Dark Energy: Accurate estimation and awareness of cloud-induced power consumption
At a glance
- Project leader : Dr. Josef Spillner
- Project team : Mehmet Cihan Sakman
- Project status : completed
- Funding partner : Internal (ZHAW digital / Digital Futures Fund)
- Contact person : Josef Spillner
Description
Phones and notebooks do not require much power? Wrong, most usage patterns involve the heavy use of cloud services. In contrast to device consumption, the extent of this indirect consumption is unknown to users. This project delivers a tool to trace cloud use and convey a CO2 equivalent to the user.