An Energy-Efficient Distributed Office Environment

Energy efficiency in the field of information and communication technology becomes increasingly important due to the increase in energy costs and the desire to reduce CO$_2$ emissions. Office environments of public administration and companies promise high potential in terms of energy saving. In such environments a high number of hosts are operating on a 24/7 basis. This paper suggests an Energy-Efficient Distributed Office Environment that reduces the number of always-on hosts and raises the energy efficiency within office environments. It describes the suggested architecture and its key technologies. In addition, it evaluates the benefits of the architecture analytically and illustrates experimental results to evaluate resulting overhead.