This figure had been expected to double by 2025, even before the “COVID effect.” With the introduction of teleworking, teleconferencing, and people being locked down at home, the volume of online data exploded. This required scientists to dramatically raise their forecasts about internet energy consumption and its effect on the environment. So, what are communities, property managers, and builders supposed to do? Asking residents to reduce their internet use is out of the question. But you can choose your internet type wisely, which makes a significant difference.
ASKING RESIDENTS TO REDUCE THEIR INTERNET USE IS OUT OF THE QUESTION.
FIBER: A MORE SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE Fiber broadband is one of the fastest internet technologies on the market. It consumes much less energy and can help decrease greenhouse gas emissions by minimizing ecological damage to the planet, here’s how.
FIBER REDUCES ENERGY USAGE
FIBER ENABLES TELECOMMUTING
Fiber is robust and resilient, especially when it comes to environmental factors like extreme weather or harsh chemicals. Fiber doesn’t have to be frequently updated. Once fiber has been put into place, it can be functional for 30 to 50 years. FIBER IS FUTURE-FACING TECHNOLOGY:
The sustainability advantages of telecommuting are huge. Global Workplace Analytics calculated if everyone who wanted to work from home did so 50% of the time, greenhouse gasses would be reduced as if the entire New York State workforce stayed off the road forever.
By transmitting data using light, fiber uses five times less energy than copper. This technology allows fiber broadband to use less than one watt to send data over 300 meters. This is compared to the four watts copper cables consume to carry data 100 meters.
ONCE FIBER HAS BEEN PUT INTO PLACE, IT CAN BE FUNCTIONAL FOR 30 TO 50 YEARS.
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