Green Computing Seminar

On

“GREEN COMPUTING”
Submitted By
Mr. Nikunj P. Agrawal
Under The Guidance Of

Prof. Mr. V. S. Gulhane

Department of

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

SIPNA SHIKSHAN PRASARAK MANDAL’S

College of Engineering & Technology, Amravati

Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati

YEAR- 2010-2011

This is to certify that

Of final year B.E.(Comp. Sci & engg) has Successfully completed his seminar titled

“GREEN COMPUTING”
and submitted the seminar report in partial fulfillment of the Degree in Bachelor of
Engineering(Comp. Science & engg) during academic year 2010-2011

Prof.Dr.P.R.Deshmukh Prof.V.S.Gulhane

(H.O.D) (Guide)

(Dept. Comp Sci & Engg) (Dept. Comp Sci & Engg)

Department of

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

SIPNA SHIKSHAN PRASARAK MANDAL’S
College of Engineering & Technology, Amravati

Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati

YEAR-2010-2011

The making of the seminar needed co-operation and guidance of a
number of people. I therefore consider it my prime duty to thank all those
who had helped me through his venture.

It is my immense pleasure to express my gratitude to
Prof. Mr. V. S. Gulhane as my guide who provided me constructive
and positive feedback during the preparation of this seminar.

I express my sincere thank to the head of department
Prof. Dr. P. R. Deshmukh (Computer Science And Engg) and all
other staff members of Computer department for their kind co- operation.

Last but not least,I am thankful to my friends and library
staff members whose encouragement and suggestion helped me to
complete my seminar.

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always with me.

Thanking you.


Final Year- CMPS

SIPNA’S College of Engg. & Tech.

Amravati.

1 Abstract
2 Introduction
3 Why....Green Computing?
4 Approaches to Green Computing
4.1 Virtualization
4.2 Power Management
4.3 Power supply
4.4 Storage
4.5 Video Card
4.6 Display
4.7 IT Equipment Recycling
4.8 Remote Conferencing & Telecommuting Strategies
4.9 Product longevity
4.10 Algorithmic efficiency
4.11 Resource allocation
4.12 Terminal servers
4.13 Operating system support
5 How to Implement?
6 Future of Green Computing
7 GREEN IT For Business
8 Industrial implementations of Green Computing
8.1 Blackle
8.2 Fit-PC
8.3 Zonbu computer
8.4 Sunray thin client
8.5 The Asus Eee PC
8.6 Other implementations
9 Conclusion
10 References

1.ABSTRACT:
Green computing or green IT, refers to environmentally sustainable computing or
IT. In the article Harnessing Green IT: Principles and Practices, San Murugesan
defines the field of green computing as "the study and practice of designing,
manufacturing, using, and disposing of computers, servers, and associated
subsystems—such as monitors, printers, storage devices, and networking and
communications systems—efficiently and effectively with minimal or no impact on
the environment." Research continues into key areas such as making the use of
computers as energy-efficient as possible, and designing algorithms and systems for
efficiency-related computer technologies.[1]

Green computing is the environmentally responsible use of computers and related
resources. Such practices include the implementation of energy-efficient central
processing units, servers, peripherals as well as reduced resource consumption and
proper disposal of electronic waste.One of the earliest initiatives toward green
computing in the United States was the voluntary labeling program known as Energy
Star. It was conceived by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1992 to
promote energy efficiency in hardware of all kinds. The Energy Star label became a
common sight, especially in laptops and displays. Similar programs have been
adopted in Europe and Asia.[6]

Today’s PCs are so powerful that the vast majority of applications only use a small
fraction of the computer’s capacity. it can be simultaneously shared by multiple
users.Consumes 90% less energy per user PCs typically consume between 110 to 200
watts of electricity.A single PC generates more heat than a 100 watt light bulb. A
classroom, computer lab, or office with PCs warms up very quickly. In fact, PC-filled
work areas almost always have to be air conditioned. Air conditioners raise electricity
costs and require large capital expenditures to buy, install, and maintain them. 98%
less e-waste in landfills Electronic waste is a large and growing problem throughout
the world. People rarely think of their PCs in the same way that they think of other

toxic waste, but while electronic waste represents only 2% of trash in landfills, it
represents 80% of the toxic waste.[6]

On a broader scale, we have the Kyoto Protocol and the Climate Savers
Computing Initiative (CSCI)—global efforts to save the environment which require
active participation of governments, organizations and manufacturers. You too can do
your bit to save the environment. The next time you boot your PC or notebook, head
straight to the Power Options (Control Panel) and choose a scheme that’s a good
trade off between performance and power saving. Also, switch off the lights when
you leave home, and do use public transport! [6]

How your devices harm the environment?
Your computer and peripherals draw significant amounts of energy in sleep and
standby modes. They contribute to harmful CO2 emissions. These days everyone
seems to be talking about global warming and ways to protect the environment.
Unconsciously, all of us are contributing to unwanted CO2 (carbon dioxide)
emissions from home, through the careless use of our electrical devices. The sheer
amount of energy wasted by devices like PCs, televisions, and most other electronic
appliances, even when they are in standby mode, is enormous. According to reports
from the German Federal Environment Office, devices consume around 17 billion
kiloWatts hours (kWh) in a year when they are in the standby mode. This mode is
also responsible for CO2 emissions; the CO2 dissipated from ‘sleeping’ devices
amounts to about one-seventh the CO2 emitted by an automobile.Manufacturers do
not provide a proper shut-off button in devices. DVD players, DVD recorders or even
multifunctional printers continue to draw electricity because of the absence of an
‘Off’ button. If you press ‘Power off’ on the remote, these devices go into standby
mode. The situation is even more serious in the case of PCs. Windows Vista never
shuts down or powers off the PC completely. Rather, the default shut down mode is a
deep sleep mode that requires power. It’s only when you switch off the mains switch
at the back of the computer that the power supply unit stops drawing power. [6]

