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Paris, France (PRWEB) March 07, 2013
BIO Intelligence Service and Alcatel-Lucent have completed the ICT Sustainability Outlook: An Assessment of the Current State of Affairs and a Path Towards Improved Sustainability for Public Policies. This forward-looking study assesses the current state of the ICT sector’s sustainability and anticipates how it will evolve between now and 2020.
Key findings include:
More people are using more devices that are consuming more data. Alcatel-Lucents researchers at Bell Labs estimate that total network traffic could be 35 times greater than todays levels by 2020.
The ICT sector is currently responsible for approximately 2% of global greenhouse gas emissions. This is expected to increase to 4% by 2020. If network traffic continued to grow, but energy efficiency advances were not made, then the GHG emissions of the ICT sector would be 10 times greater than all other emissions sources combined.
The current generation of core network technologies is expected to reach its maximum energy efficiency by 2017. New technological breakthroughs will be required to move beyond this impasse.
The ICT sector and its products and services enable the global economy to operate more efficiently, resulting in the reduction of greenhouse gases that are five to seven times greater than the greenhouse gas emissions from the ICT sector itself.
Ambitious, long-term public policy that is made in cooperation with the ICT industry can help ensure that future breakthroughs are made. Of 50 public policies targeting the ICT sector in OECD countries, only 8 seek to maximize the benefit that ICT has across the economy.
Eric Labouze, Founder and CEO of BIO Intelligence Service, explains: “There is a common interest in making sure that the benefits of ICT are not outweighed by its environmental impact. That is not the case today, and so long as public policy makers and the ICT sector continue to work together in the future, we can be quite certain that the benefits will increase dramatically, while the negative impacts remain manageable.”
Gabrielle Gauthey, Vice President of Public Affairs at Alcatel-Lucent adds: “We are committed to working with our partners in the sector and in governments worldwide to ensure that our products enhance the lives of people around the world. That means providing useful services, like access to the world’s communications networks, but also being certain that the net environmental impacts are positive. As this study shows, that is the case. The ICT sector contributes more to reducing greenhouse gas emissions than it emits itself.”
The study concludes with the following recommendations for public policy makers:
1. build intelligently by deploying smart infrastructure and, in particular, the smart grid;
2. support energy efficient mobile network access;
3. anticipate and maximise the benefit of the cloud;
4. encourage and support advanced research;
5. support industry efforts to harmonise impact assessment methodologies.
The results of the study will be presented and discussed at an after-work networking cocktail at the BIO Intelligence Service headquarters in Paris on the evening of March 28, 2013.
About BIO Intelligence Service
Established in 1989, BIO is one of Europe’s leading research and consulting firms in the field of energy and environmental research, strategy, communications, and analysis.
Based in Paris, its team of international consultants work with a wide range of clients in both the public and private sectors. Past and current clients include the European Commission, the International Energy Agency, the governments of France, the United Kingdom, Spain, and Australia, as well as many Fortune 500 and Fortune 100 companies.
For more information, visit BIO Intelligence Service on: http://www.biois.com/.
About Alcatel-Lucent
The long-trusted partner of service providers, enterprises and governments around the world, Alcatel-Lucent is a leading innovator in the field of networking and communications technology, products and services. The company is home to Bell Labs, one of the world’s foremost research centers, responsible for breakthroughs that have shaped the networking and communications industry.
Alcatel-Lucent innovations are regularly recognized by international institutions for their positive impact on society. In 2012 and for the second year running, Alcatel-Lucent was named one of the Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators, recognition for the companys continued addition to its world-class patent portfolio, one of the largest in the telecom industry. Alcatel-Lucent has also been recognized for its sustainability performance. In 2012 the company was ranked Technology Supersector Leader by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Through its innovations, Alcatel-Lucent is making communications more sustainable, more affordable and more accessible as we pursue our mission of Realizing the Potential of a Connected World.
With operations throughout the world, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with global reach. The Company achieved revenues of Euro 14.4 billion in 2012 and is incorporated in France and headquartered in Paris.
For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com and follow the Company on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Alcatel_Lucent.
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