Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- IDC Opinion
- In This Study
- Situation Overview
- Introduction
- Figure: Changes in Temperature, Sea Level, and Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover, 1961-1990
- Figure: Global and Continental Temperature Change, 1900-2005
- Figure: Indicators of Human Influence on the Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases During the Industrial Era, 1000-2005
- Figure: Annual CO2 Emissions by Country, Average, 1950-2003 (MtC/Year)
- Figure: Worldwide Annual Per Capita Energy Consumption Versus GDP (U$; kWh)
- Climatic Impact
- Reductions Needed
- Table: Assessment of Human Influence on Projections for Extreme Weather Events
- Figure: Likely Impacts of Global Climate Change in the 21st Century
- Green Technology Implementation Issues
- Illusion of ICT as Green
- Figure: Global IT Spending on Servers and Power and Cooling Versus Installed Server Base (US$B)
- Figure: Global Information Creation Forecast Versus Available Storage (Petabytes/Year)
- Figure: Google Server Farm and Columbia River Dalles Dam at The Dalles, Oregon
- Telecom' s Contribution to Global Warming
- Figure: AT&T Global Network Operations Centre; Terremark Tier IV NAP of the Americas, 2008
- Carbon Disclosure Project Reveals Telecom Data
- Table: Comparison of Carbon Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Energy Consumption of Select International and Canadian Telecommunications Service Providers, 2006
- Green Is Good: Business Warms to Global Warming
- Figure: Agreement with Statement "Global Climate Change Is Real"
- Figure: Canadian Business Perceptions of Time Frame of Global Climate Change Impact
- Figure: Canadian Business Perceptions of Current and Optimal Involvement in Global Climate Change Reduction
- Organizational Responsibility for GHG Issues
- Corporate Governance and Compliance
- Figure: Canadian Business Top C-Level Executives' Most Important Reason for Making Green IT Investments, 2008
- Measure and Audit Consumption
- Figure: Canadian Business Awareness of Firm' s Carbon Footprint
- Carbon Footprint Reduction Practices: Power at the Centre
- Figure: Canadian Business Current Use of Programs to Reduce Overall Carbon Footprint
- Table: Canadian Business Use of Programs to Reduce Overall Carbon Footprint (% Respondents)
- Improved Efficiency, Virtualization, and Thin-Client Use
- Figure: Datacentre Equipment Power Density Projections, 1992-2014
- Figure: Energy Savings from Using Thin Clients Versus PCs
- Alternate Energy and Communications Colocation
- Figure: Alternate Wind and Solar Energy Sources
- Telecom as Green Enabler
- Figure: Key Green Questions for ICT Firms
- Figure: Green Enablement with ICT Technologies
- Optical Greening of Telecom Networks
- Figure: Energy Inputs and Environmental Depreciation Model of a Fibre-to-the-Home Network
- Vendor Profiles: Best Practices of Select International Telecom Operators
- Telstra
- Figure: Australia GHG Emission Scenarios With and Without Telecom Practices
- British Telecom Pursues Renewable Energy Options
- BT Embraces Alternate Energy to Go Off the Grid
- Fresh Air Cooling
- Figure: Datacentre Layout Can Improve Energy Efficiency
- Verizon Communications
- Vendor Profiles: Canadian Network Service Providers
- Bell Canada
- Table: Bell Canada GHG Emissions 2004-2006 (Metric Tons CO2)
- Teleworking: Stay At Home and Telephone
- Figure: Early Bell Canada Ad Promoting Teleworking, 1900
- eBilling
- Interactive Smart Energy Metering
- Alternate Energy Use
- Green Campuses
- Bell Aliant Regional Communications
- Figure: Bell Aliant CO2 Emission Savings from Alternate Energy-Powered Radio Stations, 2003-2006
- NorthwesTel Demonstrates Alternate Energy Colocation Benefits
- Telus
- Figure: Telus CO2 Emissions and Intensity, 2002-2006
- Table: Telus Energy Use and GHG Emissions, 2004-2006 (kWh and mT CO2)
- Teleconference Impact on GHG Reduction
- Fleet
- Figure: Telus Tests 10 All-Hydrogen Ford E-450 Shuttle Buses
- Telus Adopts LEED Building Standard
- Figure: Telus-Menkes LEED Green-Certified Toronto Tower
- Rogers
- MTS-Allstream
- Vehicle Fleet Idling Reduction
- EcoPass Green Commuting
- SaskTel
- Vendor Profiles: Best Practices of Select Network Equipment Vendors and Green Wireless Network Design
- Figure: Importance of Different Aspects of IT Suppliers' Green Initiatives
- Wireless Practices
- Figure: Average Mobile Phone User Annual CO2 Production, 1985-2005 (Kg/Year)
- Wireless Base Station
- Figure: Energy Consumption at a Typical Radio Base Station Site (Normalized; %)
- Figure: Continuous CO2 Reduction Through Improved Radio Base Station Design, 2005-2008 (mT)
- Figure: Energy Impact of Standby Power Management Feature on a Wireless Base Station Transmit-Receiver
- MSC-Server Blade Cluster
- Tower Sharing and Colocation
- Tower and Site Design
- Figure: Ericsson' s Wireless Tower Tube
- Alternative Energy Production
- Figure: Communication and Wind Tower Colocation Options
- eWaste Reduction
- Cell Phone Life Cycle and the Three Rs
- Figure: Mobile Network Life-Cycle Assessment (Annual Kg CO2-Equivalent-Per-Subscriber)
- Figure: Photographic Representation of Daily Discarded Cell Phones in the United States
- Future Outlook
- Essential Guidance
- Actions to Consider
- All Companies
- Network Service Providers
- ICT Vendors
- Government
- Individuals
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Online Resources on Green ICT
- General
- Climate Science
- Greenhouse Gas Data
- GHG Metrics
- Energy Statistics
- Energy Efficiency and ICT
- Telecom
- Building Standards
- Alternate Energy
- Definitions
- Methodology
- Synopsis
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