Redback Demonstrates Environmental Benefits of Edge Routers

Redback Networks (News - Alert) has stated that new studies from Green for Good of Seattle, WA have revealed the environmental benefits of its multi-service edge routers. Their router solutions use only 50 percent of the energy as compared to other routers and reduce three-times the carbon emissions.

 

Green for Good, Inc. is an international organization with headquarters in Edmonds, Wash. Green for Good connects individuals and businesses interested in incorporating greener practices into their personal and professional lives

 

Redback Networks is an Ericsson (News - Alert) company that claims to provide a multi-service routing platform that delivers next-generation services, such as broadband, phone and TV services.

 

“Redback’s multi-service edge router platform is a great example of how carriers can use a smaller energy footprint to deliver triple-play services,” said David R. Kaufer, founder and chief green officer of Green for Good, Inc. “It shows that a big part of running a green business is creating higher levels of power efficiency and lower energy consumption. Technology innovation is cool, but every technology company also needs to make a choice between being a power saver or a power pig.”

 

Green for Good has stated that they included routers provided by Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco (News - Alert), Juniper and Redback Networks in their tests on calculating the electricity needed to deliver a consistent set of broadband, phone and TV services. Green for Good then calculated the CO2 savings by comparing the power consumption required by each of the vendor’s products to deliver the consistent triple-play solution. 

 

According to Green for Good, the tests revealed that SmartEdge solution from Redback Networks saved more than $27 million in lower electricity costs in 2007, compared to alternative vendor’s solutions.

 

About 60 pounds of CO2 emissions is the equivalent of one lost tree and SmartEdge solution had reduced carbon emissions. By that amount, it would be saving almost the same number of trees (24,309) every five years than the total number of trees in New York City’s Central Park (26,000).

 

In the research, Green for Good found that other equivalent routers produced up to three times more CO2 emissions than Redback routers. And Redback’s triple play multi-service edge routers produced anywhere from 35-68 percent of the total CO2 emissions of competing solutions.