Transcript ITU-T in a Nutshell

ITU-T Workshop
ICTs: Building the Green City of
the Future
ITU-T, ICTs and Climate Change
Arthur Levin
Chief, ITU-TSB
United Nations Pavilion
EXPO-2010, 14 May 2010
Shanghai, China
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Role of Standards: ITU
 Develop a methodology to measure impact of
ICTs as part of national GHG reduction programs
 Identify priority sectors where ICTs can reduce
emissions (e.g. smart buildings)
 Grow the ICT industry in an environmentally
friendly manner
 Disposal of ICTs
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Focus Group on ICT & CC
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Flexible and Open
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Works on a well-defined topic, scheduled for completion at a
specific time
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Goal: encourage participation of non-members/members of
other forums
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FG has lots of freedom to establish its own rules
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Can keep own brand name and at the same time benefit from
ITU’s branding
Output of FG: “ITU Deliverable” (not ITU-T Recommendation)
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However, output of FG can be input to a study group to make it
an ITU-T Recommendation
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Deliverables: FG on ICT & CC
 Deliverable 1: Definition
 Defines the terms needed to analyze the major relationships
between ICTs and Climate Change
 Deliverable 2: Gap analysis and standards roadmap
 Shows ongoing work (done by ITU, other standard bodies,
universities, etc.) and future study issues
 Deliverable 3: Methodologies
 Covers the assessment of ICT sector’s emission over the entire
life cycle of ICT devices
 Also covers reducing other sector’s emission by the use of ICT
 Deliverable 4: Direct and Indirect Impact of ITU Standards
 Provides tools and guidelines to evaluate the reduction of
emission of ICT sector and of other sector by the use of ICT
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ITU-T and Climate Change:
Setting the Standard
 FG on ICT & CC concluded with 4 Deliverables in March
2009.
 Inputs from non-ITU members (e.g. academia) were also
taken into considerations
 Mandate of SG 5 was expanded in 2009
 New SG 5 title: Environment and climate change
 SG 5 created a new WP 3/5
 All SGs examining impact of recommendations on climate
change
 SGs developing standards for new energy efficient
technologies
 E.g. SG 13 on Next Generation Networks
 NGN estimated to be 40% more energy efficient
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Related Study Groups (SGs)
 For reduction of emission of ICT
 SG 5: recycling of ICT equipments and facilities
 SG 13: NGN, which requires 40% less power
 SG 15: standardization for low power devices
 For improvement of energy efficiency by the use of ICT
 SG 16: multimedia systems for video conferences for replacing
travel
 SG 16: Intelligent Transport System (ITS)
 JCA on network aspects of ID systems (including RFID)
 Other related activities
 SG 2: disaster relief and emergency services
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SG 5 established 5 work areas
 Q.17/5: Coordination and Planning of ICT&CC related
standardization
 Q.18/5: Methodology of environmental impact
assessment of ICT
 Q.19/5: Power feeding systems
 Q.20/5: Data collection for Energy Efficiency for ICTs
over the lifecycle
 Q.21/5: Environmental protection and recycling of ICT
equipments/facilities
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Methodology
 Q.18 initiated the following work items:
 Methodology for environmental impact assessment
of
 ICT goods and services
 ICT projects
 ICT within organizations
 ICT within countries
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Universal charger
 ITU standardized-approval
process for new
Recommendation L.1000
 Delivers 50% reduction in
standby energy
consumption, eliminates
51,000 ton of redundant
chargers, and cuts GHG
emissions by 13.6 million
tons CO2 annually
 Current version covers
charger for mobile terminals
but will cover other ICT
devices in future
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