GREEN ICT

Lorraine Hudson & Stephen Hilton Bristol City Council

GREEN ICT CALL TO ACTION

www.bristolgreencapital.org

BRISTOL DIGITAL CITY A centre for Digital Industries &

Environmental Technologies

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The DC10plus collaboration links 10 ambitious UK digital cities and places with each other and with Government

DC10plus Key Themes:

• Birmingham - Community Capacity• Bristol - Green ICT• Hull - Digital Switchover• Manchester - Next Gen Access• Norfolk - Independent Living• Nottingham - Flexible Working

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“TECHNO FOOTPRINT”NEIGHBOURHOOD CARBON MAKOVERDEHEMS

GREEN ICT IN BRISTOL

The Bristol ICT Carbon Footprint

Scope

• The scope covers all non-domestic ICT 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

Sector Breakdown

Sector Energy Consumption

(KWh)

Energy Expense

(£)

Carbon Emissions

(t/CO2)

Manufacturing 5,798,704 498,689 3,114

Construction 2,817,124 242,273 1,513

Distribution, Hotels and Restaurants

17,080,790 1,468,948 9,172

Transport and Communications

2,236,287 192,321 1,201

Finance, IT other business activities

42,476,102 3,652,945 22,810

Public admin, education & Health

48,388,341 4,161,397 25,985

Other Services 6,450,886 554,776 3,464

Total 125,248,234 10,771,348 67,258

Hardware Breakdown

Energy Consumption

(KWh)

Energy Expense

(£)

Carbon Emissions

(t/CO2)Total 125,248,234 10,771,348 67,258

Bristol's Techno-footprint by hardware

50%

12%

30%

8%

PCs Peripherals IT Services Telecom Devices

Hardware Breakdown

Hardware Energy Consumption

(KWh)

Energy Expense

(£)

Carbon Emissions

(t/CO2)PCs 62,894,103 5,408,893 33,774

Peripherals 15,017,078 1,291,469 8,064

IT Services 37,241,556 3,202,774 19,999

Telecom Devices 10,095,497 868,213 5,421

Total 125,248,234 10,771,348 67,258

Bristol’s CO2 Emissions

• Bristol’s CO2 emissions 2.2 million tonnes in 2006

• Non-domestic ICT accounts for:– 7% of industrial & commercial emissions

– 3% of citywide emissions

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Green ICT Call to Action Showcasing good practice & building a community of practice

www.bristolgreenict.org.uk

Green ICT Database

• Category – Desktops and Monitors

Short Description

Full Description Cost Carbon & energy savings

Difficulty References

Thin Client Terminals With a thin client , the processing and storage duties are conducted at the server. The client just needs enough power to be able to display what is going on at the server…….

● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Green IT, Velte, Velte and Elsenpeter

Green ICT Champions

• Avon IM&T Consortium• Bristol City Council• Bristol Wireless

Community Cooperative• Ethical IT• First Great Western• Lyons Davidson

• North Bristol NHS Trust• University of Bristol• University of the West

of England• Voscur• Watershed Media

Centre

Green ICT Champion

• New green data centre (natural cooling provided by the moat)

• Printer consolidation & reduction• IT equipment recycling• New contract - up to 1200 redundant council

PC's being redirected for community use• Server virtualisation & consolidation• Exploring central power down of all PCs as

standard

Reducecarbon footprint in Knowle West

Primary objective

Knowle West Carbon Makeover

Themes

Energy NatureHealth

Food WasteTravel

Community Engagement

How?

What? CampaignersInformation

Knowledge shareRecruitment

Outputs

Creative use of media

Practical projects

Support & Knowledge

EventsEveryday contact

Social supportTrust

Training & mentoringPersonal & professional development

Community empowerment via digital media

Community empowerment via digital media

“I just got my first Carbon Makeover text - how exciting – what a good way of contacting people”. Graham Fisher

Respect Crime & Safety

Healthy Walking

Extended Schools

Democracy

Environment

Young Entrepreneurs

A DIGITAL COMMUNITY

A “LIVING LAB”

Action Points

• Visit www.bristolgreenict.org.uk• Create an action plan using Green ICT Solutions

Database• Become a Champion & submit a case study• Get involved in further events & collaborate on

future European bids• Vote for us in EU Green ICT Competition & help

win 20K Euro prize for Bristol ! http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/cf/ee09/item-display.cfm?id=2677

Contact

stephen.hilton@bristol.gov.uklorraine.hudson@bristol.gov.uk

www.connectingbristol.orgwww.bristolgreenict.org.uk