{"id":14610,"date":"2023-11-27T15:57:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T14:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/?p=14610"},"modified":"2023-11-27T16:47:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T15:47:12","slug":"climate-protection-made-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/en\/climate-change\/climate-protection-made-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate protection made fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<header class=\"swe-post-header swe-post-header-image-right\"><div class=\"info\"><h1 itemprop=\"headline\">Climate protection made fun<\/h1><div class=\"subtitle\">The gaming industry is becoming more sustainable. Solar energy is driving the future of gaming.<\/div><div class=\"blog-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/en\/tag\/climate-change\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"tag\">#Climate and change<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/en\/tag\/green-culture-en\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"tag\">#Green Culture<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/en\/tag\/photovoltaik-en\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"tag\">#Photovoltaik<\/a><\/div><div class=\"boxes\"><div class=\"wpulike sonnenallee-display wp_ulike_general_class\"><div class=\"grid\"><div class=\"count-box\"><span class=\"count-box\">0<\/span><\/div><div class=\"symbol\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"time\">4 Min.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"preview\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Nintendo_Switch_Header.jpg\"\/><div class=\"boxes callout\"><button class=\"share\">Share<\/button>    <div class=\"wpulike  sonnenallee-interactive\"><div class=\"wp_ulike_general_class wp_ulike_is_not_liked\"><button type=\"button\"\n                    data-ulike-id=\"14610\"\n                    data-ulike-nonce=\"7aad1f12f3\"\n                    data-ulike-type=\"post\"\n                    data-ulike-template=\"sonnenallee-interactive\"\n                    data-ulike-display-likers=\"0\"\n                    data-ulike-likers-style=\"popover\"\n                    class=\"wp_ulike_btn wp_ulike_put_text wp_post_btn_14610\"><span>Like<\/span>            <\/button><\/div><\/div>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"av-share-box hidden callout\"><div class=\"share-content\"><span class=\"close\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/enfold-child_sonnenallee\/images\/icons\/kreuz-dunkel.svg\"\/><\/span><h1>Share article<\/h1><h2>How do you want to share the article?<\/h2><ul class=\"av-share-box-list noLightbox\"><li class=\"av-share-link av-social-link-mail\"><a aria-label=\"mail\" href=\"mailto:?body=https%3A%2F%2Fsonnenallee.sma.de%2Fen%2Fclimate-change%2Fclimate-protection-made-fun%2F&amp;subject=Climate%20protection%20made%20fun\" title target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/wp-content\/themes\/enfold-child_sonnenallee\/images\/mail.png\"\/><span class=\"avia_hidden_link_text\">mail<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"av-share-link av-social-link-facebook\"><a aria-label=\"Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsonnenallee.sma.de%2Fen%2Fclimate-change%2Fclimate-protection-made-fun%2F&amp;t=Climate%20protection%20made%20fun\" title target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/wp-content\/themes\/enfold-child_sonnenallee\/images\/facebook.png\"\/><span class=\"avia_hidden_link_text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/header>\n<div class=\"swe-post-container\">\n<div class=\"swe-author author\"><p><strong>Text:<\/strong> Erik Kl\u00fcgling, 27.11.2023<\/p><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lp714de0-c402f3041a246ffefe46534018dfc380'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>People love to play games. Video games have taken the world by storm. According to the Newzoo Global Games Market Report, over three billion people worldwide play games. But digital escapism leaves behind a huge carbon footprint. The industry is having a rethink.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4pq7qcj-7b02c4bd9ec457cb88dca108dd15a005\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-4pq7qcj-7b02c4bd9ec457cb88dca108dd15a005{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-4pq7qcj-7b02c4bd9ec457cb88dca108dd15a005 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lp7156ee-a595ec931c670cc9cf2293e50e5ef32e'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>When millions of people around the world started playing digital table tennis on their TV screens in 1972, nobody had any idea of what was to come. But the Atari classic PONG laid the foundation for a global multimedia industry that 50 years later would be generating more sales than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameswirtschaft.de\/wirtschaft\/umsatz-vergleich-games-film-musik-2021\/\">music and film industries<\/a> combined \u2013 primarily through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evz.de\/einkaufen-internet\/gaming.html\">microtransactions in games and apps<\/a>. Gaming has evolved immensely in the few decades since PONG and Pac-Man, collecting a lot of power-ups and making quantum leaps in terms of graphics, gameplay and immersion. The gaming industry is a global giant and as diverse as its gadgets. Gaming escapism knows almost no bounds \u2013 whether it\u2019s on smartphones or handheld consoles on the go, via the classic rivals PlayStation and Xbox, on a high-end PC or even via virtual reality. Gaming is a mass phenomenon and an integral part of pop culture for billions of people worldwide.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4ck49c3-1a836338ad77b2bf3002deb24244f96d\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-4ck49c3-1a836338ad77b2bf3002deb24244f96d{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-4ck49c3-1a836338ad77b2bf3002deb24244f96d hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_image '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lp833t7c-2132286503e971caa4bd369f8945a9c0\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lp833t7c-2132286503e971caa4bd369f8945a9c0 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lp833t7c-2132286503e971caa4bd369f8945a9c0 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lp833t7c-2132286503e971caa4bd369f8945a9c0 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-14522 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-14522 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screen_Pacman.jpg\" alt='' title='Screen_Pacman'  height=\"666\" width=\"900\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screen_Pacman.jpg 900w, https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screen_Pacman-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screen_Pacman-768x568.