Table 5 Material and energy consumption of the information and communication technology for virtual-conferencing5,39,43,51,52,54,55.
From: Trend towards virtual and hybrid conferences may be an effective climate change mitigation strategy
Category | Item | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
Device | Router, internet | 1.09E−01 | unit |
Internet access equipment | 1.03E+00 | unit | |
Computer, laptop | 1.54E+00 | unit | |
Device-related electricity | Energy consumption for router | 0.00E+00 | kWh |
Energy consumption for internet access equipment (ADSL, DSLAM) | 0.00E+00 | kWh | |
Energy consumption for laptop, video mode | 3.43E+02 | kWh | |
Network-related electricity | PS-Core | 2.38E+00 | kWh |
Fixed line CPE | 3.83E+00 | kWh | |
Operator DC | 4.75E−01 | kWh | |
Office networks | 1.18E+00 | kWh | |
Internet core | 2.88E−01 | kWh | |
Server-related electricity | Infrastructure | 6.67E−01 | kWh |
Network | 5.56E−02 | kWh | |
Storage | 2.22E−01 | kWh | |
Server | 1.07E+00 | kWh |
