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Network of Excellence inInternet 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

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Brussels, December 21-22, 2011

WP Objectives

How could the Future Internet help to relieve the main

problems affecting sustainability at planetary scale?o Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions need to be drastically

diminished during the coming decadeso 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

o Cf. rebound effects

INS Kick-off Meeting

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How green is ICT?

Footprint of ICT itself

o About 4% of primary energy todayo About 8% of primary energy by 2020

ICT lowering footprint in other sectorso Potential higho Rebound effects (realistic savings much lower)

2 key research tracks:

o Green ICT: Energy evaluation of different network paradigms New energy-sparing network paradigms (Future Internet) additional challenges: full LCA, not only CO2,

o ICT for Green: Tele- through high-quality networks Energy optimization in heating, transport, power grids,

additional challenge: estimating rebound effects


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Multi-disciplinary approach

Interaction between different factors:o Technical potentialo User behaviouro Economic driverso Regulation

User behaviour greatly affects potential vs. realistic energy

savingso User adoption: are energy-efficient technologies used?o Rebound effects: cf. using a less energy consuming product

more frequently


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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 forGreen solutions


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R8.1: Assessment and reduction strategies for ICT energy consumption

Giving an overview of the carbon footprint of the Interneto 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 initiativeso GreenTouch, FP7 projects, workshops, standardisation bodies


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R8.2: Investigating ICT for Sustainability tracks

Environmental monitoringo To assess consequences of e.g. pollutionso Using distributed sensor networks, by opening traditionally closed

sensor systemso Technical & social [privacy] apects

Smart grid solutions

o To reduce carbon footprint of energy supplyo Introducing smart meters, adjusting scheduling strategieso Technical feasibility & steering user behaviour

Starting from existing activities Identifying areas for further innovative research


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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

o Financial stimulio Policies and regulationso Feedback to users themselves

Investigating how user-centric monitoring and feedbacksolutions could help

Interdisciplinary approacho ICT, social sciences and transportation area


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R8.4: How to be influenced by the user behaviour: potential versus realisticbenefit from ICT for Green solutions

Potential benefit and reality can be quite differento Influence of user behaviour on actual savingso Psychological and sociological factors

Adoption Rebound effects

Investigating and estimating the above factors for some

ICT for Green solutions Helping to identifyo Barriers responsible for this gapo Measures to overcome these barriers


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WP Detailed Workplan

Request for 4-5 lines of text with partner contributions

and interests!o Email to: [email protected]

Table with partner interests will be compiled anddistributed

Goal: bringing partners together with common interests Contributing partners:

o CERTH, CNR, UNIBO, UIO, IBBT, UNI PASSAU, TUM, UCAM,OXF, TU Delft, UAM, EPFL, UWAT, ICT

JRA8 mailing list?


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WP Action List for the 1st Year

Deliverableso Month 6: D8.1 Overview of ICT energy consumption

Overview of Task R8.1 Basis for the other JRA8 tasks

o Month 15: D8.5.1 Reports on integration and excellence buildingin Internet for Sustainability

o Month 18: D8.2 Investigation of ICT for Green solutions Final report for Task R8.2 Elaborating on some promising ICT for Green solutions

Milestoneso Month 12: MS35 Interdisciplinary workshop on environmental

monitoring Year 1 progress

o Month 18: MS36 Intermediate report on Task R8.3


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Interdependencies with other WPs

With the foundational JRA1-3o Solutions for sustainability in the architectureo Evaluate proposals with respect to JRA8 goals

With JRA4oAttention for sustainability in standards and regulation

With JRA7o Impact of resilience on energy footprint

Others?


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WP Impact

ICT has and will have an important energy footprinto Will consume 8% of primary energy by 2020o Roadmaps for a Green ICT infrastructure

Input from GreenTouch, other FP7 projects,

ICT also used to lower energy consumption in othersectors

o Innovative solutions with a high potentialo Potential vs. reality check needed

User behaviour crucial in these topicso By its multi-disciplinary approach, EINS can make the

difference!


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Issues to be discussed and decided

Involved partners per task?

How to organize the work?o How to exchange information?o How to bring partners together?

Workshop by Month 12o Public event?o Co-located with other event?


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