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ITU Activities on ITU Activities on Environmental Sustainability Environmental Sustainability

for the ICT Sectorfor the ICT Sector

Committed to connecting the world

Ahmed ZeddamITU-T SG5 chairman

Trends :Population, Energy & Water

Committed to connecting the world 2

Human activity has pushed CO2 emissions to nearly 32,000 Mt in 2009 (Source : GeSi)


GHG emissions lead to dramatic and widespread temperature changes – there

are also other destabilizing effects


ICT’s Greatest Role is in ENABLING Environmental Sustainability

• Goal is to achieve an economically sustainable urban environment without sacrificing comfort and convenience / quality of life of citizenry.


• ICT is the “great equalizer” (human to human, human to machine and machine to machine) to connect a variety of everyday living services to public infrastructures, such as utilities, mobility and water.

What ITU is doing on Environmental What ITU is doing on Environmental Sustainability for the ICT Sector ?Sustainability for the ICT Sector ?

� Improving sociability through technology

� Develop standards, in particular, through Study Group 5 : “Environment and Climate Change “

1.Methodologies to asses the ICT footprint

2.Mitigation to Climate Change & Reduction of the ICT Footprint

3.Energy Efficiency

4.Power feeding systems


4.Power feeding systems

5.Harmonization of environmental standards

6.Waste Management

7.Adaptation to Climate Change

8.Eco-rating schemes for mobile phones

9.Smart Architecture and Infrastructure

10.Sustainable solutions for rural communications

11.Smart Cities

12.Smart Water Management

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ITU-T Study Group 5 - Environment and climate change

� Study Group 5 is the ITU-T Study Group responsible for studies on methodologies for evaluating the ICT effects on climate change and publishing guidelines for using ICTs in an eco-friendly way.


� Under its environmental mandate SG 5 is also responsible for studying design methodologies to reduce environmental effects, for example recycling of ICT facilities and equipment.

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ITU-T SG5

“Environment and climate change”

Q 12 Terminology

Structure of ITU-T Study Group 5


WP1/5WP1/5

Damage prevention

and safety

WP2/5WP2/5

Electromagnetic fields:

emission, immunity and

human exposure

WP3/5 WP3/5

ICT and climate

change

5 Questions 6 Questions 7 Questions

Working Party 3/5“ICT and climate change”

Work areas:

�Q13/5 - Environmental impact reduction including e-waste

�Q14/5 - Setting up a low cost sustainable telecommunication infrastructure

for rural communications in developing countries

�Q15/5 - ICTs and adaptation to the effects of climate change

�Q16/5 - Leveraging and enhancing the ICT Environmental sustainability


�Q17/5 - Energy efficiency for the ICT sector and harmonization of

environmental standards

�Q18/5 - Methodologies for the assessment of environmental impact of ICT

�Q19/5 - Power feeding systems

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� More information will be provided in Session 2

The Role of Green ICT Standards in Shaping Smart Sustainable Cities

Call to Action on

Smart Sustainable Cities

Paris, France

� Standardizing

� Monitoring


Paris, France

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� M

� Accounting

� Rethinking

� Transforming

Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Cities:

� Established at SG5 meeting in Geneva, 29 January to 7 February 2013

� As an open platform for smart-city stakeholders

� 1st meeting held on 8

� Main tasks and deliverables:

� Defining the role of ICTs in environmentally sustainable smart cities, and identifying the ICT systems necessary to the development of a Smart Sustainable City;

� Collecting and documenting information on existing smart city initiatives and technical specifications, focusing in particular on the identification of standardization gaps;

� Identifying or developing a set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to gauge the success of smart-city


� 1st meeting held on 8 May 2013 in Turin, Italy

� Last meeting held on 17 September 2013 in Madrid

Indicators (KPIs) to gauge the success of smart-city ICT deployments;

� Establishing relationships and liaison mechanisms with other bodies engaged in smart-city studies and development;

� Identifying future smart-city standardization projects to be undertaken by its parent group, ITU-T Study Group 5;

� Developing a roadmap for the ICT sector’s contribution to Smart Sustainable Cities, providing cohesion to the development and application of technologies and standards.

