Energy efficiency in IT
An introduction
Barbara Pernici
Dip. Elettronica ed Informazione
Politecnico di Milano
Energy
Reductions
enabled by ICT
Energy
Consumption
of ICT solutions
~8% of total electricity consumpt
~15% by 2020
Source: An ICT policy agenda to 2015 for Europe (Swedish Presidency)
Sources: Pickavet & all (UGent-IBBT)
European Commission
DG Information Society
2
and
Media, Unit H4
Services and Energy Efficiency
Green 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 Service
centres
EU STREP Project no. 248514
Call FP7-ICT-2009-4
Jan. 2010 – June 2012
GAMES focus
Energy-efficient service
centers
From applications
annotations
To infrastructure
and back