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The Environmental Cost
of Computing
The average desktop computer with monitor requires at least 10 times its weight in fossil fuels and chemicals to manufacture, much more materials intensive than an automobile or refrigerator, which only require 1-2 times their weight in fossil fuels. Researchers found that
manufacturing one desktop computer and a monitor uses at least 240kg of fossil fuels, 22kg of chemicals
and 1,500kg of water - a total of 1.8 tonnes of
materials.
These Fat Clients (PCs) consume an immense amount of electricity, most of it is provided by burning fossil
fuels. This process emits pollutants, sulphur, and carbon
dioxide into the atmosphere causing respiratory
diseases, smog, acid rain, and global climate change.
From the largest scale (the earth) to the smaller scale of a classroom or an office, the environmental cost of today's Fat Client (PC) architecture is a huge and
growing problem that unfortunately remains largely
unaddressed and often unrecognised.
In addition to massive power use, tens of millions of Fat Clients (PCs) are disposed of in landfills and garbage dumps around the world contaminating the soil with toxic e-waste substances like mercury and cadmium.
EntegrOS Smart Client -
Turning Costs into Savings
With more than 15,000 organisations in over 80 countries looking to slash their carbon footprint and electric consumption, EntegrOS Smart Client is a major leap forward.
EntegrOS Smart Client reduces CO2 emissions by as much as 3½ tons a year and electricity by 5,000+
kilowatt hours a year.
EntegrOS Smart Client is based on a simple fact: today's Fat Clients (PCs) are so powerful that the vast majority of applications only use a small fraction of a computer's capacity. Our software and hardware tap this unused capacity so that it can be simultaneously shared by multiple users.
EntegrOS Smart Client works on a centralised, standard hardware configuration. Each user connects to a Server, where our OS is streamed to the device with only the
applications required to run. No hard disk, no storage
and no moving parts - so it is easy to deploy and
maintain. It also consumes very little power, without sacrificing functionality.
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90% Saving on Energy
Fat Clients (PCs) typically consume 110-200 watts of electricity. In
contrast, EntegrOS Smart Client consumes next to nothing. In fact, our e800 models consume 9 watts per added user and our e500 models only 5 watts per added user.
As an example, if you replaced 70 Fat Clients (PCs) with 10 Fat Clients (PCs) attached to 60 e800 EntegrOS Smart Clients, you would save about 10,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh), which translates to over 1 metric ton of CO2 emissions per year.
90% Saving on Air Conditioning
A single Fat Client (PC) generates more heat than a 100 watt light bulb and they warm up very quickly. Most work areas with Fat Clients (PCs) almost always have to be air conditioned, raising capital expenditures to install them and electricity costs to run them.
In comparison, a room equipped with Fat Clients (PCs) and EntegrOS Smart Clients would generate 90% less heat and does not require additional air conditioning.
98% Saving on E-Waste
Electronic waste is a growing global problem. It represents only 2% of trash in landfills, but 80% of the toxic waste. EntegrOS Smart Client helps reduce this problem.
* Weight - A typical Fat Client (PC) weighs about 21lbs (9.5kg);
EntegrOS Smart Client weighs about 1/3 of a pound (0.15kg) - 98%
less.
* Shelf Life - A typical Fat Client (PC) needs to be upgraded every
3 years or so. EntegrOS Smart Client works efficiently with the server
so there are NO moving parts and virtually no need to upgrade
hardware when new software is introduced so EntegrOS Smart Client
should last 5 years or more. Less frequent turnover means less
hardware ends up in landfills.
* Harmful Metals - EntegrOS Smart Client is RoHS compliant which restricts the use of lead and other harmful metals. |
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Global Savings
850,000,000+ Fat Clients (PCs) are used every day. Using EntegrOS
Smart Client instead would result in substantial immediate and
long-term environmental benefits (see Charts). The impact on the
environment of adopting EntegrOS Smart Client solutions would be enormous.
* Energy use would decline 120bn kilowatt-hours (kWh) a year ~ 83%.
* 120 megawatts of coal power capacity would not be required.
* 15 million metric tons of coal each year would not be needed.
* CO2 emissions would decrease by 96,000,000 metric tons.
* This is equivalent to planting nearly 460,000,000 trees.
* E-waste would reduce by 6,700,000 metric tons.
These are today's savings. In the next 10 years a further one billion users will join the digital world. To get a feel for then, simply double the above numbers. |
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Calculate Your Savings
In these times of high energy costs and climate change, we all need to think strategically about how to minimise costs and conserve energy. A major cost of running an organisation comes from supporting the Fat Client (PC) infrastructure.
EntegrOS Smart Client saves money both short and long term. Less power, less heat, less e-waste and lasts longer, while at the same time delivering a rich experience. EntegrOS Smart Client helps an organisation pursue its missions while they lessen their environmental impact.
Even if you control a few hundred seats, you can make an impact e.g. 500 seats would save over 70,000 kWh; reduce CO2 emissions by 9 metric tons per year; and at the end of its useful life would produce 80% less e-waste.
EntegrOS Smart Client is globally responsible but also locally responsible - to your budget. The enormous reduction in electricity bills can pay for an EntegrOS Smart Client alone. To find out how much you could save, use the calculator at www.entegros.net/smartclients.aspx
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