Assessing Internet energy intensity: A review of methods and results

VC Coroama, LM Hilty - Environmental impact assessment review, 2014 - Elsevier
Assessing the average energy intensity of Internet transmissions is a complex task that has
been a controversial subject of discussion. Estimates published over the last decade diverge …

Understanding and mitigating the effects of device and cloud service design decisions on the environmental footprint of digital infrastructure

C Preist, D Schien, E Blevis - Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
Interactive devices and the services they support are reliant on the cloud and the digital
infrastructure supporting it. The environmental impacts of this infrastructure are substantial …

Evaluating sustainable interaction design of digital services: The case of YouTube

C Preist, D Schien, P Shabajee - … of the 2019 CHI conference on human …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Recent research has advocated for a broader conception of evaluation for Sustainable HCI
(SHCI), using interdisciplinary insights and methods. In this paper, we put this into practice to …

Modeling and assessing variability in energy consumption during the use stage of online multimedia services

D Schien, P Shabajee, M Yearworth… - Journal of Industrial …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we use an improved, more accurate model to analyze the energy footprint of
content downloaded from a major online newspaper by means of various combinations of …

The energy intensity of the Internet: home and access networks

VC Coroama, D Schien, C Preist, LM Hilty - ICT innovations for …, 2015 - Springer
Estimates of the energy intensity of the Internet diverge by several orders of magnitude. We
present existing assessments and identify diverging definitions of the system boundary as …

The carbon footprint of games distribution

K Mayers, J Koomey, R Hall, M Bauer… - Journal of Industrial …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This research investigates the carbon footprint of the lifecycle of console games, using the
example of PlayStation® 3 distribution in the UK. We estimate total carbon equivalent …

Energy consumption of data transfer: Intensity indicators versus absolute estimates

G Guennebaud, A Bugeau - Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The assessment of energy consumption of data traffic for Internet services usually relies on
energy intensity figures (in Wh/GB). In this paper, we argue against using these indicators for …

Assessing VoD pressure on network power consumption

G Guennebaud, A Bugeau… - … Conference on ICT for …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Assessing the energy consumption or carbon foot-print of data distribution of video
streaming services is usually carried out through energy or carbon intensity figures (in Wh or …

From one edge to the other: exploring gaming's rising presence on the network

M Marsden, M Hazas, M Broadbent - Proceedings of the 7th International …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Audio and video streaming and on-demand services have dramatically changed how, and
how much, media is consumed. Streaming generally allows a much larger selection of …

Consolidation, colocation, virtualization, and cloud computing: the impact of the changing structure of data centers on total electricity demand

R Hintemann - ict Innovations for Sustainability, 2015 - Springer
The IT industry in general and data centers in particular are subject to a very dynamic
development. Within a few years, the structure and components of data centers can change …