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Environmental futures
Ian Hill, Chief Sustainability Officer, Openreach
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Contents
 Climate change & the ICT industry
 Openreach activities
 Ethernet & the environment
The quest for excellence
Sector Winner 2001 – 2008
Sector Winner 2007 - 2008
average temperature of earth
18°
C
15°
C
carbon dioxide level in atmosphere
300ppm
7°C
200ppm
-400,000
Source: Carbon Sense
-300,000
-200,000
-100,000
today
50% global reduction on 1990 levels by 2050
80
CO2e (Gtonnes)
70
50% reduction
= 450ppm CO2
= 2oC temp rise
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1990
2000
2010
BAU (+1.2%pa)
2020
-2.1%
2030
-2.8%
2040
-4.4%
2050
-6.1%
Average world GDP growth at constant prices (1980 to 2007) = 3.6% pa
Decoupling of world CO2e emissions from economy (1990 to 2007) = 2.4% pa
Net business as usual growth of world CO2e emissions = 1.2 % pa
Total greenhouse gas emission pathways
80
Emissions of greenhouse
gases (GtCO2e)
2025 peak
2020 peak
60
2015 peak
40
20
0
2000
2020
2040
2060
Year
Anderson & Bows. 2008 Philosophical Transactions
A of the Royal Society. 366. pp.3863-3882
2080
2100
The weather is changing
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Average temperatures rising, with more extreme heat waves
Rainfall patterns are changing with increased risks of flooding
Ground conditions are changing (landslides, subsidence and heave)
Glaciers are melting
Permafrost is thawing
Sea levels are rising
Storm surge heights are increasing
Intensity of storms is increasing
The ICT industry & climate change
Risk & opportunity
Global value of saved
energy and carbon =
>€640b pa by 2020
www.smart2020.org
ICT industry & climate change
Carbon reduction commitment
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Mandatory UK carbon trading system
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Applies to organisations with half hourly metered electricity, and who
consumed over £0.5m equivalent in 2008 - 5,000 UK businesses;
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Letters from the Environment Agency in July 2009 to billing addresses
of relevant properties, asking organisations to identify whether or not
they qualify;
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Commences in April 2010, but is based on billable energy consumed
during calendar 2008 and requires preparation now
Large potential penalties (and rewards) based on energy consumption
performance - public league tables;
Openreach emissions reduction
Targeted activities
 Sustainability
 Emission reduction
 Fleet improvements
 Waste reduction
 Responsible product development
Sustainability: Hierarchy of needs
Corporate
reputation
& retention
Disruptive market
innovation &
competitive advantage
Physical plant &
infrastructure adaptation
Legal compliance & regulation
• EU Electronic Waste Directive 2002
• UK Climate Change Act 2008
• EU Emissions Targets 2020
Emissions & waste
A whole ecosystem
1. Less material
shipped
6. Re-use =
less landfill
2. Less demand created by
re-use of existing products
5. Fault savings =
less truck rolls =
less co2
3. Less product
deliveries
4. Less gas used
to shrink
Emissions
Not a load of hot air!
23,500 vehicles
Over 200,000,000 miles a year
Over 30,000,000 litres of fuel
4-6 tonnes CO2 per annum
150 visits and c£400 per tonne
Improving our fleet
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Existing fleet
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Smaller, lighter and more
economical vehicles
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New, lighter vehicle racking and
equipment
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Low carbon fleet feasibility
Electric
Diesel electric hybrid
30% Bio Fuel
2-Man Tonner
For every 100kg change in
vehicle weight, fuel
consumption rises by 0.7l
per 100km
Road speed limiters
10% fuel challenge
Openreach waste
A few throwaways
BT total 80k tonnes pa
>25% via TECs
<45% Openreach
Every year we put into
the network:
– 80,000 poles
– 2m loop kms of
copper
£24 / tonne in 2007
£48 / tonne in 2010
– 7,000 types of
engineering material
Total waste is reducing & recycling
% has doubled
120000
80000
Total waste
Waste recycled
60000
46%
42%
42%
20000
34%
40000
26%
000 tonnes
100000
0
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Responsible product development
Connectivity services: environmental benefits
► More accurate testing means
less visits
 150 fewer visits = 1 tonne of
co2 emissions less
► Potential to offer CPs access and managed
control of service network termination
electronics
 Removes the need for CPs
to deploy additional
electronics
► Reduced power consumption lowers costs…
 …and co2!
► EBD moves Backhaul supply from individual
point-to-point services with a per service multiple
set of electronics and associated per service
fibre deployment to a shared infrastructure model
 Should lead to a lower
industry footprint
► EAD Aggregation - plans to offer multiple circuit
Tails through common hub site electronics and
individual handover electronics
 Reduces units produced and
overall power consumption
► EAD Flex - active electronics at the end user site
 Should consume far less
power than EAD electronics
Summary
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Environmental impacts are important considerations
Underestimating them will impact business success
Our Connectivity Services portfolio evolution is already part of this future
To make a difference we need our customers on board