1. Broadband:
It’s the Green Network
Supernova
June 17, 2008
Chris Lloyd
Verizon Communications
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2. The Big Idea
Broadband networks must play
a central role in achieving our
energy- efficiency and
environmental goals.
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3. The Green Power of IT
What if ICT could help drama4cally reduce the 98% of CO2
Emissions produced by all other industries and individual
consump4on?
*Gartner, (2007) “Green IT: The New Industry Shockwave” Presentation at Symposium/Itxpo conference, April 2007.
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4. Verizon: 21st Century Solutions for Energy Challenges
1. Making our network
more efficient.
2. Using alternative
sources of energy to
power our network.
3. Looking at ways to
save energy at our
facilities, with our
fleets.
4. Practicing lifecycle
management of our
equipment.
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5. Broadband: Green Technology
In total, use of broadband networks can decrease our
dependence on oil up to 11% over the next 10 years.
- American Consumer Institute Study, 2007
Telecommuting 600M Tons
Teleconferencing 199.8M Tons
E-Conservation 67.2M Tons
E-Commerce 206.3M Tons
TOTAL 1B
TONS
American Consumer Ins/tute Study, 2007
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6. Broadband & Telecommuting/Teleconferencing
The average teleworker saves 62 applications have fundamentally
Office-to-office teleconferencing hours in commuting time $1,201
changed. And new broadband speeds allow workers to have adispersed
in commuting costs and 1,751 pounds of emissions not real virtual
into the environment.
presence from home too. For example, in 2007, Verizon began offering
- Telework Exchange Study, March 11th 2008
FiOS symmetrical internet access with speeds, up to 20/20 megs.
SAVES:
600M Tons &
199.8M Tons
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7. Broadband & Paperless Downloads
In 50% of the 2.5 billionworld, consumers won’t wait. With
If today’s fast-paced DVD’s and VHS tapes rented per year
were delivered via Video on Demand, it would reduce
new broadband speeds, they don’t have to.
energy equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of
Downloading music, video, books now saves time and
about 200,000 households.
energy.
- Consumer Electronics Association Study, 2007
SAVES:
67.2M Tons
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8. Broadband & Smart Transportation
By mapping out routes UPS saves 28.5 million miles annually
which results in roughly 3 million gallons of gas and CO2
emissions reductions of 31,000 metric tons.
- The New York Times (December 9, 2007)
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9. Action Agenda
 What we know: Broadband can play a greater role in
facilitating energy efficiency
 We need public policies to speed:
 More ubiquitous deployment
 Development of innovative
applications which promote
energy efficient behaviors
 Measurement – mechanisms in
place to demonstrate the impact
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10. Sources
• Broadband Services: Economic and Environmental Benefits, 2007, American Consumer
Institute
• Contribution of ICT to Climate Change Mitigation, Report to World Economic Forum, 2008
(Dennis Pamlin at WWF)
• Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Impact of Telecommuting and e-Commerce, 2007,
Consumer Electronics Association
• Farmers bet on high tech, Associated Press (May 25, 2008)
• Gartner (2007), “Green IT: The New Industry Shockwave” Presentation at Symposium
/ITxpo conference, April 2007
• Information and Communication Technologies: The Power of Productivity, 2008, American
Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (Skip Laitner)
• Left-Hand-Turn Elimination, The New York Times (December 9, 2007).
• Sustainability at the Speed of Light, 2002, Dennis Pamlin, Global Policy Advisor for World
Wildlife Fund
• The Internet Economy and Global Warming, 1999, Joe Romm, senior fellow at Center for
American Progress
• Towards a High-Bandwidth, Low-Carbon Future, 2007, Telstra (Australian telco)
• Want to save the planet? Stay home., USA Today Blog (May 20, 2008)
• WWF Report: First Global ICT Strategy for CO2 Reductions (June 3rd, 2008)
(NOTE: June 20th – Global eSustainability Initiative (GeSI) releases study on the environmental benefits of ICT)
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