green computing

GREEN COMPUTING

Green computing is the study and practice of using computing resources efficiently.

Green computing or Green IT goals are similar to green chemistry.

WHY GO GREEN?

computer energy is often wasteful

pollution

Virtualization

Power management

IT equipment recycling

Remote conferencing & telecommuting strategies

Remove unused equipment and software

Power-sucking displays can be replaced

with OLEDs.

Use Linux, which requires less resources

than many other OS.

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• White consumes 74W whereas black it consumes only 59W.

• Different colors consumes different amounts of energy.

ZONBU COMPUTER

•New and energy efficient PC.

•Runs the Linux OS using 1.2GH processor & 512MH of RAM.

•Consumes one third of the power of a typical light bulb.

•Size of a paperback and

silent, run WindowsXP or

Linux.

•Draws only 5 Watts than PC.

FIT-PC

SUNRAY THIN CLIENT

•Consume less electricity than

conventional desktops.

•consumes 4 to 8 watts of power.

•The Asus Eee PC is one example of

an ultraportable.

•Factors of ultraportable combine to

enable them to run more efficiently

and use less power than a standard

Form factor laptop.

ASUS EEE PC

ADVANTAGES &DISADVANTAGES

Advantage: By conserving resources Reduced usage of energy

Disadvantage: costly

CONCLUSION• The features of a green computer of tomorrow

would be like: efficiency, manufacturing &

materials, recyclability, service model, self-

powering, and other trends.

• The greenest computer will not miraculously fall

from the sky one day.