Broadband and Energy Efficiency

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Date: May 30 2012 - 10:00am - 11:30am

Location:

Brookings, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW Falk Auditorium, Washington, DC, 20036, United States

Broadband and Energy Efficiency

Brookings Institution
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM

Broadband Internet providers are reconsidering how they think about power consumption. Focusing on long-range energy efficiency will help ensure sustainable growth and contain costs as the price per kilowatt of power and consumer demand for broadband capacity both continue to grow. Broadband firms are approaching energy efficiency as a critical advance planning exercise, just as they prepared for the major switch in Internet addressing. Power consumption will become an up-front consideration in the planning and design phases for networks, services, and equipment.

On May 30, the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings will host a forum on the future of energy efficiency and its relevance for the Internet ecosystem. A panel of experts will discuss the rationale for and implementation challenges to bringing efficient and reliable energy throughout the network and product-planning process, beginning at the design phase.

Introduction and Moderator
Darrell M. West
Vice President and Director, Governance Studies

Keynote Speaker
Mark Coblitz
Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning
Comcast

Panelists
Elizabeth Colleton
Vice President
NBCU Sustainability

Pietro S. Nivola
Senior Fellow, Governance Studies

Lorie Wigle
General Manager, Eco-Technology
Intel