14-06-2012, 02:59 PM
Green: The new color in Information Technology
Profiling Energy Usage For Efficient Consumption
What is Energy Usage Profile (EUP)?
A simple Experiment
A Simple Fluorescent bulb (60W)
1 Hour consumption: 0.06 kWh
Cost
$0.0897 per kWh
$0.0054 per hour
$47.15 for a year
CO2 expulsion
23 lbs for 1 kWh
1208 lbs for a year
EUP for Operating Systems
Virtualization helps to reclaim about 20%
of the peak energy consumption
Optimization is the key
Disable unneeded services – Screen savers
Minimize disk activity – Fixed virtual disk size
Approaches to GREEN COMPUTING
Power Management
Video Card
Display
Algorithmic Efficiency
Materials Recycling
Telecommuting
To summarize
Green computing is a novel and an innovative trend in the world of computing which has minimum or no impact on the environment.
Green computing has introduced a range of equipments and technologies which help in limiting the impact on the environment.
Use of EUPs help in different aspects of the computing world help in recognizing the areas for improvement.