ABI Insight
  • Please log in to purchase this product.
    Purchase this Product
  • Email this Page

    • Please enter a valid email address.

    Please enter a valid email address.

    Please enter a valid name.

    Your Email has been sent.

Save the PC, Save the Environment

Author: Larry Fisher, Practice Director, Automotive, Energy and Emerging Technologies

Published: 14 Jan 2010

Several aspects of computers impact the environment, directly and indirectly. Computers consume electricity and generate heat, and they require even more energy to cool them so they can continue operating. While I wouldn’t go so far as to blame PCs for global warming (not directly, anyway), it’s clear that computers don’t need to be on all the time, sucking power from the grid and blowing heat into the environment.

The full text of this Insight is available to subscribers of the Clean Energy Research Service and the Clean Energy Research Theme.

Contact a representative about service purchasing options.