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Scientists and engineers at the University of California-San Diego said they are building an instrument to test the energy efficiency of computing systems under real-world conditions. They said their goal is to persuade computer designers and users in the scientific community to re-think the way they do their jobs.

The National Science Foundation will provide $2 million for the university's three-year "GreenLight" project. An additional $600,000 in matching funds will be provided by the school.

The GreenLight project gets its name from its plan to connect scientists and their labs to more energy-efficient "green" computer processing and storage systems using photonics -- light over optical fiber.

"As a leader in the field of information technology, UC-San Diego has a responsibility to reduce the amount of energy required to run scientific computing systems", said UCSD Chancellor Marye Anne Fox. "Project GreenLight will train a new generation of energy-aware scientists, and it will produce energy consumption data to help investigators throughout the research community make informed choices about energy-efficient IT infrastructure."

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