Presentation given at the "Enterprise 2.0 in Europe" workshop where the results of the interim report of the “Enterprise 2.0 study were presented and discussed with experts
Brussels, 14th of September 2010
1) Main message: overall neutral or positive effect on GHG emissions (transition to knowledge based low carbon economy) 2) Case studies feedback: Questions on incremental (travel/commuting, office efficiencies, transport/production) & disruptive changes (space: office & storage, innovation: external/crowd sourcing) Effects rarely planned, mostly assumed without evidence Travel/commuting & office efficiencies mostly assumed (3-4 out of 8) + vague assumption of overall positive effect due to increased productivity Disruptive effects neither planned nor even assumed (exception: KPN = -25% m2 of office space per employee) => Not recognised (yet) as a low carbon eco approach 3) Some facts - office (professional severives): 30-40% by travel/commuting, 50-60% electricity&heating, 5-10% paper (not evaluated: furniture, cantine, building itself) - manufacturing: supply chain and production: 70-95% of GHG emissions Only indirect effects evaluated, direct effects based on increased or different usage of ICT not covererd, eg. Intensified usage leads to more data center capacity requirements (= higher emissions) Potential cloud usage is more efficient vs. individual company data centers (lower emissions)