IBOR stands for ‘Integraal Beheer Openbare Ruimte’ which means Integral Maintenance of Public Spaces. It is a unique and integrated approach for managing objects in the public space environment. IBOR concerns the management and remote control of dynamic objects in public spaces, both integral as well as situational (with your mobile phone you can - for instance - switch lights on and off). The solution is built from the ground up using Microsoft technologies.
1. Hoe succesvol samenwerken
aan innovatieve oplossingen
An Innovative Truth III
Nederland duurzaam innovatief
Jan Willem Boissevain en Bastiaan de Wilde
22 juni 2011
CONTRIBUTORIT: 2% of global CO2 IT NL: 8% of energy use (75% datacenters > in 2020 expected to double over 2006 ENABLER:Forrester: UC will reduce 10-30% travel (in cost & Co2)WWF: Europe will save 20% travel via UC ( 22 MT Co2)The WWF - ETNO Report “Saving the climate @ the speed of light ...” suggests that ICT could yield savings of approximately 50 million tonnes of CO2 emissions per year globallyICT can reduce global emissions (7.8 billion tons) by 15% by 2020 (equals emission of US & China)Responsibility & unique chance to impact:Competence: Software/Global companySize: 92.000 Employees. 1 B customers. 450.000 partners (broad use of our products gives major chance for large impact)Chance to partner with other competences
Microsoft offers solutions today like virtualization, power management, and collaboration tools that can help customers reduce their energy usage, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and cut costs. Now we are taking the next step in our efforts to help address global environmental challenges by focusing on three core areas where Microsoft can achieve the greatest impact for our customers, for society, and for the company. Using Information Technology to Improve Energy Efficiency Today society has the opportunity to use software to help eliminate more greenhouse gas emissions annually than are currently released by all sources combined in the United States. At Microsoft, we are working to accelerate technology breakthroughs that enable the transition to a cleaner, more energy-efficient economy. Our investments will focus on: Reducing the energy use of information technology: With energy efficiency gains, the IT industry can dramatically increase computing productivity without increasing the amount of energy consumed by computers. Enabling an ecosystem that uses IT to improve energy efficiency: Microsoft will work with other leading companies to use software to drive significant energy efficiency gains in everything from buildings and transportation to manufacturing and energy grids. Building applications and services to track carbon emissions: To effectively reducegreenhouse gasses we need the ability to measure them accurately. Microsoft is developing solutions that will help businesses and governments track carbon emissions. Accelerating Research BreakthroughsScientific research into the impact that humankind has on complex environmental and biological systems will help provide the insights needed for effective policy change in government and increased environmental awareness in people. It will also provide the foundation for technological advancements in energy usage, resource management, and environmental planning. Microsoft Research is working with leading scientists to expand the boundaries of our knowledge of the planet. We’re also working to create the tools, technologies, and models to help accelerate scientific understanding on a global scale. Our efforts include: Enabling fundamental advances in science: Microsoft is working with the scientific community to monitor environmental conditions and develop computational methods and tools to help scientists correlate and analyze data across research efforts. Modeling the impact of climate change: Microsoft is helping to create advanced modeling technologies that will improve our understanding of global and local climate changes and the environmental consequences of human activity on species and ecosystems.Providing access to computing power for the scientific community: Microsoft will work with leading scientists around the world to provide access to our facilities, research, collaboration tools, and computing power to help them advance scientific research.Responsible Environmental LeadershipMicrosoft will cut the rate of our carbon emissions and continue to invest in efforts to significantly reduce our use of natural resources. The steps we’re taking include: Reducing Microsoft’s carbon footprint: Our goal is to reduce our carbon emissions per unit of revenue by at least 30 percent compared with 2007 levels by 2012. Steps we’ll take to achieve this include improving energy efficiency in our buildings and operations, reducing air travel, and increasing our use of renewable energy. Optimizing our supply chain: We’ll focus on reducing the environmental impact of our supply chain—from how we deliver software to customers, to environmental practices in factories building our devices, to the food we serve. Reducing our impact on the environment: We’ll continue to invest in programs and search for opportunities to reduce the environmental impact of our operations, including our waste stream, our water use, and our use of materials.
Energy Management: we workwithclients to save energy and coststhrough intelligent use of real-timeinformation, stimulatingbehaviouralchange to drive savings buildings and factories, vehiclefleets and streetlighting.Smart Utilities: We workwithclients to leverage smart and renewabletechnologies in real-time, to improve the predictability and performance of assets, reducecosts, generatecustomerinsight and shapenewenergysaving services.Sustainablemobility: We workwithclients to achievecost-efficient, convenient and easy to useelectricvehiclenetworkrsthrough charge point services. As well as multi-modal trip planning services forlowercosts and sustainable transport choices.Carbon management: We workwithclients to reduceenergy and compliancecostsbymeasuring, managing and reducing carbon footprint, as well as benchmarkingacrossfacilities to identify best practice and increasesavings.Sustainablesupplychain: We workwithclients to assessvulnerability to risksfrom high, volatileenergy and rawmaterialsprices overall as well as supplier “hot-spots”, leading to strategies and actions to increaseresilience and reducecosts.