Understanding and Mitigating the Effects of Device and Cloud Service Design Decisions on the ...
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Claims that digital services can account for up to 85% of a product’s footprint for some services and that 2007 infrastructure emissions were about 278 and 253 megatons CO2e (≈1.5% of global emissions) lead to a practical tool: a rubric of infrastructural effects that flags hotspots. Examples: SurfCam drives new HD cameras, Netflix and House of Cards in 6K inflate bandwidth needs, BBC iPlayer defaults to SD to save energy, Guardian prefetches on Wi‑Fi, HipChat favors text first, and YouTube’s video‑as‑audio creates clear digital waste, raising the question of scaling within planetary boundaries.
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- 0:00Start
- 1:20The Digital Infrastructure
- 2:33Environmental Impact of Digital Infrastructure
- 7:02Design for Environment of Digital Services
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