2. INTRODUCTION:
Green computing is the study and practice of using computing resources
efficiently. The goals are similar to green chemistry; that is reduce the use of
hazardous materials, maximize energy efficiency during the product's lifetime, and
promote recyclability or biodegradability of defunct products and factory waste.
Taking into consideration the popular use of information technology industry, it has
to lead a revolution of sorts by turning green in a manner no industry has ever done
before. It is worth emphasizing that this “green technology” should not be just about
sound bytes to impress activists but concrete action and organizational policy.
Opportunities lie in green technology like never before in history and organizations
are seeing it as a way to create new profit centers while trying to help the
environmental cause. The plan towards green IT should include new electronic
products and services with optimum efficiency and all possible options towards
energy savings.The primary objective of such a program is to account for the triple
bottom line, an expanded spectrum of values and criteria for measuring
organizational (and societal) success. Modern IT systems rely upon a complicated
mix of people, networks and hardware; as such, a green computing initiative must be
systemic in nature, and address increasingly sophisticated problems. Elements of
such as solution may comprise items such as end user satisfaction, management
restructuring, regulatory compliance,disposal of electronic waste, telecommuting,
virtualization of server resources, energy use, thin client solutions, and return on
investment (ROI).[1]

Today, data volumes are doubling every 18 months, and enterprises want to keep
more data online and provide access to more users. The impact is huge increases in
the amount of hardware infrastructure needed, resulting in corresponding increases in
power, cooling and data center space needs.[6]

The recycling of old computers raises an important privacy issue. The old storage
devices still hold private information, such as emails, passwords and credit card

numbers, which can be recovered simply by someone using software that is available
freely on the Internet. Deletion of a file does not actually remove the file from the
hard drive. Before recycling a computer, users should remove the hard drive, or hard
drives if there is more than one, and physically destroy it or store it somewhere safe.
There are some authorized hardware recycling companies to whom the computer may
be given for recycling, and they typically sign a non-disclosure agreement.[6]

Recycling computing equipment can keep harmful materials such as lead,
mercury, and hexavalent chromium out of landfills, and can also replace equipment
that otherwise would need to be manufactured, saving further energy and emissions.
Computer systems that have outlived their particular function can be re-purposed, or
donated to various charities and non-profit organizations. However, many charities
have recently imposed minimum system requirements for donated equipment.
Additionally, parts from outdated systems may be salvaged and recycled through
certain retail outlets and municipal or private recycling centers. Computing supplies,
such as printer cartridges, paper, and batteries may be recycled as well.[1]

A drawback to many of these schemes is that computers gathered through
recycling drives are often shipped to developing countries where environmental
standards are less strict than in North America and Europe. The Silicon Valley Toxics
Coalition estimates that 80% of the post-consumer e-waste collected for recycling is
shipped abroad to countries such as China and Pakistan.[1]

3.WHY..GREEN COMPUTING?
In a world where business is transacted 24/7 across every possible channel
available, companies need to collect, store, track and analyze enormous volumes of
data—everything from clickstream data and event logs to mobile call records and
more. But this all comes with a cost to both businesses and the environment. Data
warehouses and the sprawling data centers that house them use up a huge amount of
power, both to run legions of servers and to cool them. Just how much? A whopping
61 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, at an estimated cost of $4.5B annually.[6]

The IT industry has begun to address energy consumption in the data center
through a variety of approaches including the use of more efficient cooling systems,
virtualization, blade servers and storage area networks (SANs). But a fundamental
challenge remains. As data volumes explode, traditional, appliance-centric data
warehousing approaches can only continue to throw more hardware at the problem.
This can quickly negate any green gains seen through better cooling or more tightly
packed servers.[6]

To minimize their hardware footprint, organizations also need to shrink their "data
footprint" by addressing how much server space and resources their information
analysis requires in the first place. A combination of new database technologies
expressly designed for analysis of massive quantities of data and affordable,
resource-efficient, open-source software can help organizations save money and
become greener.[6]

Organizations can do so in the following three key areas: reduced data footprint,
reduced deployment resources, and reduced ongoing management and maintenance.
[6]

4. APPROACHES TO GREEN COMPUTING:
Energy costs of IT and data center operations are significant, whether for
internal corporate IT operations or as part of IT outsourcing, Power consumption,
Cooling, “Inefficient” equipment operations, e.g., data servers “spinning” when no
active operations are being performed. In “old days” energy costs were assumed to be
free. In current environment (pun intended), equipment costs have been reduced,
putting focus on energy costs.[1]

4.1 Virtualization:
Initiatives in this area include server virtualization and consolidation, storage
consolidation and desktop virtualization. These projects typically improve cost and
energy efficiency through optimized use of existing and new computing and storage
capacity, electricity, cooling, ventilation and real estate.[6]

Moving desktops to a virtual environment and employing thin-client machines
reduces energy consumption and environmental impact of user infrastructure. As one
senior partner at a 100-employee services firm reports, “[Thin clients have] no CPU,
no RAM, no moving parts, and connect to the virtual desktop environment. Our
typical computer used up to a 250-watt power supply; our thin client uses a 4.8-watt
power supply, so the reduction in electricity usage is 97, 98 percent, with all the
functionality. ” Energy savings result, as does cost avoidance, thanks to extended
refresh cycles provided by thin client equipment. Mid-size businesses face a
preponderance of issues when it comes to the server room. In this study, businesses
cite the following reasons for undertaking server room upgrades and the construction
of new server rooms:
• Decrease cost and increase effectiveness of cooling and ventilation systems. Many
existing HVAC systems cannot keep up with smaller, more powerful servers that
throw off more heat than older, low-density equipment. Most server rooms were not
designed to keep pace with the modern complement of fully virtualized servers and
consolidated storage.

