Title :
Greening the Internet: Measuring Web Power Consumption
Author :
Bianzino, Aruna Prem ; Raju, Anand Kishore ; Rossi, Dario
Author_Institution :
Comput. Sci. & Networking Dept., Telecom ParisTech, Paris, France
Abstract :
This evaluation of end-user PCs browsing the Web - and loading Flash plug-ins - measures power consumption by considering the hardware platform, operating system, browser, and website. It also reveals the unnecessary power expenditures of tabbed browsing.
Keywords :
Web services; Web sites; low-power electronics; online front-ends; operating systems (computers); power aware computing; Internet; Web browsing; Web power consumption; end-user PCs; flash plug-ins; hardware platform; operating system; tabbed browsing; unnecessary power expenditures; website; Information technology; Internet/Web; green IT;
Journal_Title :
IT Professional
DOI :
10.1109/MITP.2010.122
