Many of the opportunities for Telcos to enable reductions Fleet management solutions
in CO
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emissions (emissions) are well understood. Many large businesses around the world have
Indeed the industry is already active in a number of areas: implemented fleet management solutions; these
provide specific features such as real-time scheduling
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and network optimisation enabled by mobile
– Dematerialisation to reduce the production of
communication technologies that result in a reduction
DVDs, paper, etc.
in operating costs as well as emissions.
– Cloud computing resulting in more efficient use of
IT equipment.
Many major retailers have leveraged these solutions
– Remote medical monitoring of out-patients to
successfully to optimise store locations, and balance
reduce travel and demand for in-patient services.
warehouse capacities and daily throughput limits to
improve transport schedules. For example, fleet
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management initiatives allowed Tesco to reduce its
– Decentralising business districts resulting in less
carbon footprint by 10.2% in 2007. And they are on
travel and congestion.
target to achieve their longer term goal of a 50%
– Real-time fleet management to increase effective
reduction of CO
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produced per case delivered by 2011.
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usage.
Similarly, UPS has used ‘package flow’ to pack and
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sort its cargo, map out routes and significantly reduce
– Rollout of 1st generation smart meters that allows
the number of left-hand turns their drivers make.
remote monitoring/metering of power consumption
In 2006, this initiative reduced UPS’s delivery routes by
by utilities companies.
28.5 million miles and reduced carbon emissions by
However, the focus of this paper is in four key areas
31,000 metric tons.
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where Telcos could significantly enhance their current
contribution to reductions in emissions and cost in other
Recently, First Group – the UK’s largest bus operator –
industries, and at the same time increase revenues and
installed new telemetry technology across its UK fleet of
enhance brand equity. These opportunities relate to the
9,000 buses to help improve driving styles and reduce
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the carbon footprint of its buses. It is estimated that
made up 89% of all CO
First buses will achieve a reduction of 130,000 tonnes
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emissions by end users in the
UK in 2007 (see Figure 1):
of CO
2
within three years – the equivalent of removing
24,000 cars from the roads.
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solutions to optimise private transport and encourage
Enhanced satellite navigation
long-term transition from private to public transport.
TomTom’s partnership with Vodafone to launch High
Definition (HD) Traffic allows users to be routed around
P Opportunity 2: Business and Transport – use of real-time traffic congestion. Traffic flow data is
new management information (MI) solutions and generated by the movement patterns of mobile phones
performance management approach to encourage inside vehicles on the Vodafone network. This is then
uptake of existing collaborative working tools. combined with data from TomTom devices as well as
other traditional sources of traffic information to
P Opportunity 3: Residential – enable next generation
provide the drivers with unprecedented quality,
energy management solutions and tap into new CRM
accuracy, and coverage. The traffic information is
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opportunities.
Green Telecoms:
relayed in real time to TomTom devices enabled by
strategies and
Vodafone Machine to Machine (M2M) solutions.
implications for operators
P Opportunity 4: Business and Residential – optimise (December 2008)
network usage by discouraging IP traffic that
HD Traffic is already available in the Netherlands, the
9 International Transport
generates negative economic value.
UK, Germany, Switzerland and France. It will also be
Forum – Key Transport
available for major automotive manufacturers to
and Greenhouse Gas
And by exploiting these opportunities and other like Indicators – World: Total
include in their navigation solutions, as well as for
them, it has been estimated that the Telecommunications
CO
2
from Fuel
road authorities and businesses, which may use similar
Combustion including
industry could enable reductions in global CO
2
Telco-enabled technologies for dynamic traffic control
International Air and
emissions by between 5 and 10%.
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Maritime (2005)
or fleet management.
10 Department for Transport
Opportunity 1: Transport – use of telemetry solutions
Yet while advanced navigation solutions are likely to
– Freight Best Practice
to optimise private transport and encourage publication – Tesco Sets
improve the efficient management of traffic, the
long-term transition from private to public transport
the Pace on Low Carbon
environmental impact is less clear. This is because
and Efficiency
Current activities
vehicles may be re-routed, in order to minimise travel
(January 2009)
The Transport sector currently accounts for 28% of
times, via smaller local roads not designed for high
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carbon emissions in the UK and 23% globally.
9 volumes. Not only is the additional mileage likely to
Left-Hand-Turn
Consequently, there are already a number of initiatives
increase direct emissions but it may also result in further
Elimination
(9 December 2007)
to reduce these levels. Two key areas are fleet
emissions associated with additional maintenance of
management and satellite navigation with real-time
minor roads.
12 First Group – Green Light
for better bus driving
traffic information.
(August 2009)
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