• Increase server and computing capacity. Server room spaces are simply maxed out;
they are either too small to house needed servers, or inadequately equipped to deal
with a high rate of virtualization on fewer devices that run hotter.
• Questionable reliability of aging server room infrastructure; the server room
design of yesterday no longer supports business needs of today, in terms of uptime
and availability.
• Mounting maintenance and management costs for older facilities, which may not
affordably handle growth of computing and storage.
• The need to decrease real estate costs, through server room infrastructure that
supports denser, smaller footprints of new servers and storage.[6]

Computer virtualization is the process of running two or more logical computer
systems on one set of physical hardware. The concept originated with the IBM
mainframe operating systems of the 1960s, but was commercialized for x86-
compatible computers only in the 1990s. With virtualization, a system administrator
could combine several physical systems into virtual machines on one single, powerful
system, thereby unplugging the original hardware and reducing power and cooling
consumption. Several commercial companies and open-source projects now offer
software packages to enable a transition to virtual computing. Intel Corporation and
AMD have also built proprietary virtualization enhancements to the x86 instruction
set into each of their CPU product lines, in order to facilitate virtualized computing.
[1]

Server Virtualisation increases network utilization and reduces network
equipment needs by allowing multiple virtual servers to share one or more network
adapters within the confines of a single physical server. On the switch side, features
such as Cisco's Virtual Switching System allow one switch to function like many,
which means more than one server can connect to the same port. This works because
most organizations overprovision switching capacity based on peak loads. Reducing
the total number of physical ports required lowers overall power consumption.

Similarly, 1HP's Virtual Connect technology abstracts HP server blades from
Ethernet and Fibre Channel networks. It requires fewer network interface cards,
reduces cabling requirements and increases network utilization.[1]

One of the primary goals of almost all forms of virtualization is making the most
efficient use of available system resources. With energy and power costs increasing
as the size of IT infrastructures grow, holding expenses to a minimum is quickly
becoming a top priority for many IT pros. Virtualization has helped in that respect by
allowing organizations to consolidate their servers onto fewer pieces of hardware,
which can result in sizable cost savings. The datacenter is where virtualization can
have the greatest impact, and it’s there where many of the largest companies in the
virtualization space are investing their resources.[1]

Virtualization also fits in very nicely with the idea of “Green Computing”; by
consolidating servers and maximizing CPU processing power on other servers, you
are cutting costs (saving money) and taking less of a toll on our environment Storage
virtualization uses hardware and software to break the link between an application,
application component, system service or whole stack of software and the storage
subsystem. This allows the storage to be located just about anywhere, on just about
any type of device, replicated for performance reasons, replicated for reliability
reasons or for any combination of the above.[1]

4.2 PC POWER MANAGEMENT:
Many look to managing end-user device power consumption as an easy,
effective way to reduce energy costs. These power management initiatives include
the following:
• Using software that centrally manages energy settings of PCs and monitors.
• Enforcing standardized power settings on all PCs before distributing to end users.
• Procuring energy-efficient equipment, such as Energy Star certified devices.[6]
Every kilowatt counts

Older computers can use up to 300 watts during peak load, but less than eight watts
during sleep modes. By maximizing the number of PCs and monitors controlled for
hibernate, sleep or shut-down times, companies reduce the amount of energy
consumed during lengthy idle times, particularly overnight. Procuring Energy Star-
compliant devices or more energy-efficient equipment can also reduce power
consumption during equipment use. This includes replacing old desktops with
laptops, or refreshing CRT monitors with LCD flat-screens. Altogether, these power
management strategies result in significant energy and maintenance cost savings;
such benefits are realized by 65% of companies that complete such initiatives.[6]
Power management for computer systems are desired for many reasons, particularly:
·Prolong battery life for portable and embedded systems.
·Reduce cooling requirements.
·Reduce noise.
·Reduce operating costs for energy and cooling.
·Lower power consumption also means lower heat dissipation, which increases
system stability, and less energy use, which saves money and reduces the impact on
the environment.
·The Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI), an open industry
standard, allows an operating system to directly control the power saving aspects of
its underlying hardware. This allows a system to automatically turn off components
such as monitors and hard drives after set periods of inactivity. In addition, a system
may hibernate, where most components (including the CPU and the system RAM)
are turned off. ACPI is a successor to an earlier Intel-Microsoft standard called
Advanced Power Management, which allows a computer's BIOS to control power
management functions.
·Some programs allow the user to manually adjust the voltages supplied to the CPU,
which reduces both the amount of heat produced and electricity consumed. This
process is called undervolting. Some CPUs can automatically undervolt the processor
depending on the workload; this technology is called "SpeedStep" on Intel
processors, "PowerNow!"/"Cool'n'Quiet" on AMD chips, LongHaul on VIA CPUs,

and LongRun with Transmeta processors. The power management for
microprocessors can be done over the whole processor, or in specific areas.With
dynamic voltage scaling and dynamic frequency scaling, the CPU core voltage, clock
rate, or both, can be altered to decrease power consumption at the price of slower
performance. This is sometimes done in real time to optimize the power-performance
tradeoff.
Examples:
· Intel SpeedStep
· AMD Cool'n'Quiet
· AMD PowerNow!
· VIA LongHaul (PowerSaver)
· Transmeta LongRun and LongRun2
Newer Intel Core processors support ultra-fine power control over the function units
within the processors.[1]

4.3 POWER SUPPLY:
Power supplies in most computers (PSUs for short) aren't designed for energy
efficiency. In fact, most computers drain more power than they need during normal
operation, leading to higher electrical bills and a more dire environmental impact.
The 80 Plus program is a voluntary certification system for power-supply
manufacturers. The term "80 Plus" is a little complicated, so bear with me for a
moment. If a PSU meets the certification, it will use only the power it needs at a
given load: In other words, it won't use more power than it needs. For example, if
your PC requires only 20 percent of the total power of a 500-watt PSU, the system
will consume no more than 100 watts. Only when the PC requires full power will the
PSU run at the full wattage load. An 80 Plus power supply can save about 85 kilowatt
hours per PC, per year. In many ways, it's the heart of a green PC, since it manages
the power for all the other components. It also has the most dramatic effect on your
energy bill. Of course, all 80 Plus power supplies are also lead-free and RoHS
compliant.[1]

