ICT and GHG emissions: Just how green are virtual worlds - Kevin Houston (http://www.carbonmasters.co.uk)
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Presentation on the Impact of ICT and GHG emissions: Just how green are virtual worlds? given by Kevin Houston (http://www.carbonmasters.co.uk) at the JISC GECO/STEEV Green Energy Tech Event (#e3vis) on Thursday 13th October 2011.
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ICT and GHG emissions: Just how green are virtual worlds - Kevin Houston (http://www.carbonmasters.co.uk)
- 1. The Impact of ICT on GHG emissions- How Green are Virtual Worlds? Kevin J Houston Carbon Masters
- 2. The Effects of ICT on Environmental Sustainability First Order (( direct result of i ts existence Third Order long-term, socio-economic structural changes) Second Order ( from application GHG Emission E- Waste Hazardous Substances Use of Scarce, Nonrenewable Resources Travel Substitution Transportation Optimization E-Business E- Government Environmental Control Systems Energy Intensity GHG Intensity Transportation Intensity Material Intensity
- 8. IBM-Virtual conference in SL 264 participants over 3 days Hardware Total power consumption ( Kwh GHG emissions CO 2 e PC’s 1140.5 0.365 Servers 0.134 0.134 total 1560.5 0.499
- 9. Imperial College- 1 day Virtual Climate change conference in SL. 62 participants across 5 Universities Hardware Total Power consumption GHG emissions CO 2 e PC’s 26.4 0.008 Servers Total 36 62. 0.011 0.019
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- ICT has positive and negative effects on the environment. The first-order effects are where most attention is focused (it's the direct effect of ICT on the environment, such as contamination throughout the life cycle or GHG emissions). However, ICT has major second-order effects (ICTs ability to change business processes to improve the environmental effects of those processes (such as through travel substitution or e-business) and third-order effects (long-term changes to behaviors or economic structures). First-order effects are understood reasonably well. Second-order effects are somewhat understood, but very patchy. Third-order effects are not understand well. There are studies that show that ICT's established and potential influence for reducing the environmental effects (and cost) of business operations, and that of products and services, is substantial. But the discussion and analysis of this will heat up during the next 12 months and beyond. And so much of that potential benefit relies on behavioral and policy issues. ICT is used and will increasingly be used as a substitute for travel. E-business can and does substantially reduce the effects of procurement and supply chain activities. ICT is used in increasingly smarter and networked environmental control systems, cutting costs and emissions. Enterprises and vendors can influence first- and second-order effects. Policy makers can and will influence all three. The overall effect at a macro-economic level is that ICT does affect the material, energy and transportation intensity of the economy. Depending on the policy framework, those effects can be positive or negative. Strategic Imperative: IT vendors, users and academia must analyze, communicate and improve the environmental value of IT. And, in so doing, move the discussion beyond the mostly negative first-order effects of IT. If industry doesn't, politicians and regulators will act in haste. CIOs and IT strategists must offer creative, effective ICT solutions to reduce the environmental impact of business operations, products and services throughout their life cycles.
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