5th ITU Green Standards WeekNassau, The Bahamas 14-18 December 2015

TRAINING GREEN ICT POLICIES AND STANDARDS

Daniela Torres, Eng. MScGreen ICT & Environmental

ITU Consultant

TRAINING vs PARADISE

GREAT CHALLENGE

How are we going to do this

1. Green ICT Standards concepts..

2. E-waste the opportunity

3. ICTs as s tool for Climate Change mitigation and adaptation..

4. Internet of Green Things

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¿What is a Standard?

GREEN ICT STANDARDSconcept & general overview

“A Standard is an agreed way of doing something. It could be about making a product,

managing a process, delivering a service or supplying materials….” (BSI)

A standard is a document that provides requirements,

specifications, guidelines or characteristics that can be used consistently to ensure

that materials, products, processes and services are fit

for their purpose “ (ISO)

“Standards are the distilled wisdom of

people with expertise in their subject matter

and who know the needs of the

organizations they represent” (BSI)

A Standard is…

Green ICT Standards @t ITULed by ITU-T Study Group 5 (SG5)

Standards

Green "environment”

+ and -

ICTs

SG5 is responsible for studies on methodologies for evaluating ICT effects on climate change and publishing guidelines for using ICTs in

an eco-friendly way.

SG5 is also responsible for studying design methodologies to reduce ICTs and e-waste's adverse environmental effects, for example, through recycling of ICT facilities and equipment.

Green ICTs

SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF E-WASTETHE OPPORTUNITY

Understanding E-waste

Source: Random google.com search

Understanding E-waste

Acknowledging E-waste Challenges

Calculating E-waste Volumes

E-waste Management as an opportunity..

Green Jobs Creation

Reducing the burden of cities solid waste

management programs

Sources for other products Technology driver for developing countries

ICTS AS A TOOL FOR CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION..

NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS)Six decades of a Warming EarthSource:

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<10g CO2A text message

Source: Ignacio Gonzalez-Blanch & How Bad Are Bananas? By Mike Berners-Lee

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10 –100g CO2One hour of TV

How Bad Are Bananas?Mike Berners-LeeFuente:

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1 –10kg CO2A bottle of wine

Source: Ignacio Gonzalez-Blanch & How Bad Are Bananas? By Mike Berners-Lee

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10 –100kg CO2One mobile phone and its use

Source: Ignacio Gonzalez-Blanch & How Bad Are Bananas? By Mike Berners-Lee

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100kg –1ton CO2A PC and its use

Source: Ignacio Gonzalez-Blanch & How Bad Are Bananas? By Mike Berners-Lee

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1 –10ton CO2Trip London – Hong Kong (round trip)

Source: Ignacio Gonzalez-Blanch & How Bad Are Bananas? By Mike Berners-Lee

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10 –100ton CO2Daniela`s house

Source: Ignacio Gonzalez-Blanch & How Bad Are Bananas? By Mike Berners-Lee

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100ton –1million ton CO2A Space Trip

Source: Ignacio Gonzalez-Blanch & How Bad Are Bananas? By Mike Berners-Lee

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>1million ton CO2World Cup

Source: Ignacio Gonzalez-Blanch & How Bad Are Bananas? By Mike Berners-Lee

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> ???Atlantis Paradise

THE ICT Sector has worked to account the emissions based on standards

MORE THAN 8 YEARS

OF WORK

Acknowledging the emissions of the own ICT Sector

Recognizing the enabling effect of

the sector

More than 30 standards approved and hundreds of Technical Specifications

More than 30

Green ICT Reports

More than 200 experts

Specific Question on CO2 emissions

accounting

INTERNET OF GREEN THINGS..

Koubachi

Ground labOpen Source Tracking Project

Dimap-Factorlink y LibeliumMonitorización de montes en Galicia-Asturias

Tokyo HackerspaceFukushima radiation fallout

Effective Green ICT standards, policies and

regulations

Creation of Sustainable

business models for Green ICT initiatives

ICTs as a tool for environmental sustainability

Happy Green ICT

users

THE FUTURE AHEAD

Do we need a 5G by eco-

design?

THANK YOU!

TRAINING GREEN ICT POLICIES AND STANDARDS

Daniela Torres, Eng. MScGreen ICT & Environmental Believer

ITU Consultant@alisdaniela