1. Benefits and impacts of IT applications: are e-commerce, telecommuting or e-learning good for the environment? Yves Loerincik, Swiss Institute of Technology, Lausanne World Summit on the Information Society, December 2003

2. What applications of ICT are good for the environment? What has to be taken into account? How to promote good practices and limit the environmental impact?

3. Buying software on-line Downloading music from the Internet Digital camera ….. Virtualisation

4. On-line phone book (470’000 tons a year) Public transport timetable On-line newspaper: what information are you looking for? Paperless office …… Dematerialisation

5. 0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 70000 80000 90000 1900191019201930194019501960197019801990 Thousands of tons Source: I. Wernick, J. Ausubel Paper consumption

6. e-services E-commerce E-banking Telework Telepresence ….. Telepresence = less travel?

7. e-commerce Save travel Save buildings Less stocks ….. Green buying?

8. More packaging Rapid delivery Access to other market Traffic jam …..

9. Telework Save travel Save buildings

10. Telework But: Do you have computers at home and at your office? Do you have two offices? What is the energy consumption of your house? Do you drive more, because you save time? What do you do with the spare time? …..

11. Intelligent cities Smart homes, e.g. heating Intelligent transport systems

12. Ressources management; Animals population management; Pollution control; Deforestation control; Etc… Environmental protection

13. -Economy for the city - Benefits for the environment - The monitoring system is just a tool - http://www.crem.chhttp://www.crem.ch TELEMONITORING SYSTEM, MARTIGNY

14. Environmental information E-learning Environmental information Networks ….. But All kind of information one can’t force people….

15. Thank you for your attention: for more information www.wsis.ethz.ch Yves.Loerincik@epfl.ch