Toward Greener Gaming: Estimating National Energy Use and Energy Efficiency Potential

Mills, Evan; Bourassa, Norman; Rainer, Leo; Mai, Jimmy; Shehabi, Arman; Mills, Nathaniel

doi:10.1007/s40869-019-00084-2

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“…At the same time it is apparent that gaming industry contributes significantly to global warming. In the United States alone gaming is responsible for "24 MT/year of associated carbon-dioxide emissions equivalent to that of 85 million refrigerators" [90]. To tackle that challenge the gaming industry is joining various industry consortia such as Playing for the Planet [108] aiming at reducing its ecological impact.…”

Section: Gaming and The Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…But all the above actions to address climate impact of the gaming industry do not tackle the effect of batterybased/handheld/mobile gaming (the above-mentioned study of [90] explicitly excludes such devices from the analysis). Beyond any doubt handheld gaming devices, while extremely popular [98], contribute independently to increased worldwide CO 2 emissions.…”

Section: Gaming and The Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Battery-Free Game Boy

Winkel

Kortbeek

Hester

et al. 2020

Proc. ACM Interact. Mob. Wearable Ubiquitous Technol.

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We present ENGAGE, the first battery-free, personal mobile gaming device powered by energy harvested from the gamer actions and sunlight. Our design implements a power failure resilient Nintendo Game Boy emulator that can run off-the-shelf classic Game Boy games like Tetris or Super Mario Land. This emulator is capable of intermittent operation by tracking memory usage, avoiding the need for always checkpointing all volatile memory, and decouples the game loop from user interface mechanics allowing for restoration after power failure. We build custom hardware that harvests energy from gamer button presses and sunlight, and leverages a mixed volatility memory architecture for efficient intermittent emulation of game binaries. Beyond a fun toy, our design represents the first battery-free system design for continuous user attention despite frequent power failures caused by intermittent energy harvesting. We tackle key challenges in intermittent computing for interaction including seamless displays and dynamic incentive-based gameplay for energy harvesting. This work provides a reference implementation and framework for a future of battery-free mobile gaming in a more sustainable Internet of Things. CCS Concepts: • Human-centered computing → Handheld game consoles; • Hardware → Renewable energy; • Computer systems organization → Embedded systems;

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Section: Gaming and The Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Gaming and The Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Battery-Free Game Boy

Winkel

Kortbeek

Hester

et al. 2020

Proc. ACM Interact. Mob. Wearable Ubiquitous Technol.

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“…It is becoming particularly critical due to increasing economic and environmental costs, user awareness, and stringent sustainability targets such as the Net Zero coalition. 3 Therefore, this article makes the first effort to advocate attention to optimizing energy efficiencies of all network components for realizing the Metaverse, i.e., Green Metaverse Networking (GMN). The article provides an analytical framework in a technology-based approach for evaluating energy efficiency.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards Green Metaverse Networking Technologies, Advancements and Future Directions

Zhang¹,

Lim²,

Ng³

et al. 2022

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As the Metaverse is iteratively being defined, its potential to unleash the next wave of digital disruption and create real-life value becomes increasingly clear. With distinctive features of immersive experience, simultaneous interactivity, and user agency, the Metaverse has the capability to transform all walks of life. However, the enabling technologies of the Metaverse, i.e., digital twin, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and extended reality, are known to be energy-hungry, therefore raising concerns about the sustainability of its large-scale deployment and development. This article proposes Green Metaverse Networking for the first time to optimize energy efficiencies of all network components for Metaverse sustainable development.We first analyze energy consumption, efficiency, and sustainability of energy-intensive technologies in the Metaverse. Next, focusing on computation and networking, we present major advancements related to energy efficiency and their integration into the Metaverse. A case study of energy conservation by incorporating semantic communication and stochastic resource allocation in the Metaverse is presented. Finally, we outline the critical challenges of Metaverse sustainable development, thereby indicating potential directions of future research towards the green Metaverse.

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“…Many Asian PE firms are pursuing high growth consumption sectors where little consideration is given to the business model in terms of (1) its ecological impact ('Footprint'), or (2) its societal impact, such as community and worker issues, human rights and access to basic needs ('Utility'). Business sectors that typically produce negative Footprint or low Utility outcomes include oil and gas development, traditional construction materials such as cement (Mahasenan, Smith, and Humphreys 2003), single-use plastic packaging (Sustainability Times, May 21, 2019), electronic products with short lifecycles, 4 convenience-oriented home delivery services (BBC, March 29, 2019), entertainment products including gaming (Mills et al 2019) and gambling sites, and various predatory lending entities aimed at low income borrowers. The potential for explosive growth over a five year horizonan important timeframe for PE firmsmay commercially outweigh the difficulty of assessing Footprint and Utility consequences that only become visible over longer periods.…”

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Applying ‘Deep ESG’ to Asian private equity

Long¹,

Johnstone

2021

Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment

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At this stage of Asia's development there is a need, and an opportunity, to establish a validation methodology that better gauges ESG implementation and sustainability aspirations in Asian private equity. Private equity, like major public market and debt investors such as Blackrock, has adopted language that suggests a proactive approach to ESG management. However, processoriented ESG compliance presently far outstrips evidence of tangible contributions to ESG objectives and outcomes. This article describes a taxonomy of common approaches to ESG investment practices in Asian private equity and discusses their shortcomings. It then presents 'Deep ESG' as an alternative approach that operationalizes ESG and sustainability metrics more holistically than existing frameworks. The Deep ESG framework enables a higher level of market-led intentionality that better informs institutional investors, regulators, communities, and employees as they evaluate private equity's 'balance sheet' of ESG outcomes. By investing in tools for goal setting, measurement and evaluation and applying them consistently across all target and portfolio companies, private equity managers can pivot away from a defensive approach by working with stakeholders to shape constructive solutions to urgent sustainability goals.

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Toward Greener Gaming: Estimating National Energy Use and Energy Efficiency Potential

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