Bay Area Technology Forum 2008 City & County of San Francisco Green ICT Program

1. Bay Area Technology Forum 2008 City & County of San Francisco Green ICT Program September 11, 2008

2. Welcome to San Francisco

3. San Francisco Climate Goals Greenhouse Gas Emissions No Change Scenario Actual 9.7 2002 Climate Change Resolution Goal 9.1 9.2 7.3 Million Tons eCO2 6.8 5.5 2008 Targets 1.8 GHG Reduction Targets 25% 50% 80% 1990 2000 2005 2012 2017 2025 2050

4. Green ICT Paradox • ICT Contributes to GHG crisis - • According to Gartner, ICT accounts for approximately 2% of global carbon dioxide emissions • Roughly the same emission level as aviation • ICT Potential to reduce GHGs greatly exceeds impact • Dematerialization of economy • More efficient buildings • More efficient transportation • More efficient services

5. Enables Dematerialization • Substitute high carbon products and services with low carbon alternatives • Already happening: • e-mail for paper • e-gov • telecommuting • To reach full potential: • Big broadband • Symmetrical broadband

6. Big, Symmetrical Broadband • Telecom incumbents still think of broadband as a way to deliver entertainment, not as a utility • Asymetrical • Closed • To really substitute for physical presence, for work, education, medicine need two way video • City fiber to the home run as a utility: • Symmetrical • Open access with multiple providers • San Francisco, Seattle, Portland all researching

7. Urban Telemedicine Providing fiber based broadband connections to 11 community health centers Reduce need to travel to see specialist or medical translator Translation service currently shared with Alameda County’s Highland Hospital Transportation SFPark Information to drivers about parking opportunities Variable pricing Potential CHG Reductions: Reduce unnecessary driving searching for parking Discourage driving through pricing policies Still in pilot phase GWC

8. GWC: EcoMap • Engage Citizens by • Show resources, consumption • Facilitating planning for mitigation • Build on City’s Solar Map

9. Building Management • Use digital controls • Example: Dept of Technology headquarters undergoing retrofit of HVAC and lighting system • Replace pneumatic controls with direct digital controls and other measures • Reduce energy consumption by 1,300,000 kWh/yr 3600/kWh day

10. Green ICT Defined • By “Green” we mean a reduction in the - • energy consumed and green house gas emissions • waste produced and materials used • By “Information and communications technology (ICT)” we mean electronic - • devices that are linked to communications networks • whose essential function is the creation, manipulation, storage, movement or presentation of information in any human or machine readable form.

11. Green ICT Framework • Vision – Connected Urban Development • Mission – Measure and reduce carbon footprint by 24% by 2012 • Simple approach • Build a baseline • Implement projects that very clearly meet targeted reductions • Measure and communicate results

12. Greening ICT in San Francisco Mayor’s Executive Directive “Initiatives to Measure and Reduce Environmental Impact of Government ICT” Connected Urban Development Conference – Amsterdam Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Resolution Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Ordinance Sep 2008 Feb 2002 June 2005 Feb 2008 Mar 2003 Oct 2007 Apr 2008 Jan 2009 Precautionary Principle Adopted Green ICT project launched as part of CUD initiative City Climate Change ordinance requires Departmental Action Plans Departmental Climate Action Plans To Be Completed

13. Build A Baseline • Assess energy consumption • Create initial baseline for City of environmental impact of ICT • Determine what areas will have the most impact on action plans

14. ICT Electricity Consumption in Commercial Office Buildings 15,628 Kwh/day 14,264 Kwh/day % Building Electricity Use ICT=26% ICT=20% ICT=28% 4,327 Kwh/day ICT=26% 3,699 Kwh/day U.S. Average California Average City Hall 1 South Van Ness U.S. DoE CBECS Data CA Energy Commission CEUS Data

15. Electricity Consumption – Main Data Center 4,334 Kwh/day Kwh of Electricity Use “Best Practice” -45% 2,384 Kwh/day “State-of-the-Art” -55% 1,950 Kwh/day Existing Data Center New Data Center, 2010

16. Implement Projects • Implement policies • Direct projects • Environmentally-preferable purchasing • ICT Use Program • ICT Disposal Program • Indirect projects • Consolidation • Standardization • Simplification

17. Top 5 Green ICT Contributions Duplex Printing (1,360 Tons eCO2) kWh (millions) Printer Consolidation 2.8 Environmentally Preferable Purchasing 1.5 Desktop Energy Efficiency 27.3 Green DTIS Data Center 1.6 2009 through 2011

18. Green ICT Benefits – Manufacturing Summary of environmental benefits for purchase of 9,000 EPEAT Certified Desktop Computers Source EPA – Electronic Environmental Benefits Calculator

19. Green ICT Benefits - Manufacturing Detail of environmental benefits for EPEAT PC’s Water emissions reductions Toxic Material Savings Hazardous waste reductions

20. Green ICT Benefits – End of Life CO2 Reduction per Annum from re-use of 18,000 desktop Personal Computers retired by the City kg eCo2

21. Implementing Projects • EPEAT Gold • Strengthen, enforce and provide tools for power management policies • Limit personal printers and phase out legacy printers • New standard for PC life 4 years • Design and build efficient data center

22. Pilot Projects • Benefits of virtualization • Currently evaluating • Anticipated component of new data center • Thin Client Computing • Examine existing limited deployments: • Sheriff • Port • Evaluate in the context of IT • Infrastructure necessary • Operational and security pros/cons • Benefits relative to well managed PC environment • Evaluation of Environmental Impact of IT Projects • Develop Triple Bottom Line Framework for IT Projects