20 februari 2014 (De)Energizing egovernment From green talk to green action Green eGov conference Steven Luitjens, director Logius Joris Gresnigt CSR Officer Logius

Agenda 20 februari 2014 Logius, public authority e-government 2 1.Why green gov with green egov? 2. How green egov? 3. What green egov? Greening by egov Greening of egov

1. Why green gov with green egov? Financial + aging challenge need for smaller, more efficient, effective government IT as enabler: egov Ecological + energy challenge need for a sustainable egovernment IT as enabler: egov Egov = green gov, helps green society. 20 februari 2014 Logius, public authority e-government 3

1. Why green gov with green egov? ENERGIZING 20 februari 2014 Logius, public authority e-government 4

2. How green egov? A. Standardise, do not compete on infrastructure Duplication of effort = waste environment + tax B.Use power of IT to smartly redesign processes Not automating existing processes 20 februari 2014 Logius, public authority e-government 5

3a Greening by egov services 20 februari 2014 Logius, public authority e-government 6 Input Sustainable Standard Cost Model an innovative 2 edged sword

Sustainable standard cost model Compare two scenarios: 100% paper vs (partly) digital Calculate ecological and financial impact Using activity based costing = administrative burden already used Using Ecoivent database for CO2 nummers (travel, ink, paper etc) 20 februari 2014 Logius, public authority e-government 7 Economy& Ecology

20 februari 2014 Logius, public authority e-government 8 Example e-invoices: financial

20 februari 2014 Logius, public authority e-government 9 Example e-invoices: ecological

20 februari 2014 Logius, public authority e-government 10 Hard to get good numbers Depends on assumptions Its just a start

3b Greening of egov services: why? IT huge environmental impact. 20 februari 2014 Logius, public authority e-government 11

Applications are like…… 20 februari 2014 Logius, public authority e-government 12 NO

Want: insight & reduction 20 februari 2014 Logius, public authority e-government 13 OF? manage

Focus on application Hardware consumes energy Why? Because software tells it to. 20 februari 2014 Logius, public authority e-government 14

Focus on application Wirths Law a.k.a. the great Moores Law compensator: SOFTWARE IS GETTING SLOWER MORE RAPIDLY THAN HARDWARE BECOMES FASTER. Niklaus Wirth, A Plea for Lean Software, Computer 28, februari 2014 Logius, public authority e-government 15

Shift Reduction loss in energy chain Reduction demand computing resources 20 februari 2014 Logius, public authority e-government 16

20 februari 2014 Logius, public authority e-government 17 Energy foot print 1 Kwh saves 24 euro

Towards energy label services & benchmark 20 februari 2014 Logius, dienst digitale overheid 18 AppTotalTransRE Citizens portal NL50,000kwh1 wh20% Citizens portal IT70,000kwh 1,5 wh35% Citizens portal GE40,000kwh3 wh21% Gov authentication app NL150,000kwh 2,2 wh30% Gov authentication app IT75,000kwh 1,8 wh20% Gov authentication app GE250,000kwh 2,6 wh80%

20 februari 2014 Logius, public authority e-government 19 Summary A smart government is a green government: greening makes real business sense IT is part of the problem, but also part of the solution Form coalitions of the willing, commercial and public Go ahead and try new things, steal from others

20 februari 2014 Logius, public authority e-government 20 GREEN ME UP SCOTTY 2.0 Questions?