Desktop computer power supplies (PSUs) are generally 70–75% efficient,
dissipating the remaining energy as heat. An industry initiative called 80 PLUS
certifies PSUs that are at least 80% efficient; typically these models are drop-in
replacements for older, less efficient PSUs of the same form factor. As of July 20,
2007, all new Energy Star 4.0-certified desktop PSUs must be at least 80% efficient.
Various initiatives are underway to improve the efficiency of computer power
supplies. Climate savers computing initiative promotes energy saving and reduction
of greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging development and use of more efficient
power supplies.[1]

4.4 STORAGE:
There are three routes available, all of which vary in cost, performance, and
capacity. The most conventional route is the 3.5" desktop hard drive. Recently, major
drive manufacturers have begun to focus on reduced power consumption, resulting in
such features as the reduced RPM low-power idle mode with fixed rotation speed for
reduced power consumption. The advantages of this route are the highest possible
capacity, the best performance (out of the highest-end solid-state drives). The second
option, which also lends itself to affordability, is to use a 2.5" laptop hard drive.
These consume less power than larger disks as a result of their smaller platters,
smaller motors, and firmware that is already optimized for power consumption versus
most 3.5" harddisks. With capacities up to 320GB, reasonable capacity is well within
reach, although the price is substantially higher than an equivalent 3.5" disk.[1]

With a green system aimed at light use, a 120GB or 160GB laptop drive is a very
affordable, lower-power alternative to a 3.5" disk. The lowest-power option is to use
a solid state hard drive (SSD), which typically draw less than one-third the power of a
2.5" disk. The latest, highest-performance SSDs are very fast but extremely
expensive, and currently top out at only 64GB. That's adequate for light use, but

wholly inadequate for gamer , video editing, and other heavy uses. More affordable
SSDs are available in larger capacities, but are not cheap and typically have slow
write performance, which limits their practical utility. Smaller form factor (e.g. 2.5
inch) hard disk drives often consume less power than physically larger drives. Unlike
hard disk drives, solid-state drives store data in flash memory or DRAM. With no
moving parts, power consumption may be reduced somewhat for low capacity flash
based devices. Even at modest sizes, DRAM based SSDs may use more power than
hard disks, (e.g., 4GB i-RAM uses more power and space than laptop drives). Flash
based drives are generally slower for writing than hard disks.[1]

4.5 VIDEO CARD:
A fast GPU may be the largest power consumer in a computer. Energy efficient
display options include:
·No video card - use a shared terminal, shared thin client, or desktop sharing software
if display required.
·Use motherboard video output - typically low 3D performance and low power.
·Reuse an older video card that uses little power; many do not require heatsinks or
fans.
·Select a GPU based on average wattage or performance per watt. The easiest way to
conserve power is to go with integrated video. This is the lowestperformance option,
but for office users, casual browsing, and pure 2D use, it's more than adequate and
well worth saving the 10W, 20W, or even 35W from a discrete video card.
Motherboards spitting out integrated video via DVI or HDMI aren't that hard to find,
so power-users with their massive LCDs don't have to suffer.[1]

4.6 DISPLAYS:
LCD monitors typically use a cold-cathode fluorescent bulb to provide light for
the display. Some newer displays use an array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in
place of the fluorescent bulb, which reduces the amount of electricity used by the

display. LCD monitors uses three times less when active, and ten times less energy
when in sleep mode. LCDs are up to 66% more energy efficient than CRTs, LCDs
are also upwards of 80% smaller in size and weight, leading to fuel savings in
shipping. LCDs produce less heat, meaning you'll need less AC to keep cool.LCD
screens are also easier on the eyes. Their lower intensity and steady light pattern
result in less fatigue versus CRTs. A newer LCD draws 40-60W maximum in a
modest 19", 20", or 22" size. That number grows close to 85W or 100W maximum
for a 24" unit. Drop them down to standby or turn them off entirely when not using
them to minimize power consumption. By comparison, a 21" CRT typically uses
more than 120W, more than double the power of a typical 22" LCD.[1]

4.7 IT EQUIPMENT RECYCLING:
After you’ve finished with your IT products, what happens when they’re no
longer needed? In nature, organic materials rot down and feed future growth, so why
not dismantle products at the end of their lives and use the elements as raw materials
for future products? Several reputable computer manufacturers use metal and easily-
separated plastics in order to maximise raw material reuse. It’s important that the
environmental costs of recovery don’t exceed the benefits expected. And that, of
course, loops back to design in the first place.[6]

The priorities for all material things are reduce, reuse and recycle - in that order of
importance. If you can extend the working life of your IT products, you reduce the
environmental consequences of mining, manufacture, packaging, shipping and
disposal. Can you upgrade something rather than finish using it? If you have to
replace it, can someone else inside your organisation use it? If not, charities and
refurbishing organisations may be able to extend the product’s life. And, waiting at
the end of the line, many organisations, including some manufacturers themselves,
are willing to take equipment back and recycle the components into new products.Out
of all initiatives in this study, the success of IT equipment recycling relies not on a
business case with cost savings, but on a combination of environmental responsibility

and regulatory pressures. The single most important factor in adopting recycling
initiatives is to decrease waste sent to landfills.[6]

Recycling computing equipment can keep harmful materials such as lead,
mercury, and hexavalent chromium out of landfills.Obsolete computers are a valuable
source for secondary raw materials, if treated properly, however if not treated
properly they are a major source of toxins and carcinogens. Rapid technology change,
low initial cost and even planned obsolescence have resulted in a fast growing
problem around the globe. Technical solutions are available but in most cases a legal
framework, a collection system, logistics and other services need to be implemented
before a technical solution can be applied. Electronic devices, including audio-visual
components (televisions, VCRs, stereo equipment), mobile phones and other hand-
held devices, and computer components, contain valuable elements and substances
suitable for reclamation, including lead, copper, and gold. They also contain a
plethora of toxic substances, such as dioxins, PCBs, cadmium, chromium, radioactive
isotopes, and mercury. [1]

