Measuring Manchester’s ICT

Footprint

Vin SumnerClicks and Links LtdGreen Standards WeekParis, 17th September 2012

ManchesterGreen Digital Charter NiCE ProjectICT Footprint ApproachApplying to ManchesterChallenges

Manchester

The Green Digital Charter

City of Manchester / Clicks and LinksEUROCITIES European Commission

Commits cities to reduce emissions through ICT

Promotes progress in tackling climate change through the innovative use of digital technologies in cities

CommitmentsThree tangible commitments:

Work with Green Digital Charter signatories on ICT & energy efficiency

Deploy 5 large-scale ICT pilots per city within 5 years

Decrease ICT’s direct carbon footprint per city by 30% within 10 years

The Charter Signatories

28 signatories

40 large cities interested in signing

GOAL: at least 48 signatories by 2014

The NiCE project Networking intelligent Cities for Energy EfficiencyCoordinator: EUROCITIESPartners: - Clicks and Links Ltd- Manchester City Council- Leibniz institute for Ecological Urban and Regional DevelopmentFunding programme: 7th Framework Programme ICT systems for Energy Efficiency Coordination and support Action

NiCE approach

GDC TOOLKITAction Framework

Action Tools CatalogueReporting tools (GDC, CoM, ICT)

SUPPORT TO CITIESGDC Contact PointTechnical trainings

Study tours

OUTREACH Roadshows

Cooperation with CoMFocus on China

ADVISORY GROUPS: Reference Cities Group & Expert Advisory Board

NiCE approach

GDC TOOLKITAction Framework

Action Tools CatalogueReporting tools (GDC, CoM, ICT)

SUPPORT TO CITIESGDC Contact PointTechnical trainings

Study tours

OUTREACH Roadshows

Cooperation with CoMFocus on China

ADVISORY GROUPS: Reference Cities Group & Expert Advisory Board

Reference Cities Group• Bologna, IT• Eindhoven, NL• Linkoping, SE• Manchester, UK• Warsaw, PL• Yantai, China

Expert Advisory Board• Claus Barthel, Wuppertal Institute• Dennis Pamlin, independent consultant • Jess Page, Austrian institute of Technology• Molly Webb, Climate Group• Nicola Villa, CISCO

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Green Digital Charter

Action Framework)

Reporting ToolsAction Tools

ICT Footprint Progress on GDC

GDC-CoM

Methodologies Guidelines

Apps Good practice

Reference City Group ( 2.4 )

ICT Impact on Carbon Footprint

Green ICTICT for Green- Measurement- Efficiency- Transformation

Rebound Effects- 2nd Order ( eg displacement ) - 3rd Order ( eg over consumption )

ICT Footprint in GDC

The key GDC objective is to reduce a city’s ICT’s direct carbon footprint by 30% over a 10 year period.

• Green ICT• Administration• Scopes 1,2 • Negative Impact

ICT Footprint Tool

Version 1 ; Feb 2012- Introduction- Example from Bristol

Version 2 ; June 2012- Adopt ITU Approach- Advice on use of L.1420

(organisations )- Website information/checklist

Version 3 ; June 2013- Online Method/Calculator based on

L.1440 ( cities )

Version 2 – Follow ITU

NiCE was invited to contribute to ‘Methodology to evaluate the GHG Impact of ICT in Cities' being developed by ITU-T (Q18 , Study Group 5).The ITU work on city footprints will provide a firm basis in terms of a common methodology for and as a result we can develop practical reporting tools based on the emerging methodology. L.1420 on organisations should be used by the public administration; wider than GDC requirement.

Applying to Manchester-1

Step 1 – Organisational Scope - define / agree the boundaries of the departments that are to be included in the City’s ICT Footprint.Step 2 – Define the Assets - gather data on the type and number of ICT devices to be included (nb. initially this is likely to be an estimate that can subsequently be refined as further ICT devices get identified within the City, or improved analysis of device types is available, or other factors such as a cooling overhead for high end devices generating significant heat output). Step 3 – Calculate - how much energy, in terms of kilowatt hours (kWh) each asset type uses, both when in use and on standby.

Applying to Manchester-2

Step 4 – Estimate – how much time, on average, an asset is in use and is on standby, on an annual basis.Step 5 – Convert – the kWh units into a CO₂ rating (ie. kgCO2e) based on 0.5246 (note: this may differ dependent on region and country).Step 6 – Summarise – the findings by Department and/or City, as appropriate.Step 7 – Action Plan – detail the actions planned, or need to be undertaken and what effect these will have, and by when, on the ICT Footprint.

Challenges

PracticalityCounting the assets Appropriate accuracyNeed Database

COORDINATOR:

info@greendigitalcharter.euwww.greendigitalcharter.eu

PARTNERS:

Vin Sumner vin.sumner@clicksandlinks.com , @vinsumner