Network of Excellence in Internet Science (JRA8, Internet for Sustainability, IBBT)

Network of Excellence in Internet Science Kick-off Meeting Brussels, 21-22 December 2011 Bart LannooInterdisciplinary institute for BroadBand Technology (IBBT) FP7-ICT-2011.1.6-288021 EINS JRA8 Internet for Sustainability

WP Objectives
How could the Future Internet help to relieve the main problems affecting sustainability at planetary scale?
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions need to be drastically diminished during the coming decades
European 20-20-20 objective: by 2020,
20% increase of energy efficiency
20% increase of renewable energy sources
20% reduction of CO2 emissions
“ Green ICT” vs. “ICT for Green”
Multi-disciplinary approach required
Cf. rebound effects
Brussels, December 21-22, 2011 EINS Kick-off Meeting

How green is ICT?
Footprint of ICT itself
About 4% of primary energy today
About 8% of primary energy by 2020
ICT lowering footprint in other sectors
Potential high
Rebound effects (realistic savings much lower)
2 key research tracks:
‘ Green ICT’:
Energy evaluation of different network paradigms
New energy-sparing network paradigms (Future Internet)
additional challenges: full LCA, not only CO2, …
‘ ICT for Green’:
Tele-… through high-quality networks
Energy optimization in heating, transport, power grids, …
additional challenge: estimating rebound effects

Multi-disciplinary approach
Interaction between different factors:
Technical potential
User behaviour
Economic drivers
Regulation
User behaviour greatly affects potential vs. realistic energy savings
User adoption: are energy-efficient technologies used?
Rebound effects: cf. “using a less energy consuming product more frequently”

WP Tasks
R8.1: Assessment and reduction strategies for ICT energy consumption
R8.2: Investigating ‘ICT for Sustainability” tracks
R8.3: How to influence the user behaviour
R8.4: How to be influenced by the user behaviour: potential versus realistic benefit from ‘ICT for Green’ solutions

R8.1: Assessment and reduction strategies for ICT energy consumption
Giving an overview of the carbon footprint of the Internet
Frameworks and methodologies for measuring and reporting energy consumption of ICT
Identifying directions to lower the environmental impact
Short task (6M), being a common foundation and benchmark for R8.2, R8.3 and R8.4
Scanning results from various similar initiatives
GreenTouch, FP7 projects, workshops, standardisation bodies

R8.2: Investigating ‘ICT for Sustainability” tracks
Environmental monitoring
To assess consequences of e.g. pollutions
Using distributed sensor networks, by opening traditionally closed sensor systems
Technical & social [privacy] apects
Smart grid solutions
To reduce carbon footprint of energy supply
Introducing smart meters, adjusting scheduling strategies
Technical feasibility & steering user behaviour
Starting from existing activities
Identifying areas for further innovative research

R8.3: How to influence the user behaviour
Estimating and judging user behaviour of new “ICT for Green” solutions
Designing measures to drive user behaviour
Financial stimuli
Policies and regulations
Feedback to users themselves
Investigating how user-centric monitoring and feedback solutions could help
Interdisciplinary approach
ICT, social sciences and transportation area

R8.4: How to be influenced by the user behaviour: potential versus realistic benefit from ‘ICT for Green’ solutions
Potential benefit and reality can be quite different
Influence of user behaviour on actual savings
Psychological and sociological factors
Adoption
Rebound effects
Investigating and estimating the above factors for some “ICT for Green” solutions
Helping to identify
Barriers responsible for this gap
Measures to overcome these barriers

WP Detailed Workplan
Request for 4-5 lines of text with partner contributions and interests!
Email to: bart.lannoo@intec.ugent.be
Table with partner interests will be compiled and distributed
Goal: bringing partners together with common interests
Contributing partners:
CERTH, CNR, UNIBO, UIO, IBBT, UNI PASSAU, TUM, UCAM, OXF, TU Delft, UAM, EPFL, UWAT, ICT
JRA8 mailing list?

WP Action List for the 1st Year
Deliverables
Month 6: D8.1 Overview of ICT energy consumption
Overview of Task R8.1
Basis for the other JRA8 tasks
Month 15: D8.5.1 Reports on integration and excellence building in Internet for Sustainability
Month 18: D8.2 Investigation of ICT for Green solutions
Final report for Task R8.2
Elaborating on some promising ICT for Green solutions
Milestones
Month 12: MS35 Interdisciplinary workshop on environmental monitoring Year 1 progress
Month 18: MS36 Intermediate report on Task R8.3

Interdependencies with other WPs
With the foundational JRA1-3
Solutions for sustainability in the architecture
Evaluate proposals with respect to JRA8 goals
With JRA4
Attention for sustainability in standards and regulation
With JRA7
Impact of resilience on energy footprint
Others?

WP Impact
ICT has and will have an important energy footprint
Will consume 8% of primary energy by 2020
Roadmaps for a Green ICT infrastructure
Input from GreenTouch, other FP7 projects, …
ICT also used to lower energy consumption in other sectors
Innovative solutions with a high potential
Potential vs. reality check needed
User behaviour crucial in these topics
By its multi-disciplinary approach, EINS can make the difference!

Issues to be discussed and decided
Involved partners per task?
How to organize the work?
How to exchange information?
How to bring partners together?
Workshop by Month 12
Public event?
Co-located with other event?

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