Additionally, the processing required to reclaim the precious substances
(including incineration and acid treatments) release, generate and synthesize further
toxic byproducts Most major computer manufacturers offer some form of recycling,
often as a free replacement service when purchasing a new PC. At the user's request
they may mail in their old computer, or arrange for pickup from the manufacturer.
Individuals looking for environmentally-friendly ways in which to dispose of
electronics can find corporate electronic take-back and recycling programs across the
country. Open to the public (in most cases), corporations nationwide have begun to
offer low-cost to nocost recycling, and have opened centers nationally and in some
cases internationally.[4]

Such programs frequently offer services to take-back and recycle electronics
including mobile phones, laptop and desktop computers, digital cameras, and home
and auto electronics. Companies offer what are called “take-back” programs that

provide monetary incentives for recyclable and/or working technologies. While there
are several health hazards when it comes to dealing with computer recycling some of
the substances you should be aware of:
·Lead common in CRTs, older solder, some batteries and to some formulations of
PVC. Can be harmful if not disposed of properly.
·Mercury in fluorescent tubes. With new technologies arising the elimination of
mercury in many new model computers is taking place.
·Cadmium in some rechargeable batteries. It can be hazardous to your skin if exposed
for too long. Although many people are exposed to it everyday it just depends on the
amount of exposure.
·Liquid crystals are another health hazard that should be taken into consideration
although they do not have the nearly the same effects as the other chemicals.[2]

4.8 REMOTE CONFERENCING & TELECOMMUTING
STRATEGIES:
Given recent jumps in fuel costs and greater awareness of harm caused by
greenhouse gas emissions, many companies wish to reduce travel to cut costs and
decrease negative impact on the environment. The initiatives in this study consist of
the following: Remote Conferencing & Collaboration
• Video-conferencing and teleconferencing implementations between facilities or
between office and client sites.
• Online collaboration environments.
Telecommuting Strategy & Capabilities
• Virtual Private Network (VPN), remote access, and unified or voice
communications capabilities to enable access from home and other remote locations.
• Policies and strategies allowing or encouraging employees to work from home.
• Policies allowing or enforcing employees to work “Four-Tens” (4 days a week, 10
hours a day).[6]
Cutting travel costs where it counts

Not surprisingly, businesses adopting travel reduction initiatives seek to decrease
the travel and fuel consumption costs associated with driving or flying between office
locations and to client sites. These initiatives not only reduce costs of fuel, flights,
hotels and related expenses, but also result in higher employee satisfaction. After
implementation, more than three-quarters of organizations report their expectations
regarding travel cost savings are either met or exceeded. Teleconferencing and
telepresence technologies are often implemented in green computing initiatives. The
advantages are many; increased worker satisfaction, reduction of greenhouse gas
emissions related to travel, and increased profit margins as a result of lower overhead
costs for office space, heat, lighting, etc. The savings are significant; the average
annual energy consumption for U.S. office buildings is over 23 kilowatt hours per
square foot, with heat, air conditioning and lighting accounting for 70% of all energy
consumed. Other related initiatives, such as hotelling, reduce the square footage per
employee as workers reserve space only when they need it. Many types of jobs --
sales, consulting, and field service -- integrate well with this technique. Rather than
traveling great distances, in order to have a face-face meeting, it is now possible to
teleconference instead, using a multiway video phone. Each member of the meeting,
or each party, can see every other member on a screen or screens, and can talk to
them as if they were in the same room. This brings enormous time and cost benefits,
as well as a reduced impact on the environment by lessening the need for travel - a
damaging source of carbon emissions.[1]

Voice over IP (VoIP) reduces the telephony wiring infrastructure by sharing the
existing Ethernet copper (a toxic metal). VoIP and phone extension mobility also
made Hot desking and more practical.[1]

4.9 PRODUCT LONGEVITY:
Gartner maintains that the PC manufacturing process accounts for 70 % of the
natural resources used in the life cycle of a PC. Therefore, the biggest contribution to
green computing usually is to prolong the equipment's lifetime. Another report from

Gartner recommends to "Look for product longevity, including upgradability and
modularity." For instance, manufacturing a new PC makes a far bigger ecological
footprint than manufacturing a new RAM module to upgrade an existing one, a
common upgrade that saves the user having to purchase a new computer.[1]

4.10 ALGORITHMIC EFFICIENCY:
The efficiency of algorithms has an impact on the amount of computer resources
required for any given computing function and there are many efficiency trade-offs in
writing programs. As computers have become more numerous and the cost of
hardware has declined relative to the cost of energy, the energy efficiency and
environmental impact of computing systems and programs has received increased
attention. A study by Alex Wissner-Gross, a physicist at Harvard, estimated that the
average Google search released 7 grams of carbon dioxide (CO2). However, Google
disputes this figure, arguing instead that a typical search produces only 0.2 grams of
CO2.[1]

4.11 RESOURCE ALLOCATION:
Algorithms can also be used to route data to data centers where electricity is less
expensive. Researchers from MIT, Carnegie Mellon University, and Akamai have
tested an energy allocation algorithm that successfully routes traffic to the location
with the cheapest energy costs. The researchers project up to a 40 percent savings on
energy costs if their proposed algorithm were to be deployed. Strictly speaking, this
approach does not actually reduce the amount of energy being used; it only reduces
the cost to the company using it. However, a similar strategy could be used to direct
traffic to rely on energy that is produced in a more environmentally friendly or
efficient way. A similar approach has also been used to cut energy usage by routing
traffic away from data centers experiencing warm weather; this allows computers to
be shut down to avoid using air conditioning.[1]

