Emerson Network Power Introduces New Approach to Reducing Energy Consumption in Telecommunications Networks

Columbus, Ohio (Sept. 15, 2008) – Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE: EMR) and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity™, today introduced Energy Logic for Telecommunications, an approach that uses a series of sequential strategies to reduce energy consumption across the network.

To develop Energy Logic for Telecommunications, Emerson Network Power analyzed network inefficiencies and energy-saving opportunities at remote sites and within the central office and developed 12 strategies for reducing energy use in these networks. These strategies comprise a roadmap designed to maximize each strategys effectiveness. The key is eliminating inefficiencies along the energy paths at the radio base station and central office, triggering cascading benefits by avoiding associated losses upstream.

The potential efficiency gains through Energy Logic for Telecommunications are significant—reducing consumption by nearly 60 percent at the base station and 40 percent at the central office. To put those numbers in perspective, estimates indicate the telecom industry was responsible for about 1 percent of the energy consumption of the planet last year. That equates to 15 million U.S. homes and matches the CO2 emissions of 29 million cars.

“Worldwide demand for broadband and wireless services is growing at double-digit rates as businesses and consumers rely more and more on high-speed and mobile communications platforms, but there are energy inefficiencies within these networks,” said Jacques Poulin, vice president of global marketing, Emerson Network Powers Energy Systems business. “For the most part, industry discussion has been limited to the energy efficiency of individual products. Energy Logic for Telecommunications looks at the network holistically, maximizing the impact of individual strategies.”

Energy Logic for Telecommunications applies technologies and best practices that exhibit the most potential in the order in which they have the greatest impact. Its the same basic approach Emerson Network Power used in developing the original Energy Logic concept, introduced last year and aimed at reducing energy consumption in data centers.

The Energy Logic for Telecommunications strategies include important infrastructure steps at the base station and within the central office, including cooling optimization and DC power management. All of the technologies are available today and many can be phased into the network as part of regular technology upgrades/refreshes, minimizing capital expenditures.

Specific steps of Energy Logic for Telecommunications can be found in a new Emerson Network Power white paper called, “Energy Logic: Reducing Energy Consumption Across Telecommunications Networks by Creating Savings That Cascade Across Systems,” which is available at www.emersonnetworkpower.com/energysystems/Energ[...].