Electronics and network energy use: Status and prospects

The energy use of electronics has been rising in the last several decades, driven by enormous innovation in computation, display, storage, and communication technologies. Networks and communication play a special role in that they cause the functional (and hence energy) state of devices to be linked. This paper presents baseline information about how much energy is used by all electronics, how it is distributed, and how networks drive energy use, and network-related methods to reduce energy use of these devices.