4.12 TERMINAL SERVERS:
Terminal servers have also been used in green computing. When using the system,

users at a terminal connect to a central server; all of the actual computing is done on
the server, but the end user experiences the operating system on the terminal. These
can be combined with thin clients, which use up to 1/8 the amount of energy of a
normal workstation, resulting in a decrease of energy costs and consumption.[citation
needed] There has been an increase in using terminal services with thin clients to
create virtual labs. Examples of terminal server software include Terminal Services
for Windows and the Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) for the Linux operating
system.[1]

4.13 OPERATING SYSTEM SUPPORT:
The dominant desktop operating system, Microsoft Windows, has included limited
PC power management features since Windows 95. These initially provided for
stand-by (suspend-to-RAM) and a monitor low power state. Further iterations of
Windows added hibernate (suspend-to-disk) and support for the ACPI standard.
Windows 2000 was the first NT based operation system to include power
management. This required major changes to the underlying operating system
architecture and a new hardware driver model. Windows 2000 also introduced Group
Policy, a technology which allowed administrators to centrally configure most
Windows features. However, power management was not one of those features. This
is probably because the power management settings design relied upon a connected
set of per-user and per-machine binary registry values, effectively leaving it up to
each user to configure their own power management settings.[1]
This approach, which is not compatible with Windows Group Policy, was
repeated in Windows XP. The reasons for this design decision by Microsoft are not
known, and it has resulted in heavy criticism Microsoft significantly improved this in
Windows Vista by redesigning the power management system to allow basic
configuration by Group Policy. The support offered is limited to a single per-
computer policy. The most recent release, Windows 7 retains these limitations but
does include refinements for more efficient user of operating system timers,
processor power management, and display panel brightness.[1]

5. HOW TO IMPLEMENT?
Greening Your Organisation:
The whole idea of replacing physical movement with electronic communications
like videoconferencing reduces environmental impacts, not to mention associated
costs. This also applies to how you manage your business processes. Consider
distributing information electronically rather than printing it first and then
distributing it. This ‘print on demand’ approach saves transport and unnecessary
copies, not to mention saving money! Companies with transport and logistics
operations can reduce emissions by using software applications to optimise routes
and eliminate wasted journeys. Solutions can range from simple sat-nav devices to
more complex transportation management systems which coordinate multiple
vehicles and routes, saving both time and fuel, and providing more predictable
customer service too.[3]

Power management softwares help the computers to sleep or hibernate when no in
use. Reversible computing (which also includes quantum computing) promises to
reduce power consumption by a factor of several thousand, but such systems are still
very much in the laboratories. Reversible computing includes any computational
process that is (at least to some close approximation) reversible, i.e., time-invertible,
meaning that a time-reversed version of the process could exist within the same
general dynamical framework as the original process.Reversible computing's efficient
use of heat could make it possible to come up with 3-D chip designs, Bennett said.
This would push all of the circuitry closer together and ultimately increase
performance.[2]
Nearing green nirvana
• Audit your data centre and remove unused equipment and software
• Virtualise applications, storage and servers in the data centre wherever
appropriate
• Consider consolidating data centres

• Introduce videoconferencing or telepresence facilities.
• Power-sucking displays can be replaced with green light displays made of
OLEDs, or organic light-emitting diodes.
• Use of toxic materials like lead can be replaced by silver and copper.
• Making recycling of computers (which is expensive and time consuming at
present) more effective by recycling computer parts separately with an option
of reuse or resale.
• Buy and use a low power desktop or a laptop computer (40-90 watts) rather a
higher power desktop (e.g. 300 watts).
• Thin clients can use only 4 to 8 watts of power at the desktop as the processing
is done by a server.
• For desktops, buy a low power central processing unit (CPU). This reduces
both power consumption and cooling requirements.
• Buy hardware from manufacturers that have a hardware recycling scheme, and
recycle your old computer equipment rather than sending it to landfill.
• Turn your computer and monitor off when you are not using it.
• Enable hibernation using the power management settings. Standby does not
save as much power.
• Replace your CRT screen with an LCD screen.
• Keep your PC or laptop for at least 5 years. If you're leasing, shift to a 5 year
period. This reduces energy consumption by 40%, compared to replacing PCs
every 3 years which is current corporate practice.
• Avoid an unnecessary operating system version upgrade which requires a
hardware upgrade.
• Use Linux (such as Ubuntu), which requires less resources than many other
operating systems on an older computer as a spare or a file server.
• Use server virtualization to aggregate multiple under-utilized servers onto
more energy efficient server infrastructure.[3]

6.FUTURE OF GREEN COMPUTING:
As 21st century belongs to computers, gizmos and electronic items, energy issues
will get a serious ring in the coming days, as the public debate on carbon emissions,
global warming and climate change gets hotter. If we think computers are
nonpolluting and consume very little energy we need to think again. It is estimated
that out of $250 billion per year spent on powering computers worldwide only about
15% of that power is spent computing- the rest is wasted idling. Thus, energy saved
on computer hardware and computing will equate tonnes of carbon emissions saved
per year. Taking into consideration the popular use of information technology
industry, it has to lead a revolution of sorts by turning green in a manner no industry
has ever done before. Opportunities lie in green technology like never before in
history and organizations are seeing it as a way to create new profit centers while
trying to help the environmental cause.[1]

The plan towards green IT should include new electronic products and services
with optimum efficiency and all possible options towards energy savings. Faster
processors historically use more power. Inefficient CPU's are a double hit because
they both use too much power themselves and their waste heat increases air
conditioning needs, especially in server farms--between the computers and the
HVAC. The waste heat also causes reliability problems, as CPU's crash much more
often at highe temperatures. Many people have been working for years to lice this
inefficiency out of computers. Similarly, power supplies are notoriously bad,
generally as little as 7% efficient. And since everything in a computer runs off the
power supply, nothing can be efficient without a good power supply. Recent
inventions of power supply are helping fix this by running at 80% efficiency or
better.[2]