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screen_Pacman-705x522.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-414pqbn-dae187772660b5cd8f448a82efd7b552\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-414pqbn-dae187772660b5cd8f448a82efd7b552{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-414pqbn-dae187772660b5cd8f448a82efd7b552 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lp715jr3-e710b19e9d7a793a698deeda44309b74'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2><strong>An incalculable footprint<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>But there is another side to this: escaping reality has its price, because gaming causes CO<sub>2<\/sub>. It is almost impossible to determine a global footprint because too many different factors play into the equation. Is the gaming taking place on a smartphone or on a PC? Alone and comfortable on the couch or together in a team over the Internet? On a game disk or via download? The electricity mix also plays a role and makes it clear that calculating the carbon footprint is too complex. In any case, it is clear that the industry and gaming itself must become more environmentally friendly so that the climate does not fall by the wayside during all the gaming fun.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3d7sxkz-19f8949d28f60e0a82272a72e2e0ffc9\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-3d7sxkz-19f8949d28f60e0a82272a72e2e0ffc9{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-3d7sxkz-19f8949d28f60e0a82272a72e2e0ffc9 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lp7165qg-499414ad568cc469a5b49f091bc1493e'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2><strong>Playing for the planet<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The \u201cBig 3\u201d \u2013 Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft \u2013 are primarily responsible for this. Like Nintendo, Sony intends to become climate-neutral by 2050. Microsoft wants to be ready by 2030, with the intention of being water positive and switching its operations completely to photovoltaics and wind power by 2025. The three gaming giants signed the voluntary <a href=\"https:\/\/efficientgaming.info\/eu-voluntary-agreement\"><em>efficient gaming<\/em><\/a> commitment to make game consoles as energy-efficient as possible. For example, Microsoft has \u201cimproved the energy-saving mode of the Xbox Series S and Series X with an update in 2021, which consumes around 20 times less power than standby mode,\u201d said Dave McCarthy, Corporate Vice President of Xbox Operations. A comparatively small step, but one that can make a big difference overall.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Microsoft and Sony are part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playing4theplanet.org\/\"><em>Playing for the Planet Alliance<\/em><\/a>. This legally binding environmental agenda between 44 members of the gaming industry and the United Nations was created in 2019 as part of the New York Climate Summit. \u201cIn joining the Alliance, gaming studios have made specific and measurable commitments,\u201d the website states. The focus is on working together, not against each other. The plan is to gradually reduce CO<sub>2<\/sub>, invest in climate protection, photovoltaics and wind power and raise the gaming community\u2019s environmental awareness, such as with regular climate events in the respective games.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2jjxuyr-dcf6ea20e0649833ecc7b7ccbe9ae394\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-2jjxuyr-dcf6ea20e0649833ecc7b7ccbe9ae394{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-2jjxuyr-dcf6ea20e0649833ecc7b7ccbe9ae394 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lp716suh-6a43f6b2fb7e1154e9721a58608a1e8c'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2><strong>Gaming on the cloud<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ambitious plans and the path to some sort of green gaming seem clear: to go more digital and switch to renewable energies. This means moving away from physical data carriers and towards digital data \u2013 i.e., fewer game disks and consoles and more downloads and streaming instead. Providers such as Google, Amazon, Sony and Microsoft are using cloud gaming to enable gamers to play their favorite games without the need for state-of-the-art hardware.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full flex_column_div  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock \"><div class=\"swe-special-images swe-special-images-1 text\"><div class=\"part-1\"><div class=\"image-container image-container-image-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Mobilegame_Halo_Infinite.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-label=\"\" \/><\/div><div><\/div><div class=\"custom-text\"><section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-cec65c98b84b831c854269d805741d7d'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>This is precisely the key feature of the cloud: every conceivable game can be easily streamed on a smartphone, tablet or TV. It is not the gaming device that provides the computing power, but the online cloud, an armada of server centers. In the future, more and more emissions will be eliminated for hardware production, but more green energy will also be needed for streaming. \u201cBy 2025, our cloud data centers will be fully powered by renewable energy, and cloud gaming will benefit accordingly,\u201d said Dave McCarthy from Xbox, describing the cloud strategy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><div class=\"part-2\"><div class=\"image-container image-container-image-2\"><div class=\"image-container-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SMA_Solarpanels.