Can ICT Beat CO2?

Daniel GagnéITU – Symposium on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change

May 29th 2012

The Equation• CO2 reduction enabled via

– Virtualization / Dematerialization– Transport substitution– Increased efficiency through Smarter systems

etc…

• Connecting Communities / Businesses

• Own energy consumption / CO2 emissions• E-Waste management• Supply Chain issues

• More Sustainable / Low Carbon Economy

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▲ Enabling Effects1

▼ Rebound Effects2

We must create the conditions for a smarter use of ICT solutions, while relentlessly striving to limit undesired

rebound effects

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Positive Outcome3

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Using ICT to Transform Tomorrow

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ICT is a key enabler of carbon reduction if equipment and solutions are efficiently designed, deployed, operated, and

used

2008 Study

Our Global Approach

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Offering trusted state of the art services through responsible business practices

To be recognized by customers as Canada’s leading communications company

ResponsibleProducts & Services

ResponsibleProcurement

ResponsibleOperations

Solutions for a Low Carbon Economy

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Energy consumption

Material consumption

Green ICTOptimizati

on

Costs GHG

emissions Env.

footprint

Wireless applications• Telemetrics• Smart meteringUnified

communications• IP telephony• Web, video and

teleconference

Green Data centers• Virtualization• Cloud computing

Web solutions• e-billing• e-commerce

Video applications• Telepresence• Video Zone• Webcasting

Optimizing customers ICT resources sustainably

Moving work to people rather than people to work

Connecting rather than traveling

Managing business remotely and in real time

Improving transport & systems efficiency

Dematerializing through digitalization / virtualization

Efficiency Sustainabil

ity Satisfactio

n

ICT in Action @ Bell• 22.6% of bills sent electronically in 2011• About 4,100 tonnes of GHG and 33,000

trees saved• All other bills on FSC certified paper

• 22,000 employees equipped to work remotely

• Together saving approx. 110 M Km/yr in commuting

• Avoiding up to 20,000 tonnes of GHG emissions

• Telematics now installed on 8,000 vehicles• Saved 2.8 M Litres of fuel in 1st year of

service• Reduced our GHG emissions by 7,777

tonnes

• Decommissioned 664 of our own servers in 2011

• Saving 2.8 M kWh/yr or enough to heat 280 homes

• Reducing our GHG emissions by 159 tonnes

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Virtualization

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Telematics3

Teleworking

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Electronic Billing

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In 2011 Bell has reduced its GHG emissions by 31% compared to its 2003 baseline. On target to reach our 50%

reduction goal by 2020.

Responsible Data Hosting Solutions

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Facility Design Innovation

• LEED Gold

• 2012 Green IT award from Uptime institute

• Tier III Uptime certified

• PUE = 1.26

• CUE potentially as low as 0.0037 kg CO2 eq/KWh

• Hydro Power

• Flywheel UPS = NO Lead/acid Batteries

• Kyoto Cooling = Optimized free cooling

• Water/Air cooling systems = Energy saving

• Variable Frequency Drivers in cooling systems adapting to load

• Cold air containment in aisles

• Drought resistant landscape

• Rain water harvesting and storage

Responsible Data Hosting Solutions

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• Built to Uptime Tier III standard

• PUE = 1.75

• 20 year lease in an Ecologo certified energy efficient building

• Photovoltaic solar energy harvested on the DC roof with a 250 kVA capacity

• Partnership for cleaner energy with Markham District Energy (MDE) that will provide highly efficient cooling and redundant power.

• Mechanical cooling system of N+1 chillers, heat exchangers, and pumps where the DC waste heat will be recaptured to preheat MDE’s heating clients

• Generators of 8.5mW natural gas capacity

• Dual chilled water sources

• Cold air containment in aisles

Advancing knowledge on ICT’s enabling effect

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• Project with the MDEIE for Quantifying carbon reduction enablement of virtual data centers

• Participant to the ICT-specific Technical Working Group (ICT TWG) with the CDP to improve the ICT Sector Module for disclosure

• Active member of the GeSI Climate Change Working Group (CCWG)

Can ICT Beat CO2?