Green Digital Bristol Dr Lorraine Hudson Bristol Futures Group 17 th 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 CO 2 by 2020 from 2005 baseline Includes organisations, homes & transport and ICT included in this Between , total CO 2 emissions reduced by 15% or 20% per capita CO 2 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.

Sector Breakdown Energy Consumption (kWh) Energy Expense (£) Carbon Emissions (t/CO2) Total125,248,23410,771,34867,258

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

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

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

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.