role of green ICT in enabling smart growth in Estonia“24 reveals that Estonian enterprises realize the role of ICT solutions and, using green ICT, seek ways of making manufacturing processes more efficient and environmentally friendly. The adoption of such solutions is largely motivated by the desire to save money, although conservation as such is also considered important.
Green ICT solutions can be found in many walks of life. An example of building energy efficiency is the smart house solution devised by an Estonian company, Yoga. The company estimates that the design will allow the heating costs for the building to be reduced by as much as 30 %. In the field of transport, ICT is used to optimize itineraries. Estonia’s biggest telecoms companies, EMT and Elion, are piloting solutions where residual heat from server rooms is used to heat surrounding offices and homes. An active community on a western island is behind the Smart Vormsi project designed to improve the living environment for the islanders (see p 32).
In addition, resource savings are provided by the replacement of services that require paper copies and in-person office visits with online services and software solutions. Although the state sector has had an active role in this area (ID cards, X-road, e-health, e-school, electronic tax returns) there are also good examples from the private sector, such as Internet banking and mobile parking, green ICT solutions that have been in use for over 10 years.
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