Evaluating Energy Consumption of Internet Services

This paper summarizes recent reports on the internet's energy consumption and benefits climate actions. It discusses energy-efficiency need for a common standard evaluating impact of future communication technologies suggests model that can be adapted to different internet applications such as streaming, online reading downloading. The two main approaches today are based how much data is transmitted or time under way. concludes there standardized method estimate CO2 emission related services. should include energy-optimizing networks, where every Wh will scrutinized.