7. GREEN IT FOR BUSINESS:
It is becoming widely understood that the way in which we are behaving as a
society is environmentally unsustainable, causing irreparable damage to our planet.
Rising energy prices, together with government-imposed levies on carbon production,
are increasingly impacting on the cost of doing business, making many current
business practices economically unsustainable. It is becoming progressively more
important for all businesses to act (and to be seen to act) in an environmentally
responsible manner, both to fulfill their legal and moral obligations, but also to
enhance the brand and to improve corporate image.[3]

Companies are competing in an increasingly ‘green’ market, and must avoid the
real and growing financial penalties that are increasingly being levied against carbon
production. IT has a large part to play in all this. With the increasing drive towards
centralized mega data centers alongside the huge growth in power hungry blade
technologies in some companies, and with a shift to an equally power-hungry
distributed architecture in others, the IT function of business is driving an exponential
increase in demand for energy, and, along with it, is having to bear the associated
cost increases.[3]

You may be wondering why we haven’t mentioned carbon offsetting as an option
to improve an organisation’s environmental performance. Well, a lot of organisations
are using carbon offsetting (where you buy an ‘offset’ for the carbon dioxide
emissions you produce – usually a payment towards emissions- reducing projects) as
a ‘get out of jail free’ card and claiming carbon neutrality because they’re planting a
forest or outsourcing their manufacturing. While this is all very well, the projects
need to be genuine, authenticated and sustainable, rather than simply shifting the
blame, or excusing a lack of action. We suggest that you keep offsetting as a backstop
to compensate for those unavoidable emissions that remain after you’ve taken all
possible measures to improve your performance in the first place. One of the biggest
challenges in reducing electricity consumption is ensuring that electricity users can

monitor their own consumption.[3]
Data Centers:
Data centres consume a lot of electricity and this demand, along with the size of
the associated utility bill, attracts boardroom attention. Many server computers run at
less than 30 per cent capacity and, although more effective than the average desktop
machine, this isn’t using them to their fullest potential. If you can double the amount
of work each processor does, you can halve the number of devices in use and cut the
overall environmental impact. A common way to achieve this is with virtualisation
software which enables applications to run wherever there’s room for them.[2]

The new systems are more compact and of higher density, and can call for more
localized power and cooling than will typically be found in an existing data centre
environment. A blade server system set up in a single rack, can easily weigh more
than a tonne, and can in theory call for more than 30kW of power – more than 10
times what would have been required a few years ago.[2]

At an alarming rate, virtualization has invaded the data center. The rapid rise and
success of virtualization is mainly due to large physical servers that are underutilized.
The costs to power these underutilized servers is staggering.[2]

Other IT users may need to investigate the use of DC power. Most energy
suppliers provide AC power because it is easier to transport over long distances,
although most PCs and servers run on DC, so that the AC current from the utility has
to be converted to DC before it reaches the hardware, with inevitable losses of energy
in conversion. Some companies may benefit from moving away from distributed
computing based on individual desktop PCs to small, thin client server architecture. It
has been suggested that a 10-user system could save about 3,200kWh per year in
direct electricity costs (while further energy savings, equivalent to about 11 tonnes of
CO2 per year, would be saved in manufacturing costs). The total production and
operating cost savings over the three-year life span of a 10-user system would be
more than 33 tonnes.[2]

8. INDUSTRIAL IMPLEMENTATIONS OF GREEN
COMPUTING:
8.1 Blackle:
Blackle is a search-engine site powered by Google Search. Blackle came into
being based on the concept that when a computer screen is white, presenting an
empty word page or the Google home page, your computer consumes 74W. When the
screen is black it consumes only 59W. Based on this theory if everyone switched
from Google to Blackle, mother earth would save 750MW each year. This was a
really good implementation of Green Computing. The principle behind Blackle is
based on the fact that the display of different colors consumes different amounts of
energy on computer monitors.[5]

8.2 Fit-PC: a tiny PC that draws only 5w:
Fit-PC is the size of a paperback and absolutely silent, yet fit enough to run
Windows XP or Linux. fit-PC is designed to fit where a standard PC is too bulky,
noisy and power hungry. If you ever wished for a PC to be compact, quiet and green
– then fit- PC is the perfect fit for you. Fit-PC draws only 5 Watts, consuming in a
day less power than a traditional PC consumes in 1 hour. You can leave fit-PC to
work 24/7 without making a dent in your electric bill.[5]

8.3 Zonbu Computer:
The Zonbu is a new, very energy efficient PC. The Zonbu consumes just one
third of the power of a typical light bulb. The device runs the Linux operating system
using a 1.2 gigahertz processor and 512 meg of RAM. It also contains no moving
parts, and does even contain a fan. You can get one for as little as US$99, but it does
require you to sign up for a two-year subscription."[5]

8.4 Sunray thin client:
Sun Microsystems is reporting increased customer interest in its Sun Ray, a thin
desktop client, as electricity prices climb, according to Subodh Bapat, vice president

and chief engineer in the Eco Responsibility office at Sun. Thin clients like the Sun
Ray consume far less electricity than conventional desktops, he said. A Sun Ray on a
desktop consumes 4 to 8 watts of power, because most of the heavy computation is
performed by a server. Sun says Sunrays are particularly well suited for cost-sensitive
environments such as call centers, education, healthcare, service providers, and
finance. PCs have more powerful processors as well as hard drives, something thin
clients don't have. Thus, traditional PCs invariably consume a substantially larger
amount of power. In the United States, desktops need to consume 50 watts or less in
idle mode to qualify for new stringent Energy Star certification.[5]

8.5 The Asus Eee PC and other ultra portables:
The "ultra-portable" class of personal computers is characterized by a small size,
fairly low power CPU, compact screen, low cost and innovations such as using flash
memory for storage rat er than hard drives with spinning platters. These factors
combine to enable them to run more efficiently and use less power than a standard
form factor laptop. The Asus Eee PC is one example of an ultraportable. It is the size
of a paperback, weighs less than a kilogram, has built-in Wi-Fi and uses flash
memory instead of a hard drive. It runs Linux too.[5]

