CoolIT Leaderboard V5 Released February 8, 2012. ICT Driving Climate Change Estimates of data center electricity demand are at 31GW globally, with an.

CoolIT Leaderboard V5Released February 8, 2012

ICT Driving Climate Change• Estimates of data center electricity demand are at 31GW globally, with an

increase of 19% in 2012 alone (global electricity demand essentially flat for the past three years)

• It is estimated that global mobile data traffic grew 133% in 2011, with 597 petabytes of data sent by mobiles every month.

• Electronic devices account for 15% of home electricity use, and are predicted to triple by 2030. (SMART 2020, 2008)

• The combined electricity demand of the internet/cloud (data centres and telecommunications network) globally is 623bn kWh (and would rank 5th among countries). (Make IT Green, 2010)

• Based on current projections, the demand for electricity will more than triple to 1,973bn kWh by 2030.

Greenpeace’s Challenge

• drive green energy innovation

• champion more efficient operations

• seek green, renewable sources of power for data centers

• champion fair and ambitious climate change policies

Leaderboard Criteria

• Efforts to offer technological climate solutions that contribute to global greenhouse gas reductions;

• Initiatives to reduce their own global warming emissions;

• Active engagement in political advocacy and support for science-based climate and energy policies.

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IT Solutions40 out of 100 points

• Current Savings Calculations of GHG/energy savings potential (10 points)

• Publish Metrics & Assumptions to Calculate Net GHG Savings (10 points)

• Investment in Clean Tech Solutions and R&D: (10 points)

• Future Savings Goal for net GHG reductions from IT solutions (10 points)

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IT Energy Impact25 out of 100 points

• Absolute Emissions Reduction Target (5 points)

• Mitigation Strategies: (10 points)

• Infrastructure Siting Policy: (5 points)

• Product Efficiency & Supply Chain Footprint: (5 points)

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Political Advocacy35 out of 100 points

• Political Speech (10 points)

• Public Policy Advocacy: (15 points)

• Repetition Bonus: (10 points)

• Negative Lobby Deduction: new criteria (-5 to -15 points)

Top Leaderboard v5 Scores(out of 100)

• Google 53

• Cisco 49

• Ericsson 48

• Fujitsu 48

• Vodafone 45

High Bar –IT Solutions

Ericsson and Cisco case studies score the highest, comparing pre- and post-intervention data and account for absolute reductions in CO2 tonnes/year.

Google’s renewable energy investments, including utility projects to create renewable energy, including a large scale solar project near Sacramento, California.

• 30% of own operations is clean energy• $915 million in RE investments to date• Shifting utilities through power purchasing agreements (20 year contracts)• Creating renewable energy for all of us

High Bar –Energy Impact

• Wipro’s mitigation plan includes 50% of its reduction target addressed

through renewable energy installation or purchase.

• IBM consistently implements a detailed plan to reduce its own emissions (40% from 1990 to 2005 against a 1990 base year, and is now working on the second stage goal of 12% by 2012 with a 2005 base year)

• Google, Cisco, and Dell stand out for sourcing over 20% renewable energy globally for each company’s infrastructure.

High Bar - Political Advocacy

Green IT isn’t Connected to Dirty Energy

• Reneé Claire Blanchard

• Greenpeace International

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• [email protected]

www.greenpeace.org/coolit