Transcript Why a Green ICT?

Green Information & Communications Technologies
CANADIAN INITIATIVES
IN GREEN ICT
Green Information & Communication Technologies
To Reduce Global Warming
ITU Symposium on
ICTs and Climate Change
Quito, Ecuador
Session 2: Mitigation 1a, July 8th 2009
Jacques Mc Neill, Prompt, Montreal, Canada
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Prompt at a glance
• Partnership for Research On Microelectronics, Photonics and
Telecommunications;
• A Montreal-based Industry-University consortium in the ICT
sector;
• Since 2003, 50 partnerships with 11 universities and 40
industry partners, valued at more than $30M in cash
contributions to universities.
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Growth of Internet and ICT is (too) hot
•Shortcomings of
present Internet
•Need IP-V6, NGI,
Internet-2, NGN, etc.
• CANARIE, promoter of
Canada’s advanced
communications
infrastructure is
preaching ICT as
solution to reduce
climate change threat.
The Challenge:
• ICT industry CO2 emissions (3%), equivalent to aviation industry;
• ICT is 5th largest industry in power consumption (8-9%), 2x each 5 years;
Each of us must go from 26 tons/person to 2 tons in 2050. How?
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Sources: Ericsson Canada, Green@ICT (ITU), CANARIE
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Why a Green ICT?
The Opportunity:
• ICT may achieve up to 90% of Kyoto targets (ITU, 2008);
• ICT has potential to decrease overall GHG by 15% and save global;
industry $US 800 billion in annual energy costs by 2020;
• Carbon economy growing by 58% to $92B, $500B by 2050.
ICT in Canada:
• Represents 1 megatonne of GHG (<1%)
• By better use, GHG emissions could be
reduced by 20 megatonnes per year:
- 3.2 M cars off the road
- 7% of Canada’s annual Kyoto obligation.
• Estimated benefits: $7.5B-$12.9B.
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Sources: ITU Conference 2008, Smart 2020, Climate Check, WWF Canada, June 2008
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Prompt’s Green ICT Vision
• A distributed Canadian Initiative devoted to creation and
commercialization of ICT technologies that reduce GHG emissions
• Involve universities, industries,
governments and consumers
in Green activities:
1. Inform stakeholders;
2. Stimulate R&D;
3. Deploy infrastructure;
4. Commercialize.
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1. Inform Industry & Governments
• Green ICT workshops in Palo Alto
and Montreal;
• Canada California Strategic
Innovation Partnership Summit;
• Canadian Green ICT Strategic
Committee.
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2. Support Infrastructure Development
• UCSD, UBC and Prompt to reduce campus GHG emissions &
develop a green cyber-infrastructure:
• Typical US university produces up to 500,000 metric tons per year,
60% from its cyber-infrastructure and ICT;
• R&D on ISO 14064, distributed computing architectures, green
test beds, relocation of resources to renewable energy sites, etc.;
• Expand to other organizations.
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2. Support Infrastructure Development (2)
• CANARIE $4M Green cyber-infrastructure pilot test bed to share
infrastructure & maximize lower cost power by “following the wind &
sun” networks.
• International
partnerships with
possible zero
carbon nodes
using virtual router
computers in
California, Spain,
Ireland, California,
Australia, Ontario,
British Columbia,
Nova Scotia and
Quebec.
Source: CANARIE
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3. Support University & Industry R&D
• PISA, CCSIP and NetVirt, etc. R&D
projects on router, optical, W/Wireless,
distributed computing architectures,
virtualization, grids, Web services,
dematerialization, clouds, remote
instrumentation & sensors, etc.
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4. Commercialization & Innovative funding
Nouvelles
technologies
énergétiques
Procédés
biotechnologiques
Technologies de
l’information et des
communications
Technologies
du bâtiment
• 30M$ Canadian Center of excellence for Commercialization and Research
in Energy Efficiency solutions in ITC, building, transport and processes;
–ICT focus on energy efficiency solutions and green data centers.
• Exploration of virtual carbon trading systems where CO2 offsets are traded
for access to grid computational cycles, wide area network bandwidth,
research funding or other virtual services.
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Green ICT Interest in Canada & Worldwide
• Strong commitment involving 11 firms, 15 Canadian and 11
international universities & institutions;
• Open initiative to expand in California then rest of the world.
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Conclusion: Let’s join to rescue the planet
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Source: Greenpeace, Climate talks at the Major Economies Forum in April 2009
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Prompt’s
Green ICT Initiative
Using ICTs to Reduce Global Warming
For information:
Jacques Mc Neill, mba
Coordinator, Green ICT Initiative
Prompt Inc.
+514.875.0032 ext. 105
[email protected]
www.promptinc.org
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