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How universities and R&E networks can play leadership role in reducing CO2 emissions Bill St. Arnaud CANARIE Inc – www.canarie.ca [email_address] Unless otherwise noted all material in this slide deck may be reproduced, modified or distributed without prior permission of the author

The Climate Change Imperative ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],*International Panel on Climate Change 2

Climate Forecasts Source: IPCC WG1 SPM, 2007 http://www.ipcc.ch/SPM2feb07.pdf Chris Hope - Cambridge 3

Possible climate “911” event ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],4

Our Challenge 5 j j 26 tons/person 1 ton/person 2008 2050 ? j 2100 2 tons/person Source: Stern 2008

ICT and Cyber-infrastructure and CO2 emissions* ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],*An Inefficient Tuth: http://www.globalactionplan.org.uk/event_detail.aspx?eid=2696e0e0-28fe-4121-bd36-3670c02eda49 6

Energy consumption versus GHG emissions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],8

ENERGY MANAGEMENT 1965 - 2008 ,[object Object],Source: SFU Facilities Services University GHG emissions 9

SFU TASC2 Research Building CI major cause of GHG emissions 10

ICT and Cyber-Infrastructrue is critical to reducing CO2 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],11

ICT’s Enabling Effect is Significant ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: SMART 2020: Enabling the low carbon economy in the information age, 2008 12

But first we must clean up our own act ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],13

The Falsehood of Energy Efficiency ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],14

Zero Carbon strategy essential ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],15

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],“ Zero Carbon” ICT 16

Many examples Hydro-electric powered data centers Data Islandia Digital Data Archive ASIO solar powered data centers Wind powered data centers 17

Significant Economic opportunities ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],18

Do your carbon inventory NOW!! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],19

American College & University President’s Climate Commitment ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],20

Funding to universities linked to CO2 reduction ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],21

Public Sector to be carbon neutral by 2010 in BC ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],22

The GreenLight Project ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],23

Green IT MoU ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],24

CANARIE Green-IT Pilot ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],25

But renewable power is not reliable ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],26

PROMPT – Next Generation Internet to Reduce Global Warming ,[object Object],[object Object],Sources: GENI and Inocybe 27

Policy approaches to reducing CO2 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],28

Carbon Rewards rather carbon taxes ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],29

Other sectors (40%) (e.g. manufacturing, coal mining, export transport) Emissions under direct consumer control (35%) Consumer influenced sectors (25%) (e.g. retail, food and drink, wholesale, agriculture, public sector) Heating Private cars Electricity Other transport Consumers control or influence 60 per cent of emissions http://www.cbi.org.uk/pdf/climatereport2007full.pdf 30

Carbon rewards rather than carbon taxes- gCommerce ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],31

Free Wifi on Buses ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],32

Carbon Reward Strategy for last mile infrastructure ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],33

Conclusion ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],34

Train your IT staff in offsets ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],35

Thank you ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],33

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