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FIRST ITU GREEN
APPLICATION CHALLENGE |
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ITU
hosted a Green ICT Application Challenge,
sponsored by Blackberry and Telefonica, to find
the best and most innovative ICT application that would help combat
climate change. The application “Smart
Recycling” was awarded the winner of the
competition. Designed
by Lis Lugo Colls, from Spain, the application
aims to help mobile users locate recycling and
garbage bins within their area, and provide
advice generally on recycling.
Special mentions were given
the applications "Make me green", "Effi-e
Play Green", "Mobile
App to Use a Vehicle to its Fullest Capacity"
and "A Community-Based System for
Biodiversity Degradation".
Click here to relive the
2011 competition
Click here to find out about the 2012 editiion
Related news:
Meet the winner of the ITU Green ICT App
Challenge
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6th
ITU SYMPOSIUM
ON ICTS, THE ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE |
Accra Symposium endorsed a Call
to Action to advocate the role
of ICTs to enhance environmental
sustainability
The 6th ITU Symposium on ICTs,
the Environment and Climate
Change was held in Accra, Ghana in
July 2011. The event followed
the successful series of ITU
symposia on ICTs and climate
change conducted since 2008 in
the cities of Kyoto, London,
Quito, Seoul and Cairo.
The event in Accra was the first
to address the broader issue of
sustainable development,
identifying a number of possible
recommendations from the ICT
sector that could be presented
to the 2012 United Nations
Conference on Sustainable
Development (UNCSD 2012 or
Rio+20).
Relive the Symposium
Related news:
Technology a key tool in
addressing environmental
sustainability
Download the
"Accra
Call to Action"
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KEY ADVANCES ON STANDARDIZATION |
Use of ICTs for reducing GHG
emissions and e-waste
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New
recommendation |
Resources |
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ITU-T
L.1410
"Methodology
for
environmental
impacts of
Information and
Communication
Technologies
(ICT) goods,
networks and
services”.
This
Recommendation
provides a
standardized way
of assessing the
direct
environmental
impact of ICT
goods, networks
and services, as
well as their
indirect effect
on the
greenhouse gas
emissions of
non-ICT sectors.
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ITU-T L.1300
“Best Practices
for Green Data
Centers”.
This
Recommendation
outlines best
practices for
the use,
management and
planning of data
centres, for
cooling and
power equipment,
for the optimum
design of data
centre
buildings, and
for the
monitoring of
data centres
after
construction.
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ITU-T L.1100
“A method to
provide
recycling
information of
rare metals in
ICT products ”.
This
Recommendation
details the
procedures to be
employed when
recycling
rare materials
included in ICT
equipment.
The
recommendation
outlines key
considerations
in all phases of
the recycling
process, and
provides
guidelines as to
how
organizations
may fairly and
transparently
report on rare
metal recycling.
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FURTHER INFORMATION |
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highlights from
past years:
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