You like e mails, instant messaging, network games, or simply internet ?
Yes you are utterly modern, and yes you use less paper. But is internet really green friendly? When you see the results, it is far from certain. The biggest companies on the net are concerned about this and taking actions. Thank God, some websites are here to guide our first steps toward a greener internet.
Because servers always need to be supplied in electricity, the biggest companies use energy coming from coal, called fossil energy. The needs increase with the number of people connected. For exemple, every Google search produces 7g of CO2.
According to a report written by Harvard scientists, the industry of information and communication technology is responsible today of producing 2% of the CO2 emissions worldwide, which is the equivalent of the consumption of the airline industry ! From now on the development of internet and the huge number of data storage centers will increase the gas emissions by 3!
According to the Harvard scientists, spending even only one hour less on internet will decrease the worldwide electricity consumption by 14%!
To solve this problem many companies are trying to invest in renewable energies, for exemple by finding new ways of organizing the data bases, as well as new ways of cooling off the servers.
On top of that there are websites now who are there to help the net surfers to respect the environment
In that mind set, the Slowsurf website gives a few tips to surf easily while reducing out carbon footprint
And that way becoming a true « green surfer » For all the professionals working on the net, and all the other inveterate bloggers, Greenlt will help you manage a much greener site, especially by supplying it with renewable energies.
Smart Grids Technologies are helping companies to know precisely, and in real time, the production and consuption of electricity. It is now possible to manage the needs in energy, the time when the consumption is the highest and the storage capacities. With such a technology, we could save up to 12% of the energy spent and reduce the CO2 emissions by the year 2030.
Following the same steps, GooglePowerMeter is designed to help the individuals You like e mails, instant messaging, network games, or simply internet ?
Yes you are utterly modern, and yes you use less paper. But is internet really green friendly? When you see the results, it is far from certain. The biggest companies on the net are concerned about this and taking actions. Thank God, some websites are here to guide our first steps toward a greener internet.
Because servers always need to be supplied in electricity, the biggest companies use energy coming from coal, called fossil energy. The needs increase with the number of people connected. For exemple, every Google search produces 7g of CO2.
According to a report written by Harvard scientists, the industry of information and communication technology is responsible today of producing 2% of the CO2 emissions worldwide, which is the equivalent of the consumption of the airline industry ! From now on the development of internet and the huge number of data storage centers will increase the gas emissions by 3!
According to the Harvard scientists, spending even only one hour less on internet will decrease the worldwide electricity consumption by 14%!
To solve this problem many companies are trying to invest in renewable energies, for exemple by finding new ways of organizing the data bases, as well as new ways of cooling off the servers.
On top of that there are websites now who are there to help the net surfers to respect the environment
In that mind set, the Slowsurf website gives a few tips to surf easily while reducing out carbon footprint
And that way becoming a true « green surfer » For all the professionals working on the net, and all the other inveterate bloggers, Greenlt will help you manage a much greener site, especially by supplying it with renewable energies.
Smart Grids Technologies are helping companies to know precisely, and in real time, the production and consuption of electricity. It is now possible to manage the needs in energy, the time when the consumption is the highest and the storage capacities. With such a technology, we could save up to 12% of the energy spent and reduce the CO2 emissions by the year 2030.
Following the same steps, GooglePowerMeter is designed to help the individuals .After having equipped their Head Office with solar pannels, Googles continues by signing a partnership with General Electrics to set up online software that will make it possible for people to visualize and break down the energy consumption of their houses, according to the devices that are using electricity at that specific time and equipped with sensors.
That way, Google hopes that people will look at their consumption differently and change their behavior as a result.
Three advice to become a modern time « green surfer »
- Use preferably the buttons « precedes » and « follows » on the navigator to save the reloading of the pages (Slowsurf)
- Select a « green » hoster (GreenIt)
- Supply your website with renewable energies by buying electricity production certificates, stating that it’s coming from renewable energies. (Grennlt)
Google PowerMeter
GreenIt.fr
Slowsurf.fr
