ICT & Climate Change: Our Global Challenge NOW. Gee Rittenhouse Vice-President Bell Labs Research, Alcatel-Lucent
All Rights Reserved © Alcatel-Lucent | ICT and Climate Change; Our Global Challenge NOW An Opportunity for Tremendous Impact on Remaining 98% If business-as-usual Potential direct telecom equipment energy savings by Source: GeSI – SMART 2020: Enabling the Low Carbon Economy in the Information Age Gtons CO 2 Zero Growth Line Potential Indirect Application Examples Smart Utilities Smart Transport Smart Buildings ICT today about 2% of global emissions ICT: An Opportunity to Tackle Climate Change ICT can enable a 15% reduction in global emissions by 2020
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All Rights Reserved © Alcatel-Lucent | ICT and Climate Change; Our Global Challenge NOW Addressing ICT’s Potential to Improve Energy Efficiency (Watts / User) 2008 Major Applications Current Potential Metro/Core Mesh protection / fast restoration Dynamic Optical Bypass Fixed Access Cost-reduced FTTH/N Green PON Lower Higher Degree of Difficulty: Other Passive cooling everywhere Dynamic energy usage (proportional to load) Network Virtualization Mobile Access Ultra-efficient power amplifiers Small cells Self organizing networks Network MIMO
All Rights Reserved © Alcatel-Lucent | ICT and Climate Change; Our Global Challenge NOW (Watts / User) Major Applications 2008 Technological Limit: ~ mW-μW per user ~ 4-7 Orders of Magnitude Shannon Current Potential Observed Trend Bell Labs: A Huge Opportunity to Improve Energy Efficiency
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All Rights Reserved © Alcatel-Lucent | ICT and Climate Change; Our Global Challenge NOW Alcatel-Lucent: Our Commitment We are: Developing solutions that tackle the energy footprint Reducing our own carbon footprint Working with our customers and stakeholders worldwide Active in key ITU discussions on Standards & Climate Change “The world’s leaders on climate change CANNOT say it’s difficult, let’s do nothing. Set the bar high on climate change and business will jump.” Ben Verwaayen, CEO Alcatel-Lucent At the World Economic Forum in New Delhi, India
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