Measuring Manchester’s ICT Footprint Vin Sumner Clicks and Links Ltd Green Standards Week Paris, 17 th September 2012

Manchester Green Digital Charter NiCE Project ICT Footprint Approach Applying to Manchester Challenges

Manchester

The Green Digital Charter City of Manchester / Clicks and Links EUROCITIES European Commission Commits cities to reduce emissions through ICT Promotes progress in tackling climate change through the innovative use of digital technologies in cities

Commitments Three 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 Efficiency Coordinator: EUROCITIES Partners: - Clicks and Links Ltd - Manchester City Council - Leibniz institute for Ecological Urban and Regional Development Funding programme: 7th Framework Programme ICT systems for Energy Efficiency Coordination and support Action

NiCE approach GDC TOOLKIT Action Framework Action Tools Catalogue Reporting tools (GDC, CoM, ICT) SUPPORT TO CITIES GDC Contact Point Technical trainings Study tours OUTREACH Roadshows Cooperation with CoM Focus on China ADVISORY GROUPS: Reference Cities Group & Expert Advisory Board

NiCE approach GDC TOOLKIT Action Framework Action Tools Catalogue Reporting tools (GDC, CoM, ICT) SUPPORT TO CITIES GDC Contact Point Technical trainings Study tours OUTREACH Roadshows Cooperation with CoM Focus 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

) Green Digital Charter Action Framework) Reporting ToolsAction Tools ICT Footprint Progress on GDC GDC-CoM Methodologies Guidelines AppsGood practice Reference City Group ( 2.4 )

ICT Impact on Carbon Footprint Green ICT ICT for Green - Measurement - Efficiency - Transformation Rebound Effects - 2 nd Order ( eg displacement ) - 3 rd 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 Introduction - Example from Bristol Version 2 ; June Adopt ITU Approach - Advice on use of L.1420 (organisations ) - Website information/checklist Version 3 ; June 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 CO ₂ rating (ie. kgCO2e) based on (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 Practicality Counting the assets Appropriate accuracy Need Database

COORDINATOR: PARTNERS: Vin Sumner