Green IT Course
Prof. Jarri Porras
Alvaro Moreno Garcia( 0426425) | Baptiste LOUIS (0424692) | Ekaterina Gribanova (0426577) | Ekaterina Pulatova (0426580) | Norismiza Ismail (G0406212) | Victoria Palacin (0424744) | Ville Myllynpää (0422461)
Questions How often do you go shopping?
Do you eat meat?
Do you have mobile electronic devices such as Laptop or mobile phone?
Have you ever left your chargers connected?
Have you ever left your PC ON while you are away?
Do you let water running during “5 sec” to be sure to have cold/hot water ?
Do you usually search things on Google or Bing?
Do Send Emails with attachments?
Do you know where your electricity comes from?
“ Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” [1][1] World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED). Our common future. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987 p. 43.
International Institute for Sustainable Development, http://www.iisd.org/sd/ .
Case: Leo StraniusExecutive Director of Finnish Nature League
Uses cold water while
washing
Lives in small
apartmentVegan
Doesn't fly, uses car only few
times a year
Bikes everywhere through the
year
• Still produces emissions of 3 000 tons of carbon yearly.
• Sustainable level around 1000 tons
Because of: Coal powered district heating
In the future… 50% of your montly expenses will go on electricity
Energy is restricted by certain amount of montly credits (Energy/Carbon)
Water price will be the same as whisky (and that will be in France, imagine in Finland…)
You pay taxes if you gain more weight than the allowed
You need to buy clean oxygen bottles
However, there is something related to globalization, markets-driven capitals, governments, behaviors and societies…
ICT According to the Smart 2020
report ICT can save up to
15% of global
emissions in 2020.
7.8 GtCO2
By enabling energy efficiency
in sectors like transport,
energy, industry and buildings.
How?Green ICT
Complete LC for ICT
Interoperability (IoT)
ICT for greening
Efficency Opportunity
Built Infrastructure and Systems• Smart Systems/Grids: Buildings, Logistics, Electricity,
Transportation.
Ecosystems services and the enviroment• Computational Techniques for data-driven science
supported on modeling and simulation.
Sociotechnical systems• ICT and particular real-time tools
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCRKvDyyHmI
Conclusions ICT is an optimization opportunity, however ICT is not neutral.
Materials, Ubiquitous and pervasive technologies.
Circular economy is a solution for sustainability Growth philosophies, Increase lifespan of products, Living world cycle model as a model,
rethinking proccess
ICT is an opportunity to promote changes in societies’ and human behaviors
Green ICT allows manage different enviroments and complete LCs
Enviroment
EconomyPeople
Course Review We highly reccommend this course because
Promotes critical thinking and argumentation. Review hot topics
Sustainability as a challenge for our futures Key players in a modern sustainable society ICT as the next revolution.
Books: Computing research for sustainability (National Research Council) : Technical oriented,
How to integrate smart systems into societies. Computing our way to paradise (Robert Rattle) : Human centric view, society oriented by
examples of consumption, economies, education and social systems.
What can I do?
Easy Habits
Use the saving mode of your smartphone
Avoid leave your devices’ chargers connected
Attachments? Use Cloud and attach the link!
Find out the energy source from your electricity provider
Avoid to eat meat one day per week Or one meal per week
Find out more information about the brands you consume Or check the Eco-labels
Key Facts
ICT= 2% of global CO2
Recycling has increased by 7% last 5 years
1 Google Search = 0.2gr of CO2
In Finland,production of 1 kWh of electricity = 120 g of CO2
5 min shower = 75-130L of water
End the hunger?1 kg meat = 15 000 L water/14Kg grain1 calorie meat = 28 fossil fuel energy calories
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