All the billions of devices in the world today are consuming a lot of energy in the form of electricity
Most electricity is made using non-renewable resources like coal , oil and gas
Extracting these resources and producing electricity in power stations causes lots of pollution including greenhouse gases
Servers contributing to energy waste
All computers generate heat and require cooling
The powerful servers used by businesses and the Internet are a particular problem
They need a lot of power and require special air-conditioned rooms to keep them cool
This means more energy has to be used , resulting in more pollution
How devices waste energy
Devices waste lots of energy
Servers normally only use a small proportion of their processing power
People often leave their desktops, laptops and smartphones idle
This means these devices are using lots of energy without actually doing anything
Ways to reduce the amount of energy wasted by a device
Virtual servers are software-based servers rather than real machines - multiple virtual servers can run on one physical server,, so the physical server can run at full capacity
Most modern devices include sleep and hibernation modes to reduce their power consumption when they are idle
Don’t leave electronic devices (TV, laptops, etc) on standby
