Back in September of this year, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said that the submitted to the Duma before the end of the year will be adopted by the draft federal law on energy efficiency. Government Bill, in particular, provides for the imposition of the state ban on the circulation of goods which do not meet the requirements of efficiency, if a sufficient supply in the market. Is a ban on trafficking in Russia market since 2011 incandescent lamps rated at more than 100 watts.

Mr. Ivanov said that after the adoption of the federal law will be adopted regional laws on energy conservation, aimed at stimulating the use of renewable energy technologies, particularly in construction. Ivanov also said that instructed the Ministry of Economic Development to develop a system of economic incentives for the use of energy-saving technologies.

In light of this activity of Russia's government has been very topical theme of the roundtable, which met on December 10 corporations Intel - "Green IT: Energy Efficiency and information technology. Invited speakers and media representatives discussed the opportunities offered by IT to reduce total energy consumption and the situation in Russia, outlined the main areas of possible improvement.

He opened the round table Suetin Nicholas, manager of Intel for new projects in Russia and CIS. He spoke about the latest developments in corporate energy efficiency, noting that Intel is the world leader in the consumption of "green" energy and energy efficiency of production. Intel consumes 2.8 billion kW of electricity and 6 billion tons of water per year. In 2009, 1.3 billion kw of this volume were obtained from renewable sources, which brought the company into first place in the world for the consumption of "green" energy. At Intel, embodied in the life of a renewable consumption of 70% of water used in the manufacture of chips, why Intel is deservedly recognized as Agency U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a leader in efficient water consumption. Environmental and energy-efficient production - is the ideology of Intel. For example, the Intel unit in Bangalore (India), all hot water is obtained from the sun.

Intel started to think about environmental problems long ago. In 1994 the company issued the first public report on the impact on the environment. In 1996 was issued a public report on energy consumption, and in 2000 - a public report on the technological processes of the company. In 2003, Intel has built a global chain of saving electricity. And in 2006 - a global chain to maintain the climate.

Mr. Suetin stressed that the power of processors are constantly growing, and their power consumption is reduced. Just a few years ago, processor Pentium year consumed 1,015 kilowatt-hours of electricity, and modern Atom mobile PCs in just 59 - consumption decreased by 17 times!

Intel's goal for 2010 - to increase computer efficiency by 50% and save approximately 5.5 billion dollars in electricity consumption. This will reduce carbon dioxide emissions from computer platforms by 56 million tons per year. This is equivalent to a stop 11 million cars, abandon work 20 coal mines in the world, or planting 65 thousand square kilometers of trees.

The development of microprocessor technology has allowed significant progress in the sphere of control over the expenditure of energy and in promoting energy conservation. For example, processors settings allow the most efficient to convert wind energy into electrical energy.

In addition, Intel moves to "lead-free" and "freon-free" technology, contributing to the preservation of the environment. As a result, the use of IT and digital technology in the design of intelligent buildings and electrical networks, logistics and production could reduce global carbon dioxide emissions by 15% by 2020.

Sergei Abramov, head of the Supercomputer Project "SKIF-GRID" State of the Union, spoke about water cooling systems to supercomputer systems, which can save in 1.5 times more electricity today. In addition, the lack of moving parts while making the system completely noiseless, eliminating any noise pollution. He repeated the words uttered by Nicholas Suyetin that "progress for progress and back to the" green world "do not contradict each other, as it may seem at first glance. They also noted the possibility of GRID-technologies for the transfer of computing power, just as it is in electrical networks.

Mr. Abramov identified obvious advantages supercomputer SKIF number 4. All printed circuit boards, all the mechanics and the whole system can be manufactured in Russia, it is necessary only to purchase chips. SKIF allows 1.5 times more efficient use of electricity, twice as dense packing of computing power, 1.5 times higher throughput of the system network. SKIF computers have enhanced reliability (no moving parts). And this is only a small portion of all benefits.

Further, Mr. Abramov told about the plans of the program SKIF in Russia. In 2010, a wardrobe you can pack the computing power in 24 TFlops, which will give performance 0.25 Gflops / watt. In 2011, in SKIF / B in a cupboard can be packed performance in 37 TFlops, which will give 0,38 Gflops / watt. In 2012 SKIF / C in one case will be placed 100 TFlops performance, which will give 1 Gflops / watt. A year later, in SKIF / P, these figures reached 200 TFlops in one case and 1.37 Gflops / watt. In 2012 computer in 50 cabinets will have a capacity of 10 petaflops. Thus the program SKIF leads to enormous energy savings.

Mr. Abramov said that virtually all the activity on the development of Intel processors permeated the idea of saving energy. He reminded the audience about the intellectual management of CPU frequency: when it is reduced if the processor is not loaded. This square is reduced and power consumption.

Ivan Blokov, head of Greenpeace in Russia, touched upon general issues of legislative regulation of issues of energy efficiency and stressed that the overall picture is made up of particulars. Simple things such as energy-saving light bulbs, motion sensors and ball valves can save up to 95% of electricity. He also spoke about the joint program, which brings together Google, KAMAZ and Prefecture of the Northern District of Moscow.

Vitaly Kovalchuk (Moscow Power Engineering Directorate) said that problems should be resolved on the principle of Pareto, concentrating maximum effort on solving the most pressing issues. Energy saving - it's a lifestyle that will allow us to exist and to succeeding generations.

Kozlinski Alexander, Director of External Relations of Intel in Russia and CIS, on the question of how much work the system slowly increases the power consumption, said that what Intel made great efforts in developing Windows 7, by enhancing the energy efficiency of processes. In addition, the developers of Intel created its own system for mobile Moblin, which also meets all the requirements of energy efficiency requirements of modern operating systems.

Julia Klebanov, director for corporate sales of Intel in Russia and the CIS, raised social issues, noting that, for example, in the United States provides tax relief for those who work at home. Creating jobs for the disabled - another important social problem. In her words sounded all the same idea that everyone should contribute to the common cause, then the results will not keep you waiting.

As a result, all panellists agreed that ICT, which consume 3% of electricity, can contribute to a significant reduction in consumption and in the remaining 97%.