Fourteen ICT services have been considered in this report based on a review of the Korean government ICT strategy and plans and current ICT services. Through literature studies and global benchmarking, 30 ICT services were pre-screened. Based on carbon abatement potential, technology maturity and correspondence with domestic policies to the number of services to be reviewed, the number was reduced to 14. These are presented in Table 4.
Table 4 − Reviewed ICT services
Possible areas of improvement
Selected 14 services
Transportation
Virtual meetings
Reduced building space through design
HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) automation
5 Second order effects of GHG emission abatement by ICT services
(use stage)
To estimate the impacts of using ICT services to achieve GHG abatement, the potential of 14 ICT enablers was assessed: real-time navigation (RTN), bus information system, e-logistics, telepresence, home energy management system (HEMS), smart grid, e-commerce, e-government, e-civil service, e-health care, digital contents, smart motor, e-learning, and smart work. The list of the services and sectors affected by adopting these ICT enablers is detailed in Table 5.
Table 5 − Measurement and quantification by sectors