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Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities for Synchrotrons and Remote Instrumentation Bill St. Arnaud CANARIE Inc – www.canarie.ca [email_address] Unless otherwise noted all material in this slide deck may be reproduced, modified or distributed without prior permission of the author

Climate Forecasts MIT ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

2008 second warmest year September 2009 warmest ever

[object Object],[object Object],j 15 - 20 tons/person 1 ton/person 2008 2050 ? 2100 2 tons/person Source: Stern 2008 Our Challenge

ICT and Cyber-infrastructure and CO2 emissions* ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],*An Inefficient Tuth: http://www.globalactionplan.org.uk/event_detail.aspx?eid=2696e0e0-28fe-4121-bd36-3670c02eda49 6

Growth Projections Data Centers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: Gartner; Meeting the DC power and cooling challenge

Impact on Big Instruments and CI ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Federal Climate Legislation

State GHG Targets 2009 SOURCE: Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Climate101-State Actions, January 2009 42% of States Have Existing GHG Reduction Targets

GHG Regulation in British Columbia ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],SOURCE: “Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report 2007”, Ministry of Environment, Victoria, British Columbia, July 2009 Source: Jerry Sheehan UCSD

The Cost of Regulation: The University of British Columbia SOURCE: UBC Sustainability Office, August 2009 SOURCE: http://climateaction.ubc.ca/category/emission-sources SOURCE : UBC Climate Action Plan, GHG 2006 Inventory Source: Jerry Sheehan UCSD UBC Greenhouse Gas Liability 2010-2012 2010 2011 2012 Carbon Offset $1,602,750 $1,602,750 $1,602,750 Carbon Tax $1,179,940 $1,474,925 $1,769,910 Total $2,782,690 $3,077,675 $3,372,660

The Falsehood of Energy Efficiency ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Building a zero carbon CI infrastructure

MIT to build zero carbon data center in Holyoke MA ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Many examples already Hydro-electric powered data centers Data Islandia Digital Data Archive ASIO solar powered data centers Wind powered data centers Ecotricity in UK builds windmills at data center locations with no capital cost to user

Grand Challenge – Building robust CI services using renewable energy only ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

CANARIE Green-IT Pilot ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],25

Economic benefits of follow the wind/sun architectures ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],University R&D: CCSIP ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What are carbon offsets? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Carbon Economy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: ClimateCheck 20

Do your carbon inventory NOW!! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],19

Policy approaches to reducing CO2 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],28

Carbon Rewards rather carbon taxes – “gCommerce” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],29

Virtualization and De-materialization Source: European Commission Joint Research Centre, “The Future Impact of ICTs on Environmental Sustainability”, August 2004 Direct replacement of physical goods – 10% - 20% impact

Virtualization is key ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],MIT’s Sixth sense

Digital vs Traditional appliances

Case Western pilot with Kindle DX ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Free Wifi on Buses ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],32

Carbon Reward Strategy for last mile infrastructure ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],33

Final remarks ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Thank you ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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