Table of Contents

 1     Scope          
 2     References
 3     Definitions
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere       
        3.2     Terms defined in this Recommendation           
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms             
 5     Conventions            
 6     The framework or methodology — method and metric development             
        6.1     The framework or methodology for Q factor  
        6.2     The Q factor metric with examples of Q factor scores 
Appendix I – Challenges, feasible technologies and recent and ongoing work    
Appendix II – Carbon saving potential: energy and carbon saving potential relation to Q factor    
Appendix III – Example of governmental programme mandating energy efficient computers    
Appendix IV – Performance metrics for different semiconductor technologies and the corresponding electricity use    
Bibliography