Presentation of Pernilla Bergmark, from Ericsson Research at ITU Green Standards Week. September 18, 2013, Madrid

1. Pernilla Bergmark
Leveraging ICT in smart
sustainable cities

2. Leveraging ICT in Smart
Sustainable CitIES
pernilla.bergmark@ericsson.com
Master Researcher,
Sustainability assessments
GREEN STANDARDS WEEK 2013
High Level Segment on Smart Sustainable Cities
September 2013

3. The urbanization trend
…and its challenges

4. SHAPING
SUSTAINABLE
CITIES… …in the networked
society

5. Methodology
establishment
Methodology
evaluation
LCA a tool for understanding – not for accounting
Results are complex – as reality is complex
Time to make use of methodologies
Time to share results
Assessments Actions
Methodology evolution (improvements, new assessment targets…)

6. Products
City administration City ICT footprint City
use of ICT
Networks Services Organizations Society
Potential
Solution Society
Complexity
Different
impacts
CO2e

7. Connected buses, BrazilSmart meters, Australia
CASE STUDIES
Case study: Connected buses
Potential reduction scenarios :
1:4 if the bus operation can be made 1 percent more
efficient
1:3 if car travel can be reduced by 0.1 percent
1:30 if car travel can be reduced by 1 percent

8. Assessment of ICT solution in
City A
Assessment parameters:
•ICT solution components life
cycle impacts
•Changed activities due to
solution
•Environmental, social and
economic effects
•Energy mix in geographic
area
City A
Setting and profile
City B
Setting and profile
Impacts e.g. resource
depletion, kWh, CO2
City profile A City profile B
• Energy mix A
• Activities X,Y,Z
• Type of ICT components
• Drivers and barriers
• Location profile
• Addressable market
• …
Scaling method
• Energy mix B
• Activities W,Q,R
• Type of ICT components
• Drivers and barriers
• Location profile
• Addressable market
• …
Impact
Results transferred to City B

9. Policy makers
CompaniesAcademia
Solutions and
assessments
Solutions and
assessments
Drivers and
barriers
A widened perspective on
climate change mitigation
through ICT:
From technology potential
to actual use
… identifying
the success factors
The data gap:
ICT solutions are reducing
the climate impact of the
the ICT sector –
what are the current benefits
in other sectors?

10. Methodology:
Evaluating sustainability of using ICT solutions in smart cities –
methodology requirements (N. Lövehagen, A. Bondesson)
http://e-collection.library.ethz.ch/eserv/eth:6558/eth-6558-01.pdf p 181-188
Case studies:
http://www.ericsson.com/thecompany/sustainability_corporateresponsibility/enabling_a_low_carbon_economy
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11. • Cities as prime motors for creating the sustainable Networked Society
• Connectivity a key to manage urbanization challenges
• Life cycle assessments captures environmental potential of ICT solutions
– Magnitudes and complexity
• The impact from drivers, barriers and rebound needs to be considered
• Time to use assessment standards to identify promising ICT solutions and to
share best practices between cities
– From non-transparent figures, what-if and use stage perspective and ICT sector focus
…to measurements by all sectors and a life cycle perspective
– Don´t forget the baseline
• ICT solutions offer the potential – policy framework etc sets their success!

13. Thank you