Standardization activities on ICTs & climate change

Author

Kim, Eunsook ; Kim, Yong-woon ; Kim, Hyoung Jun ; Hae Won Jung

Author_Institution

Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Stand. Res. Center, South Korea

fYear

2009

fDate

18-22 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector was observed to emit 2 to 2.5% of GHG among the total GHG emission. However, it is predicted that ICT sector will be one of the major GHG sources as it could be reach to 10 to 15% of the total emission by the increased use of ICTs on our life and many sectors. Major International standard bodies have started to study on reducing CO₂ emission from ICTs. The study includes methods to measure electricity consumed by ICTs, to reduce the rate of electricity usage and to use of non-fossil fuel sources, which will be key methods to control the carbon footprint of the ICT sector. This paper attempts to introduce the on-going standardization activities on ICTs and climate change.

Keywords

climate mitigation; information technology; standardisation; telecommunication industry; telecommunication standards; ICT sector; carbon footprint; climate change; electricity usage; information and communication technology; nonfossil fuel sources; standardization activity; Carbon dioxide; Communications technology; Energy consumption; Global warming; Power generation; Space technology; Standardization; Standards development; Standards organizations; Telecommunication standards;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Energy Conference, 2009. INTELEC 2009. 31st International

Conference_Location

Incheon

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2490-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2491-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INTLEC.2009.5351779

Filename

5351779