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-label=\"\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lp71dudb-c4951b8e18dbbbaeb56ed2d0ab9c8aea'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Many data centers of other cloud providers already run on green electricity or are cooled particularly creatively using arctic air or seawater, depending on the location. Microsoft has been working on <a href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/de-de\/features\/project-natick-ein-rechenzentrum-im-atlantik\/\">underwater data centers<\/a> for years, which are intended to provide additional cloud power in the sea near metropolitan areas. Iceland is considered the home of the green cloud, as the servers there are climate-neutral thanks to geothermal energy and hydropower. Google is investing <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/intl\/de-de\/unternehmen\/engagement\/google-investiert-in-deutschlands-digitale-zukunft\/\">\u20ac1\u00a0billion<\/a> in photovoltaic systems and energy-efficient data centers for its cloud offer in Germany alone in order to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstatic.com\/gumdrop\/sustainability\/24x7-carbon-free-energy-methodologies-metrics.pdf\">emission-free by 2030<\/a>. Local energy partner ENGIE intends to contribute more than 140 megawatts (MW) of solar and wind energy to this thanks to a new photovoltaic system with a capacity of 39 megawatts and 22 wind farms in Brandenburg, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-6dcher-98bed55d67b262256cb6d8deba6397a5\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-6dcher-98bed55d67b262256cb6d8deba6397a5{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-6dcher-98bed55d67b262256cb6d8deba6397a5 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-16  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_promobox '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div  class='av_promobox av-lp71ekvw-9a727529e9c05ed34b748224bbc6ea53 avia-button-no  avia-builder-el-17  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><div class='avia-promocontent'><h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><\/h6>\n<h3><strong>Solar-powered handheld consoles<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Solar energy first played a role in gaming over 40 years ago: the 1982 LCD Solarpower console from Bandai was the first portable console that used solar panels. Thanks to small panels on the top, a built-in rechargeable battery and extra batteries, the energy-efficient LCD Solarpower ran for several hours at a time. However, the handheld console only had memory capacity for one game at a time with iconic 2D pixel graphics. For classics such as PacMan, Donkey Kong or Frogger, separate consoles had to be purchased. Even though Bandai primarily sold the LCD Solarpower in Japan, the solar-powered console became a hit and sold more than three million units worldwide.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/rF3wOLcRXP4?si=6aGwny81OghO5Y1V\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-13gifer-f08aaebbebe9aae51000e84a93b5ebc4\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-13gifer-f08aaebbebe9aae51000e84a93b5ebc4{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-13gifer-f08aaebbebe9aae51000e84a93b5ebc4 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-18  el_after_av_promobox  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lp71g4b3-0b0e63cfc1576a0c8039b4feba0aa3f2'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2><strong>Step by step to the next level<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There is still a long way to go until gaming is emission-free, but in many cases, the first steps toward this goal have already been taken. What the big players want to achieve by 2030 or even 2050, small software studios and publishers are already focusing on. Developers such as Supergiant Games (\u201cHades\u201d), Amanita Design (\u201cOri and the Blind Forest\u201d), Thatgamecompany (\u201cJourney\u201d), the world-famous animation studio Studio Ghibli and publishers such as Devolver Digital want to be climate-neutral by 2025. The changes start with small things such as saving paper and extend to long-term electricity contracts with regional solar farm operators in order to make production, operation and distribution environmentally friendly. Polish game manufacturer Acid Wizard Studio (\u201cDarkwood\u201d) already uses only renewable energy in its offices and recycled materials for its game packaging. The German development studio Gentlymad Studios is also offering \u201cEndzone \u2013 A World Apart\u201d in a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/933820\/view\/2910969711808371937?l=german\">Save the World Edition<\/a>,\u201d in which a tree is planted in cooperation with One Tree Planted \u2013 a green offer for the community. Hardware manufacturers, such as Logitech and Razer, are also thinking outside the box and have already started using recycled materials for their gaming mice and keyboards.\u00a0 Logitech is going one step further and wants to switch to recycled materials for all products from 2024. To this end, they develop their own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/de-de\/sustainability\/post-consumer-recycled-plastic.html\">recycling processes for plastic granules<\/a> and promote the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/de-de\/sustainability\/recycling.html\">global recycling<\/a> of their used products.<\/p>\n<p>These and many other examples show that the green game is officially on, and that everyone can be winners in the end. Ultimately, these smaller initiatives serve as a model for the large providers Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft to make their digital pixels even faster and greener.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full flex_column_div  avia-builder-el-20  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_hr \"><div class=\"swe-special-images swe-special-images-2 subtitle\"><div class=\"image-container image-container-image-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Game_Endzone.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-label=\"Die \"Save the World Edition\" von \"Endzone \u2013 A World Apart\" beinhaltet die Pflanzung eines Baums pro verkaufter Edition. Ein gr\u00fcnes Angebot f\u00fcr die Community.\" \/><small class=\"copyright avia-copyright\">GOG.com<\/small><\/div><span class=\"image-subtitle\"><span class=\"image-subtitle-inner image-description\">Die \"Save the World Edition\" von \"Endzone \u2013 A World Apart\" beinhaltet die Pflanzung eines Baums pro verkaufter Edition. 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