Energy efficiency in ITAn introduction

Barbara PerniciDip. Elettronica ed InformazionePolitecnico di Milano

Energy Reductions

enabled by ICT

Energy Consumption

of ICT solutions~8% of total electricity consumption

~15% by 2020

Sources: Pickavet & all (UGent-IBBT)Source: An ICT policy agenda to 2015 for Europe (Swedish Presidency)2

European CommissionDG Information Society and Media, Unit H4

Services and Energy EfficiencyGreen IS

• Service centres design (B. Pernici)• Service centres and networks (E. Gelenbe)

IS for Green

• Developing capabilities for sustainable ICT (B. Donnellan)• Establishing green processes in organisations (J. vom Brocke)• A ‘Smart World’ perspective (M. Aiello)• An ethical perspective (M. Kretsis)

What IS Can Do for Environmental Sustainability: A Report from CAiSE’11 Panel on Green and Sustainable IS, CAIS, VOL. 30, 20120

Green Active Management of Energy in IT Servicecentres

EU STREP Project no. 248514Call FP7-ICT-2009-4Jan. 2010 – June 2012

GAMES focusEnergy-efficient service centers

From applications

To infrastructure

and back

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