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The Role of Green ICT Standards

in Shaping Smart Sustainable Cities

Turin Roadmap: Towards a Planet of Smart Sustainable Cities

1. Defining: Smart sustainable cities.

2. Engaging cities: Charter for Smart Sustainable Cities with measurable objectives.

3. Adopting a holistic approach: enhance cooperation among all relevant smart city stakeholders.

4. Standardizing: methodology for assessing the environmental impact of ICTs in


4. Standardizing: methodology for assessing the environmental impact of ICTs in cities in collaboration with relevant organisations and experts.

5. Developing: set of key performance indicators (KPIs)

6. Best practices and lessons learned: exchange platform of successful practices.

7. Behavioral change for sustainable development.

8. Advocacy: on-going dialogue on cities and smart sustainable city policies.

9. Measuring success: create pilot demonstration and business models

10. Mobilizing expertise: in relevant ITU Study Groups, and other groups as

appropriate to pursue work in this important area.

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What ITU does to shape Smart Sustainable Cities…

ITU-T Study Group 5 Environment and Climate Change

Focus Group on Smart

Sustainable Cities


Sustainable Cities

Focus Group on Smart Water

Management

Organized by ITU and Telefónica

Research & Development


� Demonstrate the potential GHG abatement of “Greening by ICTs” solutions in Korea between 2011 and 2020;

� The methodology used is Recommendation ITU-T L.1410.

Envisioning a Sustainable Future…


� The role of international standards and policies is key.

� Smart sustainable city should be seen as a “System of Systems”.

� City leaders to partner effectively with other levels of governments, ICT industry, NGOs, Universities, etc.

ITU- T SG5 activities related to SMART

� Q14/5 Setting up a low-cost sustainable telecommunication infrastructure for rural communications in developing countries

� Q15/5 ICTs and adaptation to the effects of climate


� Q15/5 ICTs and adaptation to the effects of climate change

� Q17/5 Energy efficiency for the ICT sector and harmonization of environmental standards

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Smart Grid and it‘s Role in energy Networks


The need for Smart Grids

� Sustainability of the electrical system requires the evolution towards new paradigms (Smart Grid), pursuing high efficiency and integration of renewables� this is expected to cut down GHG emissions.

� Issues for the implementation of Smart Energy Grids:� Load management, Distributed Generation, Microgrids, Energy,


� Load management, Distributed Generation, Microgrids, Energy, Storage, Grid Management, Market operations, Electrical, Vehicles, …

� Much intelligence is needed to:� retrieve, share, process, store and transmit information;

� make grid management automatic, reliable, resilient, safe and secure.

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Why smart grids ?� While Smart Grids may provide an efficient mechanism to address the

massive electricity infrastructure building requirements,

� Just Grids will help guarantee access to modern energy services without

marginalizing the poor.


Q14/5 standards solution for rural communications

��A sustainable

way to utilize smart grid benefit also in


benefit also in rural area

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Q15/5: Adaptation to climate change

�An extension of Smart grid concept

�Smart water management

�Smart Weather Control


Q17/5 is not only dealing with Energy efficiency !

� Studies and analysis on most energy efficient architectures and solutions related to the use of ICT in the context of smart grids.


� What is the reduction of power losses when applying ICT based smart grid technology?

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Energy efficiency needs to be sureabout the benefits


Upcoming workshops and meetings

� ITU/CITEL Workshop on Environmentally sound management of E-Waste

Mendoza, Argentina, 9 October 2013

� Joint Coordination Activity on ICT and Climate Change

Lima, Peru, 5 December 2013

� ITU-T Study Group 5 meeting

Lima, Peru, 2 – 13 December 2013

� Workshop on Smart Sustainable Cities


� Workshop on Smart Sustainable Cities


� Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Cities meeting


� Focus Group on Smart Water Management meeting


Conclusion

� Need for SDOs to collaborate and work together

�� ITU-T/SG5 and ETSI/EE are the two arms of the same body !

� With regard to the activities of FGs SSC & SWM; need for ITU


� With regard to the activities of FGs SSC & SWM; need for ITU to work with municipalities, ICT sector, policy makers, international and regional organizations;

Links & Additional Information Links & Additional Information Links & Additional Information Links & Additional Information

• ITU-T and climate change

http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/climatechange

• ITU and climate change

http://www.itu.int/climate


• ITU Symposia & Events on ICTs and Climate Change

http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/climatechange

• Contact Cristina Bueti: [email protected]

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