Green Facts and Statistics
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=Today and Earlier= | =Today and Earlier= | ||
==IT and CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions== | ==IT and CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions== | ||
| - | * IT accounts for 2% of CO<sub>2</sub> emissions globally—the same as the aviation industry. ''(Gartner 2007)'' [[Green IT team starts work (26-Jul-07)|<>]] + [http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2194929/green-team-starts-work|><] | + | * '''IT accounts for 2% of CO<sub>2</sub> emissions globally—the same as the aviation industry.''' ''(Gartner 2007)'' [[Green IT team starts work (26-Jul-07)|<>]] + [http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2194929/green-team-starts-work|><] |
==IT and Energy Consumption== | ==IT and Energy Consumption== | ||
| - | * IT accounts for around 2% to 3% of energy consumption in the UK. ''(EITLT)'' [[Users Only For UK Green IT Group (20-Jul-07)|<>]] + <small>(Computergram Jul-07)</small> | + | * '''IT accounts for around 2% to 3% of energy consumption in the UK.''' ''(EITLT)'' [[Users Only For UK Green IT Group (20-Jul-07)|<>]] + <small>(Computergram Jul-07)</small> |
| + | * America's servers consumed about 61 billion kilowatt-hours of juice in 2006, about 1.5% of total electricity consumption in the country. | ||
| + | ** Servers ate about as much electricity as all of the colour televisions in the country. This is about twice the amount of electricity that servers and data centres consumed in 2000. ''(EPA)'' [[EPA Urges Data Centers to Cut Power (6-Aug-07)|<>]] + <small>(Computergram Aug-07)</small> | ||
Revision as of 00:46, 18 September 2007
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Today and Earlier
IT and CO2 Emissions
- IT accounts for 2% of CO2 emissions globally—the same as the aviation industry. (Gartner 2007) <> + ><
IT and Energy Consumption
- IT accounts for around 2% to 3% of energy consumption in the UK. (EITLT) <> + (Computergram Jul-07)
- America's servers consumed about 61 billion kilowatt-hours of juice in 2006, about 1.5% of total electricity consumption in the country.
- Servers ate about as much electricity as all of the colour televisions in the country. This is about twice the amount of electricity that servers and data centres consumed in 2000. (EPA) <> + (Computergram Aug-07)
Forecasts
IT and Energy Consumption
- EITLT estimates that IT accounts for 2% to 3% of all energy consumption in the UK.
