Green electronics. The Environmental Fair, Helsinki Oct 7, 2010 Juha Palve, VP, Electronics VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

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1 Green electronics The Environmental Fair, Helsinki Oct 7, 2010 Juha Palve, VP, Electronics VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

2 2 What is green electronics? 1) Electronic products and components that have minimum environmental effects throughout their lifecycle No environmentally harmful materials used (WEE / RoHS) Eco-efficient manufacturing process Consume less power (in operation and stand-by modes) Fully recyclable, no hazardous waste 2) New electronics applications that enable sustainable and environmentally friendly solutions both in industrial and consumer sectors

3 3 Why should the companies invest in green electronics? Strong trend towards sustainability and eco-efficiency in all industrial sectors: future competitiveness calls for "being green" Huge future market potential for green applications both in industrialized and developing countries Consumer awareness on environmental issues is constantly increasing Cost-savings for manufacturers in energy consumption, materials, packaging, logistics, waste management etc.

4 4 Rate of green investment Over the next year, my company's rate of investment in green strategies/policies will..? Incrase 67% Remain unchanged 33% Decrease 0% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% Source: Frost & Sullivan 2008

5 5 Drivers/motivators of going green Potential competitive advantage Growth opportunity for company Corporate social responsibility Meeting customer expectations / requirements New technology opportunities Ability to enter new markets Green image Product development 69% 67% 62% 61% 59% 54% 50% 46% Potential cost savings Leverage existing markets 33% 38% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% Source: Frost & Sullivan 2008

6 6 VTT s strategic research portfolio Addressing innovations, business, services and people Materials for breakthroughs functional materials and nanotechnology bio-based chemicals and precursors industrial biomaterials wood-fibre value chain Enabling electronics and photonics high-performance microsystems printed intelligence sensing solutions Digital world Low carbon technologies in energy efficient use of energy renewable energy sources nuclear energy, clean fossil energy energy systems, modelling for changes Industrial resource efficiency industrial biotechnology - green chemistry clean water, waste refinery resource efficient processes Sustainable development Technologies for health and wellbeing healthier food solutions drug discovery molecular diagnostics ICT for health Eco-efficient intelligent built environment integrated design, production and use connected sustainable districts multimodal intelligent transport comfort, health, safety and accessibility Emancipation of data digital ubiquitous services cognitive communications systems, interoperability cloudy internet green ICT Agile industrial systems organisation and management of global manufacturing simulation based engineering eco-efficient machines human and organisational practices VTT Group Strategy For external use

7 7 Examples of green electronics solutions by VTT Electronics products that consume less energy LED lightning, low-power electronics Portable devices Non-toxic, eco-efficient products and manufacturing processes Printed (disposable) sensors, recyclability RFID in life-cycle management Energy solutions Printed solar cells, Energy harvesting Energy storage technologies, batteries Environmental monitoring (Industrial) emissions measurement (CO 2, ), Quality monitoring of liquid and solid fuels Environmentally friendly electronics solutions Water taps with optical sensors, sensor technologies for monitoring industrial processes

8 8 Electronics products that consume less energy

9 9 Key technologies and solutions Optical user interfaces Backlighting Low power illumination Embedded illumination solutions Power LED lighting Signs and displays General lighting In-line sensors Machine-vision lighting Sensor modules Process sensors Module packaging Substrates, assembly, joining, prototype, manufacturing, characterisation, reliability testing Enabling technologies Polymer integration Multi-layer lamination, assembled foil over-moulding, nano-imprinting Design Optics, 3D system design, thermal management, integrated electronics

10 10 Energy-efficiency, green environment and adaptable lighting with LED-based illumination Worldwide lighting consumes % of the energy in buildings Significant savings with high efficiency LED light sources LEDs are environmentally friendly during the usage as well as in the disposal phase No toxic materials such as mercury Longer lifetime: robustness, no high pressure, glass covering or glow filament Enables adaptive lighting: Combined sensor and lighting Intensity, colour and spatial distribution can be modified Novel 3D integration

11 11 Customer: VTI Technologies Customer reference: Removing obstacles of miniaturization of electronic devices Challenge: How to develop quartz resonators in order to reduce the size and weight of electronic devices and improve their performance. Solution: Developing a new micro-resonator in which the quartz crystal is replaced with silicon. Key benefits: Hundred times smaller resonator, enabling smaller and lighter devices. Signal quality is superior to quartz crystal and the performance is extremely stable. Opening up new opportunities e.g. for miniature wireless devices, biometric identifiers and slimmer displays.

