Carbon-di-oxide from internet

Internet emits 830 million tonnes of carbon-di-oxide

Internet and other components of communication technology(ICT) industry annually produces more than 830 million tonnes of carbon-di-oxide and is expected to be doubled by 2020.

Researches from "centre of energy efficient telecommunication(CEET)" and bell labs explain that video,voice and other cloud services emits 2% of global carbon-di-oxide as like the normal industries produces.

They have also found new models of emissions and energy consumption that could help reduce their carbon footprint. 

The study said that controlling those emissions requires more accurate but still feasible models, which take into account the data traffic, energy use and CO2 production in networks and other elements of the ICT industry. 

Existing assessment models are inaccurate, so they set out to develop new approaches that better account for variations in equipment and other factors in the ICT industry. 

They describe development and testing of two new models that better estimate the energy consumption and CO2 emissions of Internet and telecommunications services. 

The researchers suggest, based on their models, that more efficient power usage of facilities, more efficient use of energy-efficient equipment and renewable energy sources are three keys to reducing ICT emissions of CO2.