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Other green solutions Street lighting Global average: 9 kgCO 2 e/connection
Description
Carbon abatement mechanism
IoT enabled street lighting allows variable levels of lighting depending on the time of day and the extent to which people are nearby. IoT connection for electric scooters and electric bikes that are used instead of the normal mix of transportation (car, public transport, walking etc.).
The carbon saving is achieved through avoiding the use of streetlights when it is not necessary. Lower levels of street lighting may be used in less busy areas. Emissions avoided are from the reduced use of electricity. Vodafone provides IoT connections for e-vehicles such as e-scooters and e-bikes. Avoided emissions arise from customers that opt to use electric vehicles instead of using cars or some forms of public transport. The avoided emissions are calculated based on the fuel use from the journey avoided using the alternative mode of transport. The IoT-enabled network of solar panels communicate if there is a fault and can raise alarm if the system crashes. Having the connected solar panels allows technicians to remotely restart the system without having to travel to the solar park, reducing truck roll. This results in the avoidance of emissions associated with the saved fuel from not having to be at the solar park to restart the system. The devices are refurbished and redistributed (or recycled) at the end of the lease period. The devices’ lifespan is effectively extended. Avoided emissions are enabled as the devices lifecycle emissions are spread over a greater period of time, and through their redistribution as refurbished products, the production of a new device (and associated lifecycle emissions from the extraction of raw materials, production and manufacture, transportation and distribution etc.) is avoided.
Connected E-mobility Global e-bike average: 162 kgCO 2 e/connection Global e-scooter average: 187 kgCO 2 e/connection Global mixed e-mobility average: 167 kgCO 2 e/connection Connected solar panels Global average: 18 kgCO 2 e/SIM Device Lifecycle Management (‘DLM’) Green Global phone range: 20 – 44 kgCO 2 e/device Global tablet range: 37 – 82 kgCO 2 e/device
Solar panels connected through SIM cards.
The DLM Green scheme supplies and manages Vodafone’s customers with leased mobile phones and tablets, which are refurbished and resold at the end of the lease. The device leases range from 12-36 months.
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