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?

If everybody would do the same we would need…

1970: crossed point2014: 1.7 planets2050: 3 planets

One more question…

We need to do something…something called sustainable development Enviroment

EconomyPeople

“ 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

Somebody else is taking decisions for us, and If we are not able to moderate our own habits then….

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