Can ICT ‘ground’ us to a low carbon economy?
The challenges in the sustainability market
Eric van den Heuvel
24 June 2010 – Building a better future – Heineken Brewery
ICT enables cost and carbon reduction in other sectors
Energy use in the various sectors
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1990 1995 2000 2005
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Agriculture/forestry
Industry
Transport
Services
Buildings
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Preventing unnecessary mobility
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Work where we are instead of go to where the work office is
Process optimization for better energy performance
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The enabling effect
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0,83
1.43
Source: SMART 2020, Climate Group, GeSI, 2009
Increase in sector(in Gton CO2)
2.4
Buildings
2.1
Power
1.1
Industry
2.2
Transport
Reduction in other sectors
2002
2007
2020
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The enabling effect
0.53
0,83
1.432.4
Buildings
2.1
Power
1.1
Industry
2.2
Transport
� Smart logistics
� Private transport optimisation
� Dematerialisation (e-commerce, video conferencing, teleworking)
� Efficient vehicles (plug-in smart cars)
� Traffic flow monitoring, planning and simulation
Source: SMART 2020, Climate Group, GeSI, 2009
Increase in sectorReduction in other sectors
� Smart motors
� Industrial process automation
� Dematerialisation(reduce production of DVD’s, paper)
� Smart grid
� Efficient generation of power, combined heat and power)
� Smart logistics
� Smart buildings
� Dematerialisation(teleworking)
� Smart grid
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However…
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0,83
1.43
Source: SMART 2020, Climate Group, GeSI, 2009
Increase in sector
2.4
Buildings
2.1
Power
1.1
Industry
2.2
Transport
Reduction in other sectors
� the Greenhouse Gas performance will be claimed by the corresponding sectors
� and will not be awarded to the ICT sector
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0.53
0,83
1.43
Source: SMART 2020, Climate Group, GeSI, 2009
Increase in sector
2.4
Buildings
2.1
Power
1.1
Industry
2.2
Transport
Reduction in other sectors
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Innovate for low carbon performance !
Thus…
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The global footprint by subsector in ICT
Source: SMART 2020, Climate Group, GeSI, 2009
Telecoms infrastructure and devices
Data centres PC’s, peripherals and printers
2002
2007
2020
0.53
0,83
1.43
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Energy efficiency in PC and laptops
Source: apple.com
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Energy efficiency in PC and laptops
Source: apple.com
Aviation: first driver was technological challenge
Now key challenge is energy and carbon efficiency
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2009 VW Golf 1.6 diesel
1214 kg
4.5 l/100 km
118 g CO2/km
1974 VW Golf 1.6 diesel
820 kg
6.7 l/100 km
176 g CO2/km
Energy efficiency as driver in transport
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0,1182 l/100 km
846 km/l benzine eq
Polytech Nantes
at Shell EcoMarathon 2010
Prototype league:
0,0204 l/100 km
4,896 km/l benzine eq
Sharky II (by The HydroCruiser)
at Shell EcoMarathon 2008
Urban Concept league:
What if energy efficiency is key driver?
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km/l
mass
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Max 160
Adding functions
Where will innovation and commercial practice meet?
Desired developments?
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0.53
0,83
1.43
Source: SMART 2020, Climate Group, GeSI, 2009
Increase in sector
2.4
Buildings
2.1
Power
1.1
Industry
2.2
Transport
Reduction in other sectors
Make business – earn money !
And also…
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Market opportunities ICT in the sustainable energy sector
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Wind Power Prediction Services
� reduced imbalance costs
� prevention of sudden power drops
� optimization of grid integration/interconnection
� better forecasts of power prices
Green datacentre
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Energy efficiency in buildings
E-trium
� Energy use is 20% of conventional new-built office
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Energy efficiency in buildings
Empire State building (449m):
� had a 20 M$ energy retrofit
� cutting energy use with 40%
� approx 4.4 M$ annual energy savings
Bank of America Tower (366m):
� 1st US sky scraper with Platinum LEED certification
� Low Carbon building
Satellite detection of suitable, unused land for sustainable biofuels
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Smart gridsa communicating energy system
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Source: www.flickr.com/deflorio1
Smart grids
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