1st International ICST Workshop on Green Grids, collocated with GridNets 2009; ICT provides many energy-saving solutions, but is also responsible for a considerable and quickly increasing energy footprint on its own. Recent surveys estimate that the complete life cycle of ICT equipment today is res…
1st International ICST Workshop on Green Grids, collocated with GridNets 2009; ICT provides many energy-saving solutions, but is also responsible for a considerable and quickly increasing energy footprint on its own. Recent surveys estimate that the complete life cycle of ICT equipment today is responsible for about 4% of the worldwide primary energy consumption. This percentage is expected to double within 10-15 years, if current ICT energy trends are not drastically deviated. Due to these forecasts, the awareness for ICT energy reducing research is rising steeply in the community.