8.6 Other implementations:
Notebooks
Usually, notebooks are more modest than desktop PCs when it comes to the
energy requirements. On average, notebook batteries last for less than two hours, so
energy saving is an important issue for those who are away from a plug point for long
durations. If you want to achieve maximum battery runtime then it’s essential for a
notebook to have energy-efficient components.The warmer the external power supply
unit, the higher the electricity consumption. Apple’s MacBooks or Acer-models have
intelligent charging electronics that ensure the current-flow sinks below 0.1 Watts
after the battery is charged. Values less than 3.0 Watts, in Samsung’s Q10, for
instance, are acceptable. This is known as ‘conservation charging.’[8]

Printers and multifunctional devices
Usually, monochromatic laser printers require less electricity than color lasers.
And this is true even in the standby mode. Color lasers use more energy when they go
into the standby mode instead of the sleep mode. All color lasers require more than
10 Watts when they are in standby. To conserve energy, check the settings in the
printer driver.[8]

Communications and network:
W-LAN routers, DSL modems and DECT telephones do not have a standby mode
since they must always be ready for operation. But low power consumption is a must
since these devices are on 24 hours a day, seven days a week.[8]
External hard disks
Users are increasingly buying 3.5 inch external hard disks as backup devices for
desktop and notebook computers. These are also being used to extend the system
storage. Once connected, it’s easy to forget that its power supply continues to draw
power, even when nothing is being read or written to the disk. Only a few models
have sophisticated power-saving mechanisms; Seagate devices are quite
commendable. Most devices do not have a ‘Power’ button. The 3.5-inch hard drives
need 12 Volts and therefore they have an external power supply unit (power brick).
But 2.5-inch drives require just 5 Volts and they can draw power from the PC via a
USB cable. Since they draw power from the PC’s power supply unit, the 2.5-inch
drives will switch off automatically when the PC shuts down. Drive manufacturers
are now incorporating features such as the reduced RPM low-power idle mode.[8]
DVD and video
Older DVD players and recorders are power hogs. Some devices consume up to
25 Watts in the standby mode and a switch-off button is absent. You can save energy
in most such devices with a simple trick: The HF amplifier in DVD recorders is
responsible for consuming a good amount of electricity in the standby mode. The
amplifier refreshes the incoming antenna signal for the television, which is perhaps
connected with an antenna cable. If one places the recorder and the television next to
each other and connects them to the antenna using a T-connector, this amplification is
rendered useless. Many devices have the option of completely deactivating the HF

output in the set-up. Older video recorders often have sliding switches for this.[8]
Cisco
Some of the activities Cisco follows include: review of energy efficiency
concepts, enhance and standardize recycling programs and green cleaning, explore
transportation services and landscaping/parking for sustainability opportunities,
incorporate LEED certification and energy collection data requests in future site
selection criteria and standard lease agreements.[8]
Aladdin
Aladdin has a global initiative to ‘Go Green.’ From the earliest stages of product
design, through manufacturing, use, and recycling, it ensures that its activities and
products are environment-friendly.So its factories and production comply with ISO
environmental standards. Aladdin claims that it is fully RoHS compliant too. It has
set up recycling bins in all its offices for bottles, plastics, and paper. It encourages its
employees to save paper too.[8]
D-Link
D-Link claims its ‘green’ products have been compliant with RoHS since 2006
and with WEEE since 2005. D-Link’s Green Ethernet technology save power when
desktop-to-switches are idle and optimized power usage on detection of cable length.
Most switches today still consume considerable power even when a cable link or
desktops-to switch is turned off. D-Link’s Green Ethernet technology will put the
port in a sleep mode, thus reducing power used by that port. Usually, most switches
send enough power to sustain data over a 100m cable regardless of the actual cable
length. In a typical users’ environment, however, the cable is usually less than 20m.
But Green Ethernet technology will automatically detect the cable length and
optimally adjust power usage to save energy.[8]
Climate Savers Overview
It is started by Google and Intel to drive energy efficiency by increasing the energy
efficiency of new PCs & servers and promoting the use of power management We
can reduce global CO2 emissions from the operation of computers by 54 million tons
a year by 2010. That’s like taking 11 million cars off the road each year.[7]

9. CONCLUSION:
Businesses seeking a cost-effective way to responsibly recycle large amounts of
computer equipment face a more complicated process. They also have the option of
contacting the manufacturers and arranging recycling options. However, in cases
where the computer equipment comes from a wide variety of manufacturers, it may
be more efficient to hire a third-party contractor to handle the recycling
arrangements. There exist companies that specialize in corporate computer disposal
services both offer disposal and recycling services in compliance with local laws and
regulations. Such companies frequently also offer secure data elimination services.[2]

So far, consumers haven't cared about ecological impact when buying computers,
they've cared only about speed and price. But as Moore's Law marches on and
computers commoditize, consumers will become pickier about being green. Devices
use less and less power while renewable energy gets more and more portable and
effective. New green materials are developed every year, and many toxic ones are
already being replaced by them. The greenest computer will not miraculously fall
from the sky one day, it’ll be the product of years of improvements. The features of a
green computer of tomorrow would be like: efficiency, manufacturing & materials,
recyclability, service model, self-powering, and other trends. Green computer will be
one of the major contributions which will break down the 'digital divide', the
electronic gulf that separates the information rich from the information poor.[3]

10. REFERENCES:
1.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_computing
2.Jones, Ernesta " New Computer Efficiency Requirements". U.S. EPA.
3.‘Green IT For Dummies’-Hewlett Packard Limited Edition
4.Report of the Green Computing Task Group Green Computing and the
Environment
5.a b c San Murugesan, “Harnessing Green IT: Principles and Practices,” IEEE IT
Professional, January-February 2008, pp 24-33.
6.”Green IT: Why Mid-Size Companies Are Investing Now”
7.www.climatesaverscomputing.org
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