ICTs and the Environment – ISACC Perspective Jim MacFie ISACC DOCUMENT #:GSC13-PLEN-03 FOR:Presentation SOURCE:ISACC AGENDA ITEM:6.9 (Plenary) ICTs and the Environment CONTACT(S):Jim MacFie Submission Date: June 26, 2008

Highlight of Current Activities January 29, 2008, Plenary ICT and the Environment –Industry Canada Electronics Product Recycling Standards –Electronic Product Stewardship Canada Smart Metering –Triacta Power Technologies Saving the Planet at the Speed of Light –CANARIE Energy Efficient Ethernet –IEEE 802.3az

Strategic Direction No clear operating ‘standards’ for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) recycling industry in Canada Founded Electronics Product Stewardship Canada working with regulators to implement shared responsibility stewardship model with roles for industry, government, and consumers. EPSC drafted the Electronics Recycling Standard to establish basic criteria electronics recyclers must meet Incorporates concerns and feedback from electronics manufacturers, environmental groups, and electronics recyclers Goes beyond provisions of ISO and addresses specific issues resulting from recycling electronics –Enhanced requirements for Environment, Health & safety –Prohibits use of prison labour –Prohibits shipping material to developing/non-OECD countries –Reinforces downstream accountability of waste

Strategic Direction More efficient computers and network equipment –Marginal gains “Zero carbon” data centers at remote renewable energy sites linked by optical networks New Internet architectures with servers, computers and storage collocated at remote renewable energy sites such as hydro dams, windmill farms, etc New routing and resiliency architectures for wired and wireless networks for massively disruptive topology changes due to setting sun or waning winds that power routers and servers New grid and data storage architectures with distributed replication and virtual machines New stats and measurement analysis of bits per carbon (bpc) utilization, optimized “carbon” routing tables, etc

Challenges Measure of value for energy efficiency is lacking Some considerations: –watts normalized per bit, per line, per subscriber – busy vs. idle values –network element vs. end-to-end application –instantaneous vs. time integrated Test specifications will also be required

Next Steps/Actions ISACC is willing to partner with GSC members on energy efficiency metrics and recycling harmonization. ISACC proposes a new GSC Resolution on ICTs and the Environment and has provided draft text.