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Green Digital Bristol
Dr Lorraine HudsonBristol Futures Group17th September 2012
Bristol a Leading ‘Green Digital City’
• Covenant of Mayors signatory
• Only UK city to be a European Green Capital Finalist 2010/11 & 2014
• Ambitious carbon targets – 40% reduction by 2020
• Climate Change & Energy Security Framework
Bristol a Leading ‘Green Digital City’
• Green Digital Charter:– Green ICT– Smart City
• Creative & integrated approach: environment, digital & economic development
• Public, Private, People Partnership• Test bed for innovation & deployment• City Council Fibre Network – B-Net• UK Super Connected City
Carbon Reduction Target
• 40% reduction in Bristol’s CO2 by 2020 from 2005 baseline
• Includes organisations, homes & transport and ICT included in this
• Between 2005-09, total CO2 emissions reduced by 15% or 20% per capita CO2 emission
• Population increased by 6%
Bristol ICT Carbon Footprint
• For 2006• The scope covers all non-domestic ICT• 3% of City emissions or 7% of industrial
or commercial emissions use within the Bristol City authority area.
PCs:workstations, laptops, desktops and monitors
Emission producing activity w ithin boundary
Emission producing activity outside boundary
Legend
Peripherals: printers, MFDs, speakers
and scanners
IT services:data centres, servers, storage and cooling
Telecoms devices:mobile phones, chargers,
desktop phones
TVs, video equipment, audio devices and other
electronic equipment
Embodied carbon of ICT equipment
Telecoms networks
infrastructure
Sector BreakdownBristol's Techno-footprint by Sector
5% 2%14%
2%
34%
38%
5%
Manufacturing Construction
Distribution, Hotels and Restaurants Transport and CommunicationsFinance, IT other business activities Public admin, education & Health
Other Services
Energy Consumption
(kWh)
Energy Expense
(£)
Carbon Emissions
(t/CO2)
Total 125,248,234 10,771,348 67,258
Bristol Green Addict
• Green ICT portal with free resources and tools• Carbon footprint displayed in creative &
engaging way• Green ICT Solutions Database• Tool to create Action Plan• Green ICT Champion case studies
www.greenaddict.eu
Council Green ICT Champion
• Green ICT Officer & Green ICT Strategy (2010)• Green data centre - natural cooling provided by the
moat• Printer consolidation & reduction• IT equipment reuse & recycling scheme - redundant
council PC's being redirected for community use• Server virtualisation & consolidation• Exploring central power down of all PCs as standard
The Datacentre Leaders' Award: Innovation in the Micro Data Centre
Smart City Bristol Report• The purpose of the report is:
– An independent analysis of how smart city technologies can contribute to Bristol’s carbon reduction objectives
– Benchmark Bristol against other world cities– Set of objective recommendations that will contribute to
further emission reductions and provide city-wide economic benefits
• Funded by DECC and available at http://www.slideshare.net/Bristolcc/bristol-smart-city-report-7579696
Smart City Bristol - Opportunities
• Initial focus: Smart Energy Smart Transport Smart Data
• Exploring other social & economic challenges & opportunities including telehealth.
Smart Energy
• Smart metering: DeHems & 3eHouses
• Smart Grid: So La Bristol
• Smart Spaces: reducing energy demand in public buildings using ICT
Smart Transport
• Traffic Control Centre• Freight Consolidation Centre• ICT services for Electric Vehicles Enhancing the User
Experience
Integrated Logistics
Reducing CongestionReducing
Congestion
Smart Data
• B-Open - Open Data Portal
• Media Sandbox – Pervasive Media Studio
• Whose Data? – Knowle West Media Centre
Conclusion
Future cities will be smart, green, open and connected.
http://bristolfutures.posterous.com/