The Net’s Going Green: Multipronged Approach Might Save Costs, Energy — and the Climate

This article deals with effort to reduce the Internet´s energy usage. The Energy Efficient Internet Project explores the best ways to reduce energy use at the network´s edge. The computer industry´s most powerful companies are beginning a massive push to make the entire Internet efficient, from the backbone to the BlackBerry. Some of the work, such as the Climate Savers Computing Initiative (www.climatesaverscomputing.org) and the Green Grid (www.thegreen grid.org), are still in their infancy, having been recently formed. However, each is extremely earnest about accomplishing the task of squeezing the most efficiency possible out of its selected piece of the network puzzle. The next step is to define the technical and cultural best practices and communications channels.