Green Digital Bristol Dr Lorraine Hudson Bristol Futures Group 17 th September 2012.

Green Digital Bristol

Dr Lorraine HudsonBristol Futures Group17th September 2012

Bristol a Leading ‘Green Digital City’

• Covenant of Mayors signatory

• Only UK city to be a European Green Capital Finalist 2010/11 & 2014

• Ambitious carbon targets – 40% reduction by 2020

• Climate Change & Energy Security Framework

Bristol a Leading ‘Green Digital City’

• Green Digital Charter:– Green ICT– Smart City

• Creative & integrated approach: environment, digital & economic development

• Public, Private, People Partnership• Test bed for innovation & deployment• City Council Fibre Network – B-Net• UK Super Connected City

Carbon Reduction Target

• 40% reduction in Bristol’s CO2 by 2020 from 2005 baseline

• Includes organisations, homes & transport and ICT included in this

• Between 2005-09, total CO2 emissions reduced by 15% or 20% per capita CO2 emission

• Population increased by 6%

Bristol ICT Carbon Footprint

• For 2006• The scope covers all non-domestic ICT• 3% of City emissions or 7% of industrial

or commercial emissions use within the Bristol City authority area.

PCs:workstations, laptops, desktops and monitors

Emission producing activity w ithin boundary

Emission producing activity outside boundary

Legend

Peripherals: printers, MFDs, speakers

and scanners

IT services:data centres, servers, storage and cooling

Telecoms devices:mobile phones, chargers,

desktop phones

TVs, video equipment, audio devices and other

electronic equipment

Embodied carbon of ICT equipment

Telecoms networks

infrastructure

Sector BreakdownBristol's Techno-footprint by Sector

5% 2%14%

2%

34%

38%

5%

Manufacturing Construction

Distribution, Hotels and Restaurants Transport and CommunicationsFinance, IT other business activities Public admin, education & Health

Other Services

Energy Consumption

(kWh)

Energy Expense

(£)

Carbon Emissions

(t/CO2)

Total 125,248,234 10,771,348 67,258

Bristol Green Addict

• Green ICT portal with free resources and tools• Carbon footprint displayed in creative &

engaging way• Green ICT Solutions Database• Tool to create Action Plan• Green ICT Champion case studies

www.greenaddict.eu

Council Green ICT Champion

• Green ICT Officer & Green ICT Strategy (2010)• Green data centre - natural cooling provided by the

moat• Printer consolidation & reduction• IT equipment reuse & recycling scheme - redundant

council PC's being redirected for community use• Server virtualisation & consolidation• Exploring central power down of all PCs as standard

The Datacentre Leaders' Award: Innovation in the Micro Data Centre

Smart City Bristol Report• The purpose of the report is:

– An independent analysis of how smart city technologies can contribute to Bristol’s carbon reduction objectives

– Benchmark Bristol against other world cities– Set of objective recommendations that will contribute to

further emission reductions and provide city-wide economic benefits

• Funded by DECC and available at http://www.slideshare.net/Bristolcc/bristol-smart-city-report-7579696

Smart City Bristol - Opportunities

• Initial focus: Smart Energy Smart Transport Smart Data

• Exploring other social & economic challenges & opportunities including telehealth.

Smart Energy

• Smart metering: DeHems & 3eHouses

• Smart Grid: So La Bristol

• Smart Spaces: reducing energy demand in public buildings using ICT

Smart Transport

• Traffic Control Centre• Freight Consolidation Centre• ICT services for Electric Vehicles Enhancing the User

Experience

Integrated Logistics

Reducing CongestionReducing

Congestion

Smart Data

• B-Open - Open Data Portal

• Media Sandbox – Pervasive Media Studio

• Whose Data? – Knowle West Media Centre

Conclusion

Future cities will be smart, green, open and connected.

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