Energy efficiency web to be created by 'Greenweb'

Researchers, including a scientist of Indian origin from the University of Texas at Austin, have developed a new, open source framework computer programming "Greenweb" that allows people to save more battery power while browsing on devices mobile. Developed by professor of electrical and computer engineering Vijay Janapa Reddi and graduate student Yuhao Zhu, "Greenweb" is a set of extensions web programming language that allows web developers to have more flexibility and control than ever over consumption energy of a website.

"Because the user's knowledge is growing, web developers today must be aware of energy efficiency. However, current web standards provide developers with little or no control over the power consumption of the device. We have as an important step towards language level research to enable mobile Internet computing energy efficient step ", Reddi said. The researchers integrated "Greenweb" in Google Chrome and reported energy savings of 30 to 66 percent during the default mode of Android.

Mobile users spend almost two thirds of their time surfing the web, so that the amount of energy savings could result in an extension of battery life of 20 to 40 percent. "Greenweb" more efficient guide the rendering engine processor to save energy without sacrificing the user experience. Language extensions, implemented as CSS rules, allow developers to express suggestions for the browser, which in turn saves energy when excessive computational power is not necessary.

The researchers also developed "AutoGreen", an automatic tool under "Greenweb" to help developers in making web pages automatically energy use. Researchers have made the framework available to the public in WattWiseWeb.org and recently presented at the "ACM Conference on Programming Language Design SIGPLAN and Implementation (PLDI)" in Santa Barbara, California.