water management
initiatives; reporting on current activities and
technical specifications.
Specify the roles to be played by ICTs in smart
water management.
Develop a list mapping key stakeholders involved in
the area of ICTs and smart water management.
Develop Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to
assess the impact achieved through the use of ICTs
in water-management systems.
Develop a set of methodologies for estimating the
impact of ICTs on water conservation.
Identify water-management ICT applications and
services with the potential to ensure interoperability
and the benefits of economies of scale.
Draft technical reports that address standardization
gaps and identify new standardization work items to
be taken up by its parent group, ITU-T Study Group
5 (Environment and climate change).
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Upcoming workshop and meetings
 Greening the Future: Bridging the Standardization Gap
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on Environmental Sustainability
Colombo, Sri Lanka, 3-4 October 2013
ITU/CITEL Workshop on Environmentally sound
management of E-waste
Mendoza, Argentina, 9 October 2013
ITU-T Study Group 5 meeting
Lima, Peru, 2-13 December 2013
Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Cities meeting
Lima, Peru, 6 December 2013
Focus Group on Smart Water Management meeting
Lima, Peru, 10 December 2013
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Thank YOU
 ITU-T/SG5 “Environment & Climate Change”
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com05/index.asp
 ITU-T and climate change
[email protected]
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/climatechange
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