Show me the data!

1. Show me the data! Jonathan Koomey, Ph.D. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory JGKoomey@lbl.gov, 510/486-5974, http://enduse.lbl.gov/ Talk is on the web at http://enduse.lbl.gov/shareddata/datatalk.ppt Presented at the Telecommunications Industry Energy Workshop AT&T Technology Center, Washington DC March 21, 2000

2. Data needs • Equipment sales • Power use (W) by operating mode • Usage (Hours) by operating modes • Equipment stocks (estimate using sales and lifetimes, and/or assess using surveys) • Materials use, reuse, and recycling • Estimate energy use and emissions • Systemic effects (e.g., telecommuting, e-commerce)

3. The rationale • Why collect these data? • Identify opportunities to save money • Track/evaluate efforts to capture those opportunities • Assess effects of government decisions or external events on company’s bottom line • Why share these data? • Benchmarking against comparable institutions

4. Join the network for energy, environment, efficiency, and the information economy (N4E) http://enduse.lbl.gov/n4e/

5. Issues to overcome • Proprietary nature of certain data • Proprietary nature of certain data • Proprietary nature of certain data • Proprietary nature of certain data • Proprietary nature of certain data • Proprietary nature of certain data • Proprietary nature of certain data • Proprietary nature of certain data