Tag Archives : energy consumption

The MindTeck, consulting company specializing in low-power systems, published as part of an article the result of comparing the power consumption of Windows XP with Windows 7. The results indicate that the latest version is more economical in all configurations tested, and the difference in consumption may reach 25%. An important factor for the research [...]

Scientific and technological research knows no bounds. MIT is indefatigable in such researches. Their latest breakthrough will see body heat that transforms into energy run low-power electronic devices. Yes, electricity runs through your body. Darren Quick in gizmag talks of ‘new energy-scavenging systems under development at MIT’ that ‘could [...]

According to Alan Meier, a senior scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a leading expert on energy efficiency, “We have entered this new era where essentially everything is on all the time.” ‘The biggest offender is the flat-screen television. As liquid crystal displays and plasma technologies replace the old cathode ray [...]

A study by McAfee entitled ‘Carbon Footprint of Spam’ reveals that the annual global energy used up by spam has reached a total of 33 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) or 33 terawatt hours (TWh). All this power has been needed to transmit, process, and filter spam that has, in turn, reached a generation of 62 trillion spam emails swarming the earth [...]

In Los Angeles, public lighting will now concretely help the green revolution in the United States. The mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, and former US president Bill Clinton recently launched the city’s modernization program in lighting – the first of the kind in the United States. 140,000 standard lamp bulbs and traffic lights will [...]