Design of Energy-Efficient Set-Top Boxes. Coping with the Energy Needs of Digital Television
(2005)The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics
- Abstract
- The paper investigates opportunities to minimize electricity consumption that will arise from the expected rapid penetration of households with set-top boxes due to the digitisation of television platforms. The study explores opportunities from a perspective of technical and behavioural change and how to promote this change through policy intervention and industry action. To explore the drivers and barriers affecting the design of energy-efficient set-top boxes, data was collected through a series of interviews with representatives from set-top box producers, service providers, research institutions, energy agencies and policy makers, as well as through a review of relevant literature and Internet resources on the field.
Considerable... (More) - The paper investigates opportunities to minimize electricity consumption that will arise from the expected rapid penetration of households with set-top boxes due to the digitisation of television platforms. The study explores opportunities from a perspective of technical and behavioural change and how to promote this change through policy intervention and industry action. To explore the drivers and barriers affecting the design of energy-efficient set-top boxes, data was collected through a series of interviews with representatives from set-top box producers, service providers, research institutions, energy agencies and policy makers, as well as through a review of relevant literature and Internet resources on the field.
Considerable variations in power needs exist between different set-top box models with similar functionalities. This, and a number of scenario calculations indicate a significant potential to reduce electricity consumption of set-top boxes. Drivers and barriers for manufacturers to explore this potential exist at the level of technology, the corporate level, the governmental level, the level of consumer behaviour, the financial level, and also in industry standards. The study discusses different approaches of policy intervention and industry action that could strengthen the drivers and help to overcome the barriers. (Less)
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- author
- Strupeit, Lars
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2005
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- set-top box, consumer electronics, digital television, energy efficiency, policy instruments, Environmental studies, Miljöstudier
- language
- English
- id
- 1327663
- date added to LUP
- 2006-08-31 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2006-08-31 00:00:00
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abstract = {{The paper investigates opportunities to minimize electricity consumption that will arise from the expected rapid penetration of households with set-top boxes due to the digitisation of television platforms. The study explores opportunities from a perspective of technical and behavioural change and how to promote this change through policy intervention and industry action. To explore the drivers and barriers affecting the design of energy-efficient set-top boxes, data was collected through a series of interviews with representatives from set-top box producers, service providers, research institutions, energy agencies and policy makers, as well as through a review of relevant literature and Internet resources on the field.
Considerable variations in power needs exist between different set-top box models with similar functionalities. This, and a number of scenario calculations indicate a significant potential to reduce electricity consumption of set-top boxes. Drivers and barriers for manufacturers to explore this potential exist at the level of technology, the corporate level, the governmental level, the level of consumer behaviour, the financial level, and also in industry standards. The study discusses different approaches of policy intervention and industry action that could strengthen the drivers and help to overcome the barriers.}},
author = {{Strupeit, Lars}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Design of Energy-Efficient Set-Top Boxes. Coping with the Energy Needs of Digital Television}},
year = {{2005}},
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