12 12 Non-toxic, eco-efficient products and manufacturing processes

13 13 Printed electrical code Printed coding system developed by VTT and Nicanti Inexpensive near transparent electrical codes for high volume disposable applications Brand authentication, hybrid-media purposes The coding system is composed of: Tags based on electrical ink Low cost reader Code database server and secure encrypted communication

14 14 Product tracking, life-cycle management Tags are environmentally friendly No heavy metals, no transfer films, etc Can be recycled as newsprint Easy disposal RFID technology in life-cycle management

15 15 Energy solutions

16 16 Energy harvesting from mechanical vibration Replaces battery in low power applications Ideal for powering wireless applications Utilizes ultra low power circuit design techniques Simulated power 10 W (acc. 10g, freq. 10Hz) The use of MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) offers a compact and cost-effective solution for manufacturing the harvester component Hybrid harvester design (patent pending) Main benefits for industry No battery changes Small scale production possible piezoelectric harvester additional mass capacitive harvester MEMS energy harvester from vibration

17 17 Printed solar cells and batteries Thin film solar cells The use of large area roll-to-roll (R2R) production technologies offers a very costefficient way to produce thin film solar cells on flexible substrates Printed enzymatic power source Enzymatic fuel cell, runs on glucose and air (oxygen) Non-toxic components, fully disposable Suitable for mass production E.g. for intelligent packaging or printed displays Energy storage and printed batteries Thin film batteries on flexible substrates Novel processing concepts based on different R2R technologies: printing, coating, evaporation etc. Both organic and inorganic batteries

18 18 Environmental monitoring

19 19 Quality monitoring of fuels Liquid fuels Optical fuel quality sensor for passenger cars and heavy duty vehicles Solid fuels Cost-efficient and robust sensor technologies Main benefits for industry Process optimization (e.g. combustion) Improvement in energy-efficiency Advanced pricing systems

20 20 Emission measurements Remote measurement of vehicle emissions Exhausts measured include CO2, CO, HC, CH4, NMHC and NO This prototype has been developed in co-operation with European research project REVEAL

21 21 Emission measurements Industrial emission measurement One of the most challenging and still partly unresolved demand in environmental analysis is the measurement of the volatile organic compounds (VOC). VOCs are normally present as mixtures and in low concentrations The VOC-directive (Directive 99/13/EC) sets very strict limits (in some cases below 1 ppm) CO2 and water vapour disturb the measurements

22 22 Airborne measurements Imaging spectral signature instrument European Space Agency needed a spectral imaging instrument whose data can be processed optically on line so that the target image is visible immediately after downlink of satellite data to the ground station.

23 23 Airborne measurements Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) layout (Courtesy of TNO-TPD). OMI includes VTT's scientific CCD - the instrument is currently flying onboard NASA EOS-AURA satellite creating ozone maps of Earth's atmosphere with high resolution.

24 24 Customer reference: Carbon dioxide under control Customer: Vaisala Group Challenge: More accurate and reliable measuring of carbon dioxide concentrations in air Solution: Together with Vaisala Group VTT has developed a new measuring method For determining the carbon dioxide concentration in air. Based on the use of extremely small micromechanical components, the method omits the need for wearable parts that require maintenance

25 25 Customer reference: Carbon dioxide under control Key benefits: More accurate ventilation control, greenhouse adjustments, bioprocess management and ecological climate measurements The new technique conserves energy and offers reliable improvement in air quality in production bays, greenhouses, public facilities and homes alike Vaisala Group has based its CARBOCAP family on the technology and achieved a strong position in its chosen sector in the international markets

26 26 Environmentally friendly electronics solutions

27 27 Customer reference: Sensor technology Cuts water consumption by half Customer: Oras Ltd Challenge: Most of the water we consume goes to waste Solution: Together with Oras Ltd we have developed sensor technology for electronic faucets. The sensors automatically prevent any unnecessary flow of water Key benefits: The new technology can reduce water consumption by up to 50% Oras has successfully introduced the innovation to the international markets as the Oras Electra tap

28 28 Leading-edge measurement technologies for process monitoring In the paper industry, VTT has developed novel optical sensor technologies for paper measurement and control applications State-of-the-art paper sensors are used to increase paper production quality and runnability Optimized processes result in less waste and more efficient utilization of raw materials Critical parameters, which can be on-line monitored, include moisture, color, coating thickness, moisture profile, gloss, and formation measurements VTT offers advanced process monitoring solutions for various industrial applications, contributing to ecoefficient processes Color Paper Moisture Coating measurement, moisture, profile measurement, IQMoisture thickness, IQColor IQInsight IQMulticoat

29 29 Energy production measurements Goals Optimisation of process (e.g. combustion) Improvement in energy-efficiency Advanced pricing systems Quality monitoring of raw materials in energy production Wood chips moisture monitoring Portable peat moisture analyser Biofuels and biorefinery measurements

30 30 Future focus areas in green electronics Environmentally friendly solutions Printed intelligence Decentralized energy production Printable solar cells Energy harvesting solutions New battery technologies Electronics products with minimized power consumption Low-power electronics and LED lighting Environmental measurements and more efficient production processes RFID in life-cycle management Intelligent energy consumption measurement

31 31 VTT creates business from technology