[LINK] Turn off that camera during virtual meetings, environmental study says

[Tom Worthington]

On 29/1/21 9:13 pm, Stephen Loosley wrote:

> Turn off that camera during virtual meetings, environmental study says ... January 14, 2021 ... Purdue ...

Video conference systems tend to prioritize audio over video, so it is 
not as bad as that. Also I have found that if I reduce the UDP bandwidth 
on my modem, this reduces the data Zoom uses. 
https://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/2020/10/tuning-zoom-videoconferencing-for-slow.html

> But leaving your camera off during a web call can reduce these footprints ...

IT equipment uses almost as much energy idle as when running flat out, 
so turning off the camera is not going to make a significant difference. 
The way we could reduce energy use is to have off peak discounts for 
using data, so less equipment is required.

ps: It might be worth giving the kids limited bandwidth during school 
hours, so they would have enough for schoolwork, but not for online game 
playing or representational videos. ;-)

pps: I found this reply sitting in my out box